Hi Mary, Yes, there is a bluetooth connection from the iPhone to the watch and I don't think that changes for the series 3 watch. I heard on a Podcast that you are not able to make unlimited calls on your watch, I believe it is limited to one hour a day for calls. There are more restrictions, I guess $10 a month is not getting you unlimited use and if you did want to use your watch to make many calls or have long talks you would then still need it to go through your phone. I don't quite understand what you are asking or saying about needing iOS 11 for the watch. Maybe you do for the series 3, but as iOS 11 comes out next Tuesday and even if you get the watch on day 1 it won't be until next Friday so there shouldn't be a problem. Also, as far as using bluetooth headsets or earpieces is concerned, the bluetooth connection between the iPhone and the Watch does not mean you can't use a bluetooth headset. I have my Plantronics Voyager Edge paired with both my phone and my series 2 watch and it works flawlessly, if I use the phone I hear the phone, as soon as I do something on the watch and the Edge is turned on it switches over and I hear what I am doing on the watch. Once I'm done and the watch goes to sleep it goes back to the iPhone without me ever doing anything special. I would hope this works equally well and seamlessly with the Airpods and in fact it really should work even better and faster since they are supposed to be optimised for Apple devices.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Friday, September 15, 2017 8:19 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Apple Watch Series 3 and AirPods I have the idea that with watches prior to the series 3, there was a Bluetooth connection between the phone and the watch. With the advent of the LTE, I wonder if this would free up that connection, so that you could use it with AirPods for other Bluetooth headset when you're out and you don't have your phone. Also, maybe this was already known to everyone, but I learned by looking at the Apple Watch specs that you have to have your phone running iOS 11. So for folks who wanted to wait a little while before upgrading, you can't do that if you also want the series 3. Kind of a bummer. Mary Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
