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How To Pair an Apple Watch with an Android Phone

How To Pair an Apple Watch with an Android Phone If we’re being completely honest, Apple really has Android beat when it comes to smartwatches. The most recent iteration of Apple’s technological accessories has really come into its own, despite early Apple Watches receiving mixed reviews.

How to Connect an Android Phone to an Apple Watch

Apple’s watches typically have better battery life and more cutting-edge features than what we’ve seen on Google’s side of things, despite Wear OS and the Galaxy Watch having some fantastic features and some watches we really love.

Even though it isn’t promoted, it is possible to pair an Apple Watch with an Android phone, but there are many restrictions. Since the pairing app is only available on iOS, Apple’s claim that you can only sync with an Apple Watch with an iPhone is largely accurate.

But here’s the thing: if you have an LTE Apple Watch, you can make it work with Android by making a few compromises with your phone and your watch. You shouldn’t purchase an Apple Watch for this purpose, but if you’ve switched to Android and are still having trouble getting your Apple Watch to function, you might want to try this. Let’s start now.

Pairing an Apple Watch with an Android Device

In this situation, what we’re essentially doing is pairing your Apple Watch with your iPhone, getting everything set up and operating, then putting the iPhone in airplane mode and switching the SIM card to an Android phone. We managed to get ours to function in the office, though it’s absolutely not assured.

Because you’re switching SIM cards, you need two unlocked phones—one Android and an iPhone. This will only function on unlocked phones unless you have two SIM cards for the same carrier.

Set your Apple Watch up with the iPhone.
Make a test call or two to ensure everything is working.
Put the iPhone into airplane mode so it cannot reach out.
Turn off the Apple Watch.
Swap the SIM from the iPhone to your Android phone and boot it up.
Turn on the Apple Watch.
Wait for the Disconnected notification to disappear from the Apple Watch.

The Apple Watch-Android Experience

I tried this in the office with a new Apple Watch, an iPhone, and my Samsung Galaxy S7. The Apple Watch initially took quite a while to connect, and the signal was a little fuzzy. However, a quick walk outside to a stronger signal had the watch connecting faster and had a much better call quality.

I could ask Siri to call contacts on my phone as long as I used the name saved on the SIM, not on the phone. The call quality was good, with a strong signal; although, I couldn’t get Siri to do much else aside from sending a message and checking the weather.

Limitations and Setbacks

Once connected, you should be able to make and receive calls and use Siri to perform some basic functions. The two devices are not directly communicating, as far as I can tell. They are instead using the network to communicate, which is why only the very basic functions are possible with this method.

You will not be able to use any of the more advanced functions of the Apple Watch. You will obviously have no access to the SmartWatch app on your Android phone and will only really be able to make and receive calls and ask Siri some basic questions.

Voice commands can be used to make calls as long as you use the name the contacts are saved as on your SIM and not your Android phone. The other limitation will be battery life. The Apple Watch doesn’t have an amazing battery to begin with, but by using LTE constantly, that battery isn’t going to last very long at all.

I am guessing that aside from trying it because you can, the only time you would ever want to use this hack is if something happened to your iPhone and you really wanted to continue using your Apple Watch. Otherwise, it is largely pointless. You cannot use most of the smart functions on the watch, and Android has a lot of smartwatches that work within its own ecosystem. Many offer more features than this hack would allow.

How To Pair an Apple Watch with an Android Phone