What can you do on WiFi?

[Brian Y]

One thing I found out, it doesn't appear to work with enterprise networks. My work network uses WPA2 Enterprise, and the moment my watch went out of bluetooth range it disconnected.

 

[macgeek01]

I wish there was a definitive list of everything the watch can do without a phone connection.

Everything for some. I imagine Apple will address with an update and officially support.

 

[tivoboy]

One thing I found out, it doesn't appear to work with enterprise networks. My work network uses WPA2 Enterprise, and the moment my watch went out of bluetooth range it disconnected.

I read somewhere else that with WPA2 the length of the key could be a factor. Closer to the minimum worked, people with 30+ keys in length, no.

 

[armandxp]

I believe that all functions seem to work on wifi provided there is an established Bluetooth connection with the phone first. I ran a few tests on wifi
1- shut off BT on phone- watch working all functions go (Edit- see below no calls)
2- shut off wifi on phone- watch lost connection, red disconnect icon displayed. No functions
3- next turned wifi on phone. No change in watch, no connection
4- restarted watch, phone still on wifi only. No connection after watch restarted
5- turned on BT on phone wifi still on. Immediate connection on watch. All functions
6- turned off BT on phone. Watch still connected via wifi

Simply seems like the watch needs a BT handoff in order to exchange network information so it can stay connected on wifi.

That's my science project for Saturday morning. Any input from my geek brethren ?

SS 42 model

Same works for me! Thanks!

 

[Newbie67]

Same works for me! Thanks!

Edit the edit - I can make calls on wifi now, once I reset the network connection to my phone . It was explained that one must forget the wifi network on the phone then reconnect to it. Then the watch connects much better....

Only limitation appears to be wifi range based presumably on the tiny wifi antenna in the watch.

 

[cristianpodar]

For what it's worth...directly from an Apple engineer regarding being able to receive phone calls on the Watch while my iPhone has Wi-Fi calling enabled


"I wanted to quickly follow-up on this case.

Apple does not support phone calls on the Apple Watch when the companion iPhone has Wi-Fi Calling enabled. Incoming call notifications will not appear on the Apple Watch and outgoing calls made on the Apple Watch will be made over the cellular network rather than Wi-Fi Calling.

If you have any other questions please feel free to follow-up.”