How to Pair Your Apple Watch With Your iPhone and Install Apps

[Mactendo]

Well, look at the big brain on Brad!

So, was your test successful? Did the photo of the Apple Watch have enough verisimilitude to fool the companion app? I'm guessing you didn't get very far in your test.

Here's the test I want to see: Once you have an actual Apple Watch in hand, try the pairing process. However, instead of showing it your new watch, you show it the photo. If it still pairs, I'll be convinced.

Simple mention of high IQ is so painful to some people so they start attacking. Early childhood trauma? Whatever.

I'm not here to convince you, just expressed my opinion. If you want to see that test then do it yourself. But the idea of a watch screen emitting invisible signals was so smart and technically feasible that I'm sure that's how pairing will work.

And yes, the photo had enough verisimilitude, that was a dumb question.

 

[foodog]

I applied some common logic, high IQ and an experience of software development And a test using a photo of iWatch in front of iPhone camera

What is iWatch?

 

[bluechair1984]

I think this is the best guess so far... Except that it would only with with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

Well met. I guess I just assumed everyone had an iPhone 6, hehe.

Maybe at the back of the watch booklet, it says "Supported on iPhone 5 and higher*"




"* except for pairing, you need to upgrade for phone for that"

 

[bbeagle]

Still waiting to hear if there's some kind of activation lock to make stealing watch off someones wrist less of a tempting target..

People wear Rolexes - they are much a more tempting target, and they have no 'lock' when stolen.

 

[iMacDragon]

People wear Rolexes - they are much a more tempting target, and they have no 'lock' when stolen.

They also are not built with the sort of technology that could easily achieve such a lock.

 

[attila]

Interesting - I wonder how that camera pairing system works? I'd assume it has little to do with the camera itself and more to do with the Bluetooth connection underneath. Still an intriguing way to pair the two devices.

It works like the Zapper does in Duck Hunt.

 

[l00pback]

Simple mention of high IQ is so painful to some people so they start attacking. Early childhood trauma? Whatever.

I'm not here to convince you, just expressed my opinion. If you want to see that test then do it yourself. But the idea of a watch screen emitting invisible signals was so smart and technically feasible that I'm sure that's how pairing will work.

And yes, the photo had enough verisimilitude, that was a dumb question.

Who's attacking? I was just quoting Pulp Fiction.

Maybe I mis-typed. I didn't mean to imply that it would beam out some invisible ray containing a cryptographic datastream. I meant that I believe it would be possible to modulate the screen - or just a few pixels - in such a way as to transfer a small amount of information. I never claimed it was a smart idea. Just an idea. Yeah, no, you're correct though. Modulating a light source to communicate information is a silly idea. It'll never work.

This conjecture is obviously moot, however, as your superior intellect and programming experience has allowed you to successfully pair your iPhone with a picture of an Apple Watch. Congratulations.

I'm going to go and try to heal the gaping emotional wound you left by publicly exposing my childhood trauma.

 

[adamhorrigan]

How to Pair Your Apple Watch With Your iPhone and Install Apps

We are excited with the possibilities and look forward to developing new apps in the wearable space.

 

[Tech198]

What an awkward pairing issue ....

Hold your watch to the camera ?

What about a code u enter ... that's how it works normally... But I guess Apple wanted to go the 'cool' way

 

[kdarling]

What an awkward pairing issue ....

Hold your watch to the camera ?

What about a code u enter ... that's how it works normally... But I guess Apple wanted to go the 'cool' way

- That would've meant having an awkward numeric input on the watch.

- They could've used NFC to pair, but they wanted to support older iPhones without NFC.

- The idea of using the camera to set something up is not new, but simplifies things:

1. As some have pointed out, the watch screen can subtly indicate a code for the phone to use.
2. Only the phone directly looking at the watch can get the code to pair.
3. Even a non-techie who's never paired anything in their life can do it.

 

[mmartinezs]

Good to know!