They are not the only ones on the market Galaxy Watch and Pixels Watch, which use Google's operating system Wear OS. Models from Fossil, Mobvoi or Montblanc and others are also available. Of course, their use is directly offered in combination with Android devices. But what iPhone?
As regards Galaxy Watch Samsung and pixel Watch Google, we'll give you the answer straight: This smartwatch is officially not s iOS iPhone compatible and never will be. It is an exclusivity that the manufacturer does not want to break. This also applies to the company's new watch models Xiaomi or OnePlus, because they are closely tied to the ecosystem of the world Androiduak their settings are used by proprietary applications of this platform. Samsung has also previously stated that to provide the same experience from its watch as to device owners with Androidem, and for iPhoneists, it is too complicated, and that is why he preferred to withdraw from the support of the Apple platform.
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A watch Fossil Gen 6, Gen 6 Wellness Edition and their offshoots (such as Michael Kors or Skagen Falster Gen 6) after switching to the system Wear OS 3 support the platform iOS through the application Fossil Smartwatch pros iOS. Unfortunately, you do not have access to the Google Assistant service here, and there are 100% not even notifications when there is no possibility to respond to them (which is rather a limitation created Applem). Another problem is that Fossil actually system Wear It's leaving the OS after it ran into trouble keeping up with new updates Wear OS. While it will continue to support its existing smartwatches "for the next several years," it will no longer release new models.
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Another brand that has supported cross-platform compatibility in the past Wear OS/iOS je Mobvoi. But it took two years to Wear OS 3 appeared on models such as the TicWatch E3 and TicWatch For 3. Of course, the same restrictions as Fossil apply here. Because then the manufacturer decided not to provide the latest TicWatch For 5 compatibility with iOS, it is another harbinger that we should not expect future models Wear The OS, and actually any brands, will officially communicate with iPhones.
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But there are still other applications that somehow try to communicate between platforms. One of them is the application Wear OS by Google, which certain function Wear Device OS on iPhonech will allow. According to the rating, which is 1,7 stars out of 5 in the Czech App Store, it is evident that it is definitely not a miracle. The fact that Google hasn't updated its title in over a year is also to blame. Then there's the app Merge - Connect it iPhone, which seeks to unofficially any watch with iPhonem connected via Bluetooth, including Galaxy Watch. With the application, you should be able to get notifications for messages, e-mail, reminders, calls, and even with the possibility of your reaction.
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Before Wear OS 3 was many watches with Wear OS 2 compatible with iOS, including Galaxy Watch3 Samsung. Since launch Wear However, with OS 3, most brands have relied solely on their individual apps to initially set up a smartwatch and connect to a phone, meaning that apps Wear OS by Google is mostly useless.
There's really very little reason why an iPhone owner should buy a watch with Wear OS. It can actually just be a longer duration. Of course, this need can also be caused by a situation where you have a personal and a business phone, when one is from Apple and the other is Androidu, while you want to watch s Wear OS receive notifications right from the iPhone.
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Garmin seems to be one of the few universal solutions. But her watch doesn't even go on watchNeither does Apple's OS Wear Google's OS, but on its own platform. But it is compatible with iOS so Androiderm, without much restrictions. Perhaps the only thing is that on iOS it is not possible to reply to messages from the watch because this Apple directly blocks and reserves such functionality only for itself Apple Watch.
