apple watch - pair problem

[Crunchmonkey]

Hi

My husband is trying to pair his apple watch (3) - we are all on pay monthly family plan but when he logs on to try and pair it it only gives him the option to buy a new airtime plan and not use his existing one.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

[O2Kurt]

hiya,

the apple watch needs its own seperate data connection to work when your phones not about.

kurt

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

@Crunchmonkey 

The apple Apple watch data plan is an additional £5 per month and provides the watch with unlimited data. 

It must be linked to an existing iPhone tariff but cannot use the same allowances.

[Marjo]

Hi @Crunchmonkey , I hope your husband got the Apple Watch to work in the end - there's some good info above explaining how it works. Let us know if you have any additional questions though!