Use Series 3 for calls over car bluetooth

[legaleye3000]

Can I connect my car Bluetooth to the phone and make calls using the watch that way? Thanks.

 

[rugmankc]

Curious, why would you want to if iPhone is there in the car----

 

[legaleye3000]

If my phone died, or I forgot my phone at home, etc...

 

[rugmankc]

never thought about it

but wouldn't you need to pair watch to car thru bluetooth on watch, if possible----I don't think you can do that though--

 

[cwanja]

Can I connect my car Bluetooth to the phone and make calls using the watch that way? Thanks.

Coming from someone who does not have an Apple Watch, the only way that would work is if you could change the audio source from your phone to your watch. If so, you would just make that change when you get a call. But you would not need to connect your Bluetooth to accomplish that. Just connect your Apple Watch and iPhone and done.

To your point about your phone dying. If your phone dies, your Apple Watch (unless LTE) is useless without your phone.

Maybe I am not understanding correctly your request.

 

[legaleye3000]

Coming from someone who does not have an Apple Watch, the only way that would work is if you could change the audio source from your phone to your watch. If so, you would just make that change when you get a call. But you would not need to connect your Bluetooth to accomplish that. Just connect your Apple Watch and iPhone and done.

To your point about your phone dying. If your phone dies, your Apple Watch (unless LTE) is useless without your phone.

Maybe I am not understanding correctly your request.

It is a LTE watch. I just want to know if you can pair a LTE watch to the car as if it was your phone (pretend you don't have your phone in the car).

 

[cwanja]

No. The watch only works with an iPhone.

 

[KarimLeVallois]

If you can take calls while on LTE through Bluetooth headphones, I don't see how you can't via your car.

 

[tobefirst ⚽️]

If you can take calls while on LTE through Bluetooth headphones, I don't see how you can't via your car.

My Honda CR-V won't find my watch.

 

[KarimLeVallois]

My Honda CR-V won't find my watch.

That's really weird, if it can connect to Bluetooth speakers and headphones I would have thought a car too.

 

[GRT89521]

I pair my Bluetooth speaker to my Series 3 to play music without issue. I've never tried pairing it with my car or making calls. But I think it should work.

 

[Starship67]

No. The watch only works with an iPhone.

This is not true. Several people on here have connected to car. It depends on your car stereo equipment. Best thing to do is try to connect to it. Read this thread.

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-this-watch-pairing-to-car-bluetooth.2080355/

 

[cwanja]

This is not true. Several people on here have connected to car. It depends on your car stereo equipment. Best thing to do is try to connect to it. Read this thread.

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-this-watch-pairing-to-car-bluetooth.2080355/

My apologies, I was not aware of this. But it seems more so, as you mentioned, dependent upon your car than the watch. Obviously needing LTE to work without the iPhone, your car would still have to support it as well. Thanks for the information and heads up.

 

[igrover]

I have successfully connected my Series 3 via bluetooth to a 2016 Toyota Sienna. Just the basic Toyota media player nothing special. Left my phone at home and was able to play music I had stored on the watch to the Toyota.

The only problem was when I took my iPhone with me the Toyota did not want to let my change my bluetooth music from the watch back to the iPhone so I unsynced the watch from the car.

But it did work streaming music. Did not try to make or receive a call however.


Update: Tonight tried to make/receive calls and did not work. Might be something wrong I was doing however so will look more into the situation.