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GOOD GOD!!! Setup two Apple Watch 3's yesterday.... - spacescape - 09-30-2019
Before I could activate them it forced me to update to the latest WatchOS (and iOS on the iPhone 8)... I started around 4:00 PM and I think the watches were working around 9:00 we were up and running... Good god, should be able to setup right out of the box as long as the iOS and the WatchOS are compatible. Not very Apple Like... On a positive note my son's iPhone 8, Continuous Glucose Monitor (Dexcom) and Apple Watch 3 are all playing nicely and he can see his Blood Glucose Readings from his watch face!!!
Re: GOOD GOD!!! Setup two Apple Watch 3's yesterday.... - jdc - 09-30-2019
Yeah, they take a long time since its via BT.
Its very apple like.
Re: GOOD GOD!!! Setup two Apple Watch 3's yesterday.... - samintx - 09-30-2019
Do you have to have a 8 or higher iPhone to set the watch? Or get an old iWatch?
Re: GOOD GOD!!! Setup two Apple Watch 3's yesterday.... - space-time - 09-30-2019
jdc wrote:
Yeah, they take a long time since its via BT.
Its very apple like.
Apple Watch is connected to WiFi. Why does Apple use Bluetooth for setup? WiFi would be faster.
Re: GOOD GOD!!! Setup two Apple Watch 3's yesterday.... - spacescape - 09-30-2019
Both iPhone 8 and Apple Watch 3’s. Just don’t know how you would get this setup at the Apple store. Bluetooth? Yikes.
Re: GOOD GOD!!! Setup two Apple Watch 3's yesterday.... - Article Accelerator - 10-01-2019
space-time wrote:
[quote=jdc]
Yeah, they take a long time since its via BT.
Its very apple like.
Apple Watch is connected to WiFi. Why does Apple use Bluetooth for setup? WiFi would be faster.
Exactly! Very frustrating and seemingly so unnecessary since Apple Watches all support WiFi.
Re: GOOD GOD!!! Setup two Apple Watch 3's yesterday.... - Speedy - 10-01-2019
Diabetes - absolutely, positively not cool.
Continuous Glucose Monitor (Dexcom) - very cool.
Re: GOOD GOD!!! Setup two Apple Watch 3's yesterday.... - jdc - 10-01-2019
Im a little fuzzy on the whole mechanizim, but the watch gets apps from the phone via BT when they are close together.
Try turning off BT.
This is different from where I read it, but sums it up?
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204562