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Sketchy rumor suggests Apple Watch will be able to sync with Mac & iPad

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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.

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.



22 Comments

mattinoz 9 Years · 2488 comments

Simple Watch for phone calls iPad mobile computer no need for phone at all. 

9secondkox2 8 Years · 3148 comments

Don’t see how this is sketchy. 

Syncing to multiple devices or even all of them is common sense. 

Sometimes you may switch up what you have with you. If you use an iMac at home and travel with an iPad, that makes sense to have your watch data wherever. Same thing with an iPhone, MacBook Pro, etc. 

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. 

Account based rather than device based. 

gilwave 17 Years · 20 comments

Last Friday, on a trip home from Houston to Nashville, I inadvertently left my iPhone 14 Pro at the airport 

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.

johnbroussard 11 Years · 7 comments

I am part of that segment that would prefer to not have to use a phone. I would prefer ipads and macs and watches. For some reason, the phone is the thing I enjoy using the least. I would prefer only to have it be a camera. Doing anything else on a computer or the watch is preferable to me.

entropys 13 Years · 4316 comments

One the one hand having the AW exclusively for  iPhone drives iPhone sales for those android users that really want an AW.
I doubt there are that many though.

On the other hand there might be reasons a person doesn’t have an iPhone, or iPhone is not accessible for a time, but  they might have an iPad or a Mac.

The gripping hand is enabling an AW to sync across all Apple devices makes the AW more accessible to a larger number of users, potentially increasing AW sales.