When will O2 Business support cellular for Apple Watch?

[Stu5]

It has been years now and I am still waiting for cellular support for Apple Watch. Can we get a timeline on this, please? If not, then I think it's time to start looking at Vodafone Business, who have full Apple Watch support.

[Enlli · Accepted solution]

We are all customers here so we do not have access to such information.

The launch of anything like that would be a commercial decision and would not be communicated to anybody till just before going live

[Bambino]

@Stu5 The only one here who may know would be @Chris_K but I don't know if he's on duty today. He will reply when he sees the tag at some point.

[Philtheprint]

It's the most absurd situation - particularly as personal customers have access. Backward that O2 don't support the latest technology.

[madasaf1sh]

@Philtheprint 

When Enterprise customers ask for it, then adding watches to a Business contract wont happen, and as some one that manages enterprise devices, we have had 0 requests from C level down to add a watch to our service. and talking to peers across various enterprises the requests are between 0 and 1... 

I do hope they bring them to business accounts from SMB's but I cant see it.. 

[Philtheprint]

I'm not asking for it to be part of the contract, simply for the functionality to work if you choose to purchase a watch. O2 are only carrier not to allow connection, utterly ridiculous for them not to support available technology.

[madasaf1sh]

@Philtheprint 

You have to signup for a connection to the watch on o2 (EE and Voda are the same), so you have to add it to the contract, and pay a monthly fee. 

If the watch is key to you then move to EE or Vodafone, to avail of it, 

[Philtheprint]

Yep, as I say, ridiculous. Personal customers don't have to pay more, why should I?

No logical reason not to support.

[gmarkj]

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@Philtheprint wrote:

Yep, as I say, ridiculous. Personal customers don't have to pay more, why should I?

No logical reason not to support.

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But they do pay more @Philtheprint ?

To have the watch work as a stand-alone device you have to pay £5 per month for the watch data connection, so yes personal customers DO pay more!

And as @madasaf1sh says, both EE and Voda also charge for the watch connection...

[Philtheprint]

I think you are missing the point. O2 simply don't allow access full stop. Fee or not, when Personal Customers do have access. Absolutely no logical reason.