Apple watch

[Sbeecee]

I’m hoping someone can help as I’m a complete technophobe. I have an iPhone XR and would like to add an Apple Watch to my plan for my young daughter to use. She doesn’t need a phone as such but I would like her to have a way of contacting me and other family members and being contactable. I understand that o2 have to assign a lead number to the watch but other than taking out a separate phone contract in my daughters name for both an iPhone and watch is there an easy way for me to have an Apple Watch that works independently from my phone. Could I have a second phone number registered to my account? Thank you

[Bambino]

@Sbeecee A second phone number would require a new contract, which you could add to your account, but you'd be paying for both.

[MI5]

@Sbeecee 

In short, no.

The only way would be to link the watch to your phone with a data plan, which would allow the phone to be used independently, but would mean that your daughter would be unable to contact you, as it would effectively be your phone that she was using and you can't call yourself.

A cheap, basic PAYG phone would be more useful.