So I went to the gym today and left my iPhone in the change room. and I was pretty distant from it where I was running at. I was surprised I was still getting notifications from it! I have no local internet wifi's connected, my phone definitely used LTE and the signal was certainly only on 1 bar when I saw it after my workout.
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How long is the bluetooth range? (I was able to get notifications without a phone)
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It will use wifi/Bluetooth from your iPhone. Wifi far exceeds bluetooths 30meter range
he wasn't on wi fi at the gym. Lots of gyms don't currently have wi-fi. This is what I'm wanting to know also.
Is there any walls to to get to the locker room?
It will use wifi/Bluetooth from your IPHONE. Wifi far exceeds bluetooths 30meter range
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If your phone has connected to wifi in the past it passes that info to the watch. So the watch can also use wifi. Also if your phone is on the same wifi network as the watch, it will communicate with the phone over that.
To add to this the watch can also connect to the phone via wifi when no networks are available.
Great I didn't know that!
I also didn't know about the 2.4 Ghz limit, though it doesn't seem to be an issue.
I have noticed that BT while working out in workout app and using BT headphones to listen to watch music can have some cutouts. I experienced it once in a 30 min session yesterday.
Other than that, it works very well. I only have BT at work - no wifi - and the watch stays connected to the phone in all but the corners of the building and deep in peripheral offices. The floor is around 100 feet by 200 feet... not bad.
glad to know you aren't on wi fi and can still stay connected for a few hundred feet.
If I'm not mistaken 2.4 ghz has a longer range than 5ghz so thats why they chose that frequency?