Apple Watch questions inside....

Just like an iPad , you will need to purchase the cellular model over the “wifi only” model. So if you don’t have the cellular hardware , you will not have that option to make calls without the iPhone near

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How much Does having the Apple Watch plus air pods decrease the need for an actual phone?

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Depends on what you want it to do. If you're just taking calls, it should work. If you're wanting to listen to podcasts or stream music, I think it depends on the application. I can control Spotify through the watch, meaning skip to the next song, pause, etc. But it has to be near the phone and the phone is what is actually driving the sound to the airpods.

But it is nice having the watch and airpods and not worrying with a phone sometimes.

should have stated this first: my intent would be to make and receive calls from my watch via my airpods as well as listen to spotify through the watch/airpods combo. if that's not possible with a cellular enabled apple watch, then it doesn't work for me.

You do not need your phone for the conference calls. But to stream spotify, you will. Do you have apple music?

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You do not need your phone for the conference calls. But to stream spotify, you will. Do you have apple music?

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No, only Spotify. This makes my decision. Thanks for y’all input.

I have a completely separate Apple Watch question, but since this one seems solved I figured I could hijack the thread instead of starting a new one.

I just bought a used AW 5 off eBay. The watch was wiped when I received it, however in some places the watch still shows the old owners name.

So I set my name in the Apple Watch app, and under Bluetooth connections on my phone it shows my name, but when I went into the setting on my phone to unlock my phone with Apple Watch, it still shows “Carlos’ Apple Watch”.

Is there any other place to change this name? Is it just a glitch? Do I need to do another factory reset?

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Is there any other place to change this name? Is it just a glitch? Do I need to do another factory reset?

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I would do another reset and pair it with your phone. I've had my series 3 about 2 years now, and I've only had to reset it a couple of times. Usually after a software update to either my phone or watch. Also we got our daughter one for her birthday a couple of years ago, but we didn't have her phone set up yet. So I paired it with my wife's phone to set it up the first time just to make sure it all worked, and a few days later did a reset and paired it with my daughter's phone. We've never had an issue with it, so try the reset and repairing.