Sketchy rumor suggests Apple Watch will be able to sync with Mac & iPad
A new leak suggests that the Apple Watch may soon be capable of syncing with more than one Apple device at once -- although it's not clear why.
Apple Watch Ultra
Allegedly, Apple Watch owners will soon be able to sync their devices across multiple iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices.
The rumor popped up overnight from a relatively new source, "Analyst941" on Twitter.
The leaker did not specify whether this will be restricted to a yet-unreleased Apple Watch, such as the Apple Watch Series 9, or whether it will be added for all supported models.
It's unclear how this will be implemented, but it suggests that Apple has plans for an iPadOS and macOS Watch app.
It's also not apparent if the user would still need an iPhone for the initial setup or whether it could be done from a Mac or iPad.
And, it's not at all clear why Apple would do this. There are about 25 iPhone users for every Mac in service, and nearly the same ratio of iPhone to iPad owners. While possible to do so, given how Bluetooth works and commonalities in the operating systems, there's just not a great reason for Apple to get it done.
The Apple Watch lineup has been awash in sketchy rumors in 2023. In January, a rumor based on very flimsy supply chain info suggested that Apple is going to produce an "Apple Watch X" for 2024, carrying as radical a change as the iPhone X was to the rest of the lineup at the time.
In February, a highly suspect report suggested that a 2.13-inch micro LED Apple Watch Ultra, bigger so-called Apple Watch Series X, and Apple Watch SE 3 with Series 8 design will launch in 2024.
Read on AppleInsider
Apple Watch Ultra
Allegedly, Apple Watch owners will soon be able to sync their devices across multiple iPhone, iPad, and Mac devices.
The rumor popped up overnight from a relatively new source, "Analyst941" on Twitter.
Apple Watch can sync across more than one Apple device too, finally. I don't know how this will be implemented. All I know, again, **ALL** I know, is that Apple Watch will sync across multiple iOS/iPadOS/Mac devices, and will no longer be tied to one single iPhone.
-- 941 (@analyst941)
The leaker did not specify whether this will be restricted to a yet-unreleased Apple Watch, such as the Apple Watch Series 9, or whether it will be added for all supported models.
It's unclear how this will be implemented, but it suggests that Apple has plans for an iPadOS and macOS Watch app.
It's also not apparent if the user would still need an iPhone for the initial setup or whether it could be done from a Mac or iPad.
And, it's not at all clear why Apple would do this. There are about 25 iPhone users for every Mac in service, and nearly the same ratio of iPhone to iPad owners. While possible to do so, given how Bluetooth works and commonalities in the operating systems, there's just not a great reason for Apple to get it done.
The Apple Watch lineup has been awash in sketchy rumors in 2023. In January, a rumor based on very flimsy supply chain info suggested that Apple is going to produce an "Apple Watch X" for 2024, carrying as radical a change as the iPhone X was to the rest of the lineup at the time.
In February, a highly suspect report suggested that a 2.13-inch micro LED Apple Watch Ultra, bigger so-called Apple Watch Series X, and Apple Watch SE 3 with Series 8 design will launch in 2024.
Read on AppleInsider
Comments
I’m sure they’ll have a way of doing this with the Apple ID, just like music, email, messages, etc.
limiting watch data sync is kind of old school.
My son who lives near the Houston airport located the phone using Find My on Saturday and shipped it back to me via UPS
I’m in atrial fibrillation, and use the Apple Watch and an Oura ring to monitor my heart rate and sleeping/waking activity.
I used my iPad mini and my MacBook Pro for the four days I didn’t have my phone
Not being able sync my watch or ring to the iPad was disconcerting and discomforting, to say the least.
So I for one welcome multi-device sync.
I doubt there are that many though.
I doubt there would be separate apps for each device, rather this would be built into Settings.
*Will necessary at times with devices tethering them to another product has never been a great solution and one they should always be trying to break.
Same thing here, just allow the Watch to be setup on its own, and optionally sync with what-ever you have/iCloud.
Makes perfect sense, especially considering many Healthcare companies are giving away and Apple Watch with plans, so this would allow anyone to use it, regardless of their phone OS.
Now, I just wish that one of the Carriers here in Ireland would finally start supporting the cellular Watch. Radio silence every time I ask them about it.
I can control my phone music from my watch, that’s great, but why can’t I also control my iPad playback? It has better speakers so I often use it as a portable music player, my watch can be used as a remote for Apple TV so why can’t it be a remote for my iPad?
Theres a fitness app on my iPad already, why don’t I see any of my fitness data there? It’s all in the cloud anyway, why do I have to dig my phone out of my pocket when the iPad is right there in front of me?
Virtually everything else in the Apple ecosystem is synced across devices and just picks up right where you left off on whichever device… why was there ever this weird, artificial wall sealing in just the watch + iPhone?
The only group that I can imagine this would touch are older individuals with home and dumb cellphones that have moved from WinPC (or no PC) to an iPad who may be interested in the Watch for health and safety reasons. For this reason I'm surprised that Apple hadn't already made the iOS Watch app available on iPadOS, which tells me that the market likely isn't large enough to warrant that move, so making it work via macOS would be much further down that adoption road.