I have just bought a Galaxy Watch (42 mm Bluetooth) and I paired it with my iPhone XS Max. When I recieve a call in my iPhone, I get a notification in my watch but when I try to answer I`m unable to do so and I get a message saying that I should refer to my phone.
Can you please help? I understand that I canΒ΄t make phone calls from my watch if paired with an iPhone but I should be able to answer them.
Until I needed to do a hard reset I could make and receive calls. My bluetooth settings at that point showed two galaxy watch connections one with just device number the other with number and LTE.
Since hard reset I just have LTE connection and can no longer make or accept calls. Enabling headset does not work as watch is searching for a headset only!
While connected to your iPhone via Bluetooth, the Galaxy Watch is fully capable of making and receiving calls. But there is a catch, when you try to initiate a call from a newly paired Galaxy Watch it shows you an error.
Once you tap on the error message, youβll see a Bluetooth device with a similar name as your Galaxy Watch which is connected to your iPhone, connect to it and youβre good to go for calls.
The fact that there are two separate Bluetooth signals coming from your Galaxy Watch while being used with iPhone gives a very distinct option of connecting the Galaxy Watch with two devices simultaneously.
After the initial setup, when you try to make a call from your watch and it shows a pop-up on your iPhoneβs screen, simply search and connect to the similar Bluetooth signal from Galaxy Watch on a new device rather than your iPhone. This will allow you to make and receive calls through the new phone while still using iPhone for all other apps and notifications
Galaxy Watch has the same calling features when paired with iPhone as it has with any other Android device for that matter. You can easily receive calls, initiate calls and swap between the watch and iPhone with just a click which is an added bonus if compared to the Apple Watch.
This solution was very helpful and easy to implement. I just got an iPhone XR after being a longtime Samsung Galaxy user (my office wanted to standardize the cell phones being used), and I love my Gear S3. I went to Best Buy and the guy there told me this can't be done, and that I could not download new watch faces from either Facer or Watchmaker. So, after being really annoyed, I decided to do some research and came upon this suggestion. It worked perfectly, and exactly as explained. Thank you VERY much! BTW - I got the two watch face sites to work also - not quite as easy as with a Samsung phone, but not too bad. If you are having either of these issues - don't give up!!
While connected to your iPhone via Bluetooth, the Galaxy Watch is fully capable of making and receiving calls. But there is a catch, when you try to initiate a call from a newly paired Galaxy Watch it shows you an error.
Once you tap on the error message, youβll see a Bluetooth device with a similar name as your Galaxy Watch which is connected to your iPhone, connect to it and youβre good to go for calls.
There are two separate Bluetooth signals coming from your Galaxy Watch while being used with iPhone: Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Watch LE.
After the initial setup, when you try to make a call from your watch and it shows a pop-up on your iPhoneβs screen, simply search and connect to the similar Bluetooth signal from Galaxy Watch on your iPhone.
I finally was able to both make and receive phone calls from my iPhone into my watch by enabling hands free in my watch and adding it as another Bluetooth device in my iPhone
