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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by eitally on Thursday March 21, 2024 @01:17PM (#39781512)
With non-Apple Watches, you can't 1) reply to texts, 2) answer phone calls (or place calls), 3) interact with other native iPhone applications (like Apple Health).

You'll pry my Garmin from my cold, dead hands but there's no mistaking it for an actual "smart"-watch. I value it entirely for health & fitness, and the very few "smart" things it can do are just nice-to-have icing on the cake.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by parl_match on Thursday March 21, 2024 @02:29PM (#39782517)
FWIW you can answer and place calls via smartwatches on ios.

Also, you can interact with Apple Health from any smart device via a companion app. You just have to grant permission.

#1 is valid though.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by mscrivo on Thursday March 21, 2024 @01:39PM (#39781835)
not sure "non-apple watches" is accurate here. I can do all of those things with my Pixel watch

edit: as comment below points out, I was missing the obvious context of paired with an iPhone.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by rezonant on Thursday March 21, 2024 @01:45PM (#39781906)
OP obviously meant non Apple watches paired with iPhones.
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by promiseofbeans on Thursday March 21, 2024 @09:28PM (#39786520)
Also I don't believe you can control music
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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by rattus_rattus on Thursday March 21, 2024 @10:34PM (#39786911)
You can! I use my garmin a lot to switch songs on my iPhone, change volume, etc.

But like the other commenter said, you can’t reply to notifications or calls when the watch is paired to an iPhone, but you could when paired to an Android, which is a feature I definitely miss from when I had a Pixel.

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Re:U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone mon... by GnarfGnarf on Thursday March 21, 2024 @09:49PM (#39786660)
I couldn’t get the Afib tracker working consistently on my Fitbit Charge 5. Had to switch to an Apple Watch and an iPhone. Much more reliable.
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