By setting up cellular and LTE on your Apple Watch Series 3, you endow the much-needed freedom to the smartwatch to be more expressive and less reliant on the iPhone.
Apple Watch Series 3 is no longer heavily dependent on iPhone. Thanks to the support of cellular, it can now let you make calls, receive notifications, reply to messages and more without any help of your connected smartphone. But before allowing your smartwatch break the age-old shackles, first, you need to set up cellular on your Apple Watch Series 3.
iPhone 6 or later running the latest version of iOS.
You need to use same carrier on your paired iPhone and Apple Watch.
You must be within your carrier’s network.
If you are using enterprise or corporate cellular service plan, contact your carrier to see if they support this feature. Ensure that your account is eligible.
While setting up the smartwatch, you get the option to enable Cellular. But if you didn’t enable it during the setup process, you can turn it on later as well.
Step #3. Next, tap Cellular.
Step #4. Tap on Set Up Cellular.
Step #5. Now, go through the instructions for your carrier.
Your Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS+Cellular) instantly connects to your iPhone when it’s nearby. It automatically connects to previously joined Wi-Fi network or cellular.
Your smartwatch also connects to LTE networks. But if LTE isn’t available, the watch will connect to UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) only if your carrier supports it.
When the smartwatch is connected to a cellular network, you can check the signal strength both from Control Center and Explorer watch face.
Just swipe up on the watch face. When the watch is connected to cellular, the Cellular button is turned green. The green dots display signal strength.
When the smartwatch is connected to your iPhone using Bluetooth or Wi-Fil, the Cellular button will turn white.
Simply swipe up from the bottom of the screen to bring up Control Center. Then, tap on the Cellular button to turn it ON/OFF.
Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular) is available in three regional models including Americas, China, and Europe/Asia Pacific to cover the LTE and UMTS bands used around the world.
When your Apple Watch is connected to your iPhone or a previously joined Wi-Fi network, you will be able to use all the functions of the smartwatch even it’s not connected to cellular.
How much impressed are you with Apple Watch Series 3? Has the arrival of LTE made the watch more functional? Let us know your views in the comments below.