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Re:Apple Watch 3 by BoorishBears on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @07:18PM (#15233930)
You can already do that to a degree for the record.

I left my phone at home accidentally the other day, it wasn't until the work day was over and I tried to remote start my car that I realized, since almost every feature I use worked over WiFi (the remote start checks for the phone's presence)

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Re:Apple Watch 3 by URSpider94 on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @08:28PM (#15234389)
Yup, the watch piggybacks on WiFi authentication from the phone. Once you store the SSID and PSK for a network on your phone, the watch can log in independently, and you can take/make phone calls and SMS. I've done this when I left the phone at home by accident.
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Re:Apple Watch 3 by wil421 on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @11:20PM (#15235245)
It's not the just the watch. All my devices will connect to a new wifi if one does.
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