Apple Watch GPS + Cellular

Stay connected when you’re away from your phone.

Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch SE, and Apple Watch Ultra 2 cellular models with an active service plan allow you to make calls, send texts, and so much more — all without your iPhone. With International roaming, make calls, send texts, stream music, and get help in an emergency in many of the places your travels take you.¹ You can complete a call to emergency services even when you’re traveling abroad just by pressing and holding the side button.² And now with Family Setup, members of your family who don’t own an iPhone can use Apple Watch.

Cellular service support.

To cover the LTE and UMTS bands used around the world, there are two separate cellular models for Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch SE, and Apple Watch Ultra 2. They have been optimized for use in the country of purchase, and not all models work in all countries or regions. There is no single model that supports cellular service worldwide. To see which carriers in your country or region offer cellular service for Apple Watch, refer to the chart below.³

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Family Setup support.

Family Setup allows you to use your iPhone to set up an Apple Watch for kids or older adults in your household. The watch can then be used with its own phone number and account. The provider’s cellular service lets you connect your family member’s watch to the cellular network with its own mobile service plan, so the family member can stay connected even without your iPhone nearby. To see which carriers support Family Setup for GPS + Cellular models of Apple Watch Series 4 or later, refer to the chart below.

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Check with your carrier to see if your iPhone plan is eligible for Apple Watch cellular service. If you have an enterprise or corporate cellular service plan, check with your company or carrier to see if they support this feature. Prepaid accounts and some older accounts may not be supported.

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Compatible Models

Band Support

Apple Watch Series 9

Model A2982 (41mm)
Model A2984 (45mm)

Apple Watch SE

Model A2726 (40mm)
Model A2727 (44mm)

Apple Watch Ultra 2

Model A2986

LTE

1 (2100 MHz)
2 (1900 MHz)
3 (1800 MHz)
4 (AWS)
5 (850 MHz)
6 (850MHz)
7 (2600 MHz)
12 (700 MHz)
13 (700c MHz)
14 (700 PS)
17 (700b MHz)
18 (800 MHz)
19 (800 MHz)
25 (1900 MHz)
26 (800 MHz)
39 (TD 1900)
40 (TD 2300)
41 (TD 2500)
66 (AWS-3)

UMTS

2100 MHz
1900 MHz
1700/2100 MHz
850 MHz

Country or Region

Supported Carriers

Vereinigte Staaten

Appalachian Wireless⁴
AT&T¹ Supports Family Setup

C Spire⁴ Supports Family Setup

Cellcom Wisconsin⁴

Consumer Cellular⁴
Cricket Wireless¹ Supports Family Setup
GCI
Nex-Tech Wireless⁴

Spectrum Mobile

T-Mobile USA⁵ Supports Family Setup

UScellular⁴ Supports Family Setup

Verizon
Wireless⁵ Supports Family Setup

Visible⁴

Xfinity
Mobile⁴

Kanada

Bell⁴ Supports Family Setup
Freedom⁴
Rogers⁴
Sasktel
Telus Supports Family Setup
Virgin Plus

Ecuador

Claro

Mexiko

AT&T
Telcel

Puerto Rico

AT&T
Claro⁴
Liberty⁴ Supports Family Setup
T-Mobile
Verizon

Compatible Models

Band Support

Apple Watch Series 9

Model A2982 (41mm)
Model A2984 (45mm)

Apple Watch SE

Model A2725 (40mm)
Model A2724 (44mm)

Apple Watch Ultra 2

Model A2986

LTE

1 (2100 MHz)
2 (1900 MHz)
3 (1800 MHz)
4 (AWS)
5 (850 MHz)
6 (850MHz)
7 (2600 MHz)
8 (900 MHz)
18 (800 MHz)
19 (800 MHz)
20 (800 DD)
25 (1900 MHz)
26 (800 MHz)
28 (700 APT MHz)
39 (TD 1900)
40 (TD 2300)
41 (TD 2500)
66 (AWS-3)

UMTS

2100 MHz
1900 MHz
1700/2100 MHz
850 MHz
900 MHz

Country or Region

Supported Carriers

Argentinien

Claro

Australien

Optus
Telstra⁴
Vodafone

Österreich

A1
Drei¹
Magenta¹

Bahamas

Be Aliv

Bahrain

Batelco⁵ Supports Family Setup
STC
Zain⁵ Supports Family Setup

Belgien

Telenet⁴

Brasilien

Claro
TIM
Vivo

Bulgarien

Yettel

Chile

Entel
Movistar

Kolumbien

Claro

Zypern

Cyta

Tschechische Republik

T-Mobile¹^, ⁴
O2
Vodafone

Dänemark

3¹
Telenor¹
Telia¹
Telmore⁴
YouSee¹

Dominikanische Republik

Claro

Estland

Elisa¹
Telia¹

Finnland

DNA
Elisa¹
Telia¹

Frankreich

Orange¹
SFR

Deutschland

1&1
O2¹
Telekom⁵ Supports Family Setup
Vodafone¹

Ungarn

Magyar Telekom

Island

Nova¹
Siminn
Vodafone

Indien

Airtel
Reliance Jio¹^, ⁴
Vodafone

Irland

Vodafone

Israel

Cellcom¹^, ⁴
Hot Mobile
Partner⁴
Pelephone⁴

Italien

TIM
Vodafone

Japan

au¹^, ⁴ Supports Family Setup
NTT DoCoMo
Rakuten⁴ Supports Family Setup
SoftBank¹^, ⁴

Kuwait

Ooredoo
Viva
Zain Supports Family Setup

Lettland

Bite
LMT
Telia

Litauen

Bite
Tele 2
Telia¹

Malaysia

CelcomDigi
Maxis

Niederlande

KPN¹
ODIDO
Vodafone

Neuseeland

One.nz¹
Spark

Norwegen

OneCall¹^, ⁴
Talkmore ¹^, ⁴
Telenor¹
Telia⁵ Supports Family Setup

Peru

Claro
Entel⁴

Philippinen

Globe

Polen

Orange
T-Mobile⁴

Portugal

MEO⁴
NOS
Vodafone

Katar

Ooredoo
Vodafone

Rumänien

Orange
Vodafone

Saudi-Arabien

Mobily
STC
Zain

Singapur

M1
Singtel⁵ Supports Family Setup
Starhub Supports Family Setup

Slowakei

O2
Slovak Telekom

Südafrika

MTN
Vodacom

Südkorea

KT⁴
LG U+⁴
SK Telecom⁴

Spanien

Movistar¹ Supports Family Setup
Orange
Pepephone
Vodafone
Yoigo

Sri Lanka

Dialog

Schweden

Comviq
Tele 2
Telenor¹
Telia¹Supports Family Setup
Tre¹

Schweiz

Salt
Sunrise⁵ Supports Family Setup
Swisscom⁵ Supports Family Setup

Taiwan

APT⁴
Chunghwa Telecom¹^, ⁴ Supports Family Setup
FarEasTone⁴ Supports Family Setup
Taiwan Mobile¹ Supports Family Setup

Thailand

AIS
True dtac
TrueMove H

Türkiye

Turkcell
Turk Telecom

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

du
Etisalat
Virgin Mobile

Vereinigtes Königreich

3
EE Supports Family Setup
O2
Vodafone

Vietnam

Viettel
Vinaphone

Compatible Models

Band Support

Apple Watch Series 9

Model A2983 (41mm)
Model A2985 (45mm)

Apple Watch SE

Model A2855 (40mm)
Model A2856 (44mm)

Apple Watch Ultra 2

Model A2987

This product has been optimized for use in China mainland and Hong Kong.

LTE

1 (2100 MHz)
2 (1900 MHz)
3 (1800 MHz)
4 (AWS)
5 (850 MHz)
6 (850MHz)
7 (2600 MHz)
8 (900 MHz)
18 (800 MHz)
19 (800 MHz)
20 (800 DD)
25 (1900 MHz)
26 (800 MHz)
28 (700 APT MHz)
39 (TD 1900)
40 (TD 2300)
41 (TD 2500)
66 (AWS-3)

UMTS

2100 MHz
1900 MHz
1700/2100 MHz
850 MHz
900 MHz

Country or Region

Supported Carriers

China mainland

China Mobile⁴
China Telecom⁴ Supports Family Setup
China Unicom Supports Family Setup

Hongkong

1O1O¹^, ⁴ Supports Family Setup
3¹
China Mobile Hong Kong¹
csl¹^, ⁴ Supports Family Setup
SmarTone¹ Supports Family Setup
Sun Mobile

Macao

CTM Supports Family Setup

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Compatible Models

Apple Watch Ultra 2
GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Ultra
GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Series 9
GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Series 8
GPS + Cellular Apple Watch SE
GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Series 7
GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Series 6
GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Series 5
GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Series 4
GPS + Cellular

Country or Region

Supported Carriers

Vereinigte Staaten

AT&T⁵

Cricket Wireless⁵

Australien

BetterRoaming⁵

Bahrain

Batelco⁵
Zain⁵

Kanada

Bell⁴
Telus

China mainland

Service availability and supported cities for Apple Watch are determined by each carrier. Contact your carrier for service and city details.

China Telecom⁴
China Unicom

Frankreich

BetterRoaming⁵

Deutschland

Telekom⁵
BetterRoaming⁵
Vodafone

Hongkong

This product has been optimized for use in Hong Kong and will not work in mainland China.

1O1O⁴
3
csl⁴
SmarTone

Japan

au¹^, ⁴
Rakuten⁴

Kuwait

Zain

Macao

Norwegen

Telia⁵

Polen

BetterRoaming⁵

Puerto Rico

Liberty⁴

Singapur

Singtel⁵
Starhub

Spanien

Movistar
BetterRoaming⁵

Schweden

Telia

Schweiz

Sunrise⁵
Swisscom⁵

Taiwan

Chungwa Telecom⁴
FarEasTone⁴
Taiwan Mobile¹

Vereinigte Arabische Emirate

Etisalat

Vereinigtes Königreich

EE
BetterRoaming⁵