Download Apple Watch Update Over Cellular

Connect your iphone to the wifi network.

Download apple watch update over cellular. Have you ever wanted to download iphone ios updates over cellular data only to. The watch currently does not support direct over the air updates so you must do it via the iphone. 4 now adjust your app store cellular download limit.

Ask if over 200 mb. Swap the sim card that has a cellular plan to a secondary phone or from a friend s. Choose this to only permit apps under 200mb to download automatically using your carrier s cellular connection.

Along with the new ability to stream podcasts on apple watch over cellular or wi fi and episode downloading directly over wi fi instead of over bluetooth from iphone there are two small caveats. Go to settings general software updates on iphone to download and install ios updates. Since the question is ambiguous if you re asking if you can download the update for the watch using the iphone s cellular.

Enable mobile data and personal hotspot mobile hotspot on the secondary device. This is not a technical limitation of cell data or wifi per se but rather a policy limitation though some carriers have limits of how big individual files transmitted over their networks can be. Apple doesn t allow major ios updates over cellular.

If asked for your iphone passcode or. Keep your apple watch on its charger until the update completes. Tap general software update.

The same way you update a non cellular model you open the watch app on the iphone select general and then software update. The limitations on cellular download size is to keep carriers happy. Even then the limit has gone up over time.