topic Re: Apple Watch e-Sim, not tied to a phone in Get Support

Apple Watch e-Sim, not tied to a phone

TR5 — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 04:06:35 GMT

Is there any way to load the public mobile app on an Apple Watch and set it up with it's own dedicated eSim number? I do not care if it's tied to the main phone or not.

Re: Apple Watch e-Sim, not tied to a phone

Handy1 — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 04:08:40 GMT

@TR5 No sorry PM doesn’t support Apple Watch / smart watches , all you can do is Bluetooth them to phone . Need to look to Koodo or Telus for that

Re: Apple Watch e-Sim, not tied to a phone

computergeek541 — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 04:24:03 GMT

@Handy1 wrote:
@TR5 No sorry PM doesn’t support Apple Watch / smart watches , all you can do is Bluetooth them to phone . Need to look to Koodo or Telus for that

While an Apple watch can't have sepearate independent service to use on Public Mobile, there isn't any reason for some smartwatches that have SIM card slot to not work.

Re: Apple Watch e-Sim, not tied to a phone

Jedi1 — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 04:26:53 GMT

@Handy1

Koodo does not support wearables either. I was on Koodo previously and use an Apple Watch but have never activated cellular as it was not available on Koodo.

Re: Apple Watch e-Sim, not tied to a phone

computergeek541 — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 04:29:10 GMT

@Jedi1 wrote:
@Handy1
Koodo does not support wearables either. I was on Koodo previously and use an Apple Watch but have never activated cellular as it was not available on Koodo.

sure they do support wearables. They don't support the Apple watches.

Re: Apple Watch e-Sim, not tied to a phone

Handy1 — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 04:31:12 GMT

@computergeek541 Good to know I didn’t realize any smart watch wasn’t eSIM and @Jedi1 thanks you for that I assumed Koodo support Apple Watch Should have just said look to Telus . And there ya go @TR5 sell the Apple Watch and get / smart watch that has physical sim and you can use it independent of the phone 🙂

Re: Apple Watch e-Sim, not tied to a phone

Jedi1 — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 04:36:56 GMT

@computergeek541 Thanks for clarifying.

Re: Apple Watch e-Sim, not tied to a phone

softech — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 04:47:21 GMT

In fact the list of Canadian carrier that support watch with esim is very short:
Bell, Freedom, Rogers, Sasktel, Telus and Virgin Plus

Some physical sim wearables:

Samsung Gear S3 Frontier 4G LTE
TickTalk 4
Zeblaze THOR 6