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3 apple watches 2 one iphone

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hemolyzer

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Mar 10, 2015
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Hello,

i am wondering if it is possible to link 3 iwatches to one iphone. the reason being i am going to wear a stainless and a sport on my left wrist and then a second sport on the right. do not ask why because you will see youtube videos in a few months.

thanks,

Jared
 
hemolyzer said:
Hello,

i am wondering if it is possible to link 3 iwatches to one iphone. the reason being i am going to wear a stainless and a sport on my left wrist and then a second sport on the right. do not ask why because you will see youtube videos in a few months.

thanks,

Jared
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nobody knows for sure, but probably not.

Ant
 
No. One Apple Watch per iPhone. So if you want to wear three Apple Watches you need to have three iPhones
 
As far as I can tell, you can only have one Apple Watch paired to a phone at a time. I think I recall a reviewer stating that if you try to pair another watch, it will erase the first one, although I'm trying to find confirmation for this.
 
hemolyzer said:
Hello,

i am wondering if it is possible to link 3 iwatches to one iphone. the reason being i am going to wear a stainless and a sport on my left wrist and then a second sport on the right. do not ask why because you will see youtube videos in a few months.

thanks,

Jared
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I'm legitimately curious as to why there hasn't been a single reply making fun of this person yet.
 
hemolyzer said:
Hello,

i am wondering if it is possible to link 3 iwatches to one iphone. the reason being i am going to wear a stainless and a sport on my left wrist and then a second sport on the right. do not ask why because you will see youtube videos in a few months.

thanks,

Jared
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You're so confident of these videos going up in a few months, yet don't even know if it's possible (which currently it seems that it isn't)? Yea I'll be watching for your videos of you double fisting watches :rolleyes:
 
99.999% sure you can't do this without having three phones.

I hope the investment in 3 watches is worth it.
 
Bones1906 said:
99.999% sure you can't do this without having three phones.

I hope the investment in 3 watches is worth it.
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Apparently Apple Watches are somewhat functional with WiFi ... I wonder if you could use the phone wifi hotspot to make the other two functional.

Unless you can't even set up the watch without pairing to a unique iPhone first.
 
apple's answer is no

Just signed onto apple livechat to find out, this is what they say... answer is no, 1 watch per phone:

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In 2018, I hope Apple releases the Apple Ring. If so, I'm going to wear 10 of them. One on each finger.
 
JohnApples said:
As far as I can tell, you can only have one Apple Watch paired to a phone at a time. I think I recall a reviewer stating that if you try to pair another watch, it will erase the first one, although I'm trying to find confirmation for this.
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What if you wanted a sport and a regular? The sport for working out and the regular for everyday use. Would you lose data when you switch the pair from one to the other and then back?

Seems like an odd behavior for iOS.
 
ftaok said:
What if you wanted a sport and a regular? The sport for working out and the regular for everyday use. Would you lose data when you switch the pair from one to the other and then back?

Seems like an odd behavior for iOS.
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According to CNET, if you unpair your Watch, it erases the data. However, it also stores a backup on your phone so that when you re-pair it, the Watch will go back to how it was before. Can you backup, say, your Sport Watch and then pair your regular Apple Watch and put the Sport's backup on it? Not sure, but I would think you should be able to right?

CNET said:
If you ever unpair or reformat your Apple Watch, which wipes the data, you can restore it again using a local backup it makes on your phone. Your settings and apps get put back on again, and everything feels the same as when you last left it. I did this once, and it worked just fine.
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http://www.cnet.com/news/11-surprises-i-learned-about-the-apple-watch/
 
ftaok said:
What if you wanted a sport and a regular? The sport for working out and the regular for everyday use. Would you lose data when you switch the pair from one to the other and then back?

Seems like an odd behavior for iOS.
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I think apple sees you getting a regular apple watch and then switching the band back and forth for working out and everyday use... rather than switching out the whole watch.
 
JohnApples said:
According to CNET, if you unpair your Watch, it erases the data. However, it also stores a backup on your phone so that when you re-pair it, the Watch will go back to how it was before. Can you backup, say, your Sport Watch and then pair your regular Apple Watch and put the Sport's backup on it? Not sure, but I would think you should be able to right?


http://www.cnet.com/news/11-surprises-i-learned-about-the-apple-watch/
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BrettDS said:
I think apple sees you getting a regular apple watch and then switching the band back and forth for working out and everyday use... rather than switching out the whole watch.
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I kinda see why the watch gets wiped if you unpair it … for security reasons. I wonder if you do swap between 2 different Apple watches, if they can use the same backup, so the two watches look the same with the same data and settings.

As for having two watches vs swapping bands, some might not want to exercise or run with the stainless of gold watches.
 
I was wondering about the same thing this morning. Not because I'm a lunatic that would wear two of them, but I was wondering whether you could pick up a very basic sport model that stays mounted in the car on the wheel or similar for safer notifications when driving. No intention of actual doing it though.
 
I was somewhat curious about this too, because when gen 2 releases I'll pick up a Stainless Steel model but wouldn't want to get rid of my Space Grey watch. Just like any other watch, people may want to have more than one.
 
A guy who works in a local restaurant wears one smart watch and one analogue watch. He does this in case the battery dies on the smart watch.

Words fail me

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playaproved said:
I was somewhat curious about this too, because when gen 2 releases I'll pick up a Stainless Steel model but wouldn't want to get rid of my Space Grey watch. Just like any other watch, people may want to have more than one.
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I am guessing apples response to this would be to buy different straps for different uses. Not ideal for the situation you illustrate but can imagine it getting messy having lots of smart watches which are trying to sync with your phone.
 
hemolyzer said:
...i am going to wear a stainless and a sport on my left wrist and then a second sport on the right....
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This is completely ridiculous. Your balance would be totally off. Wear the two sports on one wrist and the SS on the other.
 
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