The Apple is the best smart watch on the market, due to its benefits, quality of materials and its objective of improving people’s health, you know, through sensors or personalized training programs. However, the Watch has a serious problem if you do not have an iPhone and in this post we are going to discuss it and see a possible solution.
iPhone’s best friend
The Apple Watch is the best friend of the iPhone because it allows you to have everything you need on your wrist, however, it is also the most dependent on it, since it loses most of its functions and benefits if it is not linked to an Apple Watch .
The problem is accentuated if you have an Android device, since, from the beginning, it has wanted its smart watches not to leave its ecosystem, vetoing the link to other mobiles that do not have an iOS operating system, so it can only be used pair through the Watch application and not through Bluetooth as it happens with other companies.
Can we force a minimum compatibility?
There is an alternative in which we can get the Apple Watch to work in a similar way to when we have the pairing between an Apple Watch and an iPhone. However, it is a process that is not economical , but it is a solution in certain contexts and circumstances.
For this, we have to have an Apple Watch, an iPhone that is compatible with the Watch and the Android device. Regarding the iPhone , it does not have to be a top-of-the-range device, but rather an old device that can connect to your Apple Watch. For example, the Apple Watch Series 7 is compatible with the iPhone 6 s and can connect to your iCloud account and your home Wi-Fi network. Obviously, this phone will not be the primary phone, but rather a secondary phone, since our primary phone is an Android.
Next, we are going to turn the iPhone into a small server that makes all the notifications from the iPhone reach the Apple Watch as well. You also have to have the applications you want to receive notifications downloaded to the iPhone, so that, once you receive them on the iPhone, you also receive them on the Watch.
if you are away from home
The problem comes when you leave your house and the Wi-Fi connection is lost, in this case, the Android phone is the one that has to provide the data so that the Apple Watch stays connected to iCloud. To do this, from the Android device, we create a Hotspot and temporarily connect the Android phone and the iPhone. Thus, when we are away from home, we activate the Hotspot, the Apple Watch will connect to it and receive all the notifications. The Apple Watch battery will resist through this use, but in the event that we have a low battery, we can turn off the Hotspot and activate the LTE connection.
By way of conclusion, Apple, faithful to its ecosystem, has wanted to release a device that cannot be used by third-party equipment. It can be inconvenient for many users, but from a business point of view for Apple it’s a round play, because if you want to enjoy all the advantages of an Apple Watch, you have to have or buy an iPhone.