Watch Functionality Question

[hinesmj]

So I've been toying with the idea of springing for an Apple Watch 3. I haven't done a ton a research, but was in the store yesterday talking to an associate. My question to him was if my phone and watch are both connected to the same WiFi network, can I leave my phone on my desk, go to a meeting, and get notifications on my watch? He said no. I asked if, in the same scenario with both connected to a common network, can I be at the gym and stream music from my watch to my BT headphones without the need for my phone? Again, he said no. I thought those were main selling points of the watch. Am I misunderstanding it's use, or was this associate wrong?

 

[Julien]

With an S3 WiFi as long as it is connected to a known WiFi (don't even have to have your iPhone connected) you will get Notifications. An S3 Cellular will also get Notifications anywhere there is cell service.

You can use any Watch to listen to music at anytime and anywhere if it is downloaded to the watch.

 

[hinesmj]

With an S3 WiFi as long as it is connected to a known WiFi (don't even have to have your iPhone connected) you will get Notifications. An S3 Cellular will also get Notifications anywhere there is cell service.

You can use any Watch to listen to music at anytime and anywhere if it is downloaded to the watch.

Thanks. That's what I thought. Not sure how an apple associate assigned to the watch station didn't know this....