What Do I Need?

Once your Apple Watch is ready, proceed with the steps below.

Turn off your iPhone, Android phone, and Apple Watch.

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Use theSIM cardtool (or something suitable like a paperclip) toremove your SIM card from your iPhone.

Place your iPhone SIM card into your Android phone and then turn it on.

What Functionality Can I Expect?

To install a new app on your watch, youll need to use the on-rig App Store.

You cannot pair an Android equipment with an Apple Watch and have the two work together overBluetooth.

How Does This Work?

FAQ

You canunlock your Apple Watchwith a passcode or Activation Lock.

fire up the iPhone Watch app and selectApple Watch>Passcode, then turn onUnlock with iPhone.

Or on the Apple Watch, openApple Watch options>Passcode>Unlock with iPhone.

Yes, it will.

But be aware that not all Apple Watch features will be available without a connection to an iPhone.

The best Apple Watch alternative for Android users is probably theSamsung Galaxy Watch 3.