Apple Watch GPS + Cellular

Stay connected when you’re away from your phone.

Apple Watch 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 Apple Watch For Your Kids, 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. 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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Apple Watch For Your Kids support.

Apple Watch For Your Kids allows you to use your iPhone to set up an Apple Watch for kids 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 Apple Watch For Your Kids 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 10

Model A3001 (42mm)
Model A3003 (46mm)

Apple Watch Series 9

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

Apple Watch Series 8

Model A2772 (41mm)
Model A2774 (45mm)

Apple Watch SE

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

Apple Watch Ultra 2

Model A2986

Apple Watch Ultra

Model A2622

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

United States

Appalachian Wireless⁴
AT&T¹^, ⁵
Boost Mobile⁴^, ⁵
C Spire⁴^, ⁵
Cellcom Wisconsin⁴
Consumer Cellular⁴
Cricket Wireless¹^, ⁵
GCI
Metro by T-Mobile⁴
Nex-Tech Wireless⁴
RedPocket⁴
Spectrum Mobile
T-Mobile USA⁵^, ⁶
UScellular⁴^, ⁵
Verizon
Wireless⁵^, ⁶
Visible⁴
Xfinity
Mobile⁴

Canada

Bell⁴^, ⁵
Freedom⁴
Koodo Mobile
Rogers⁴
SaskTel
Telus⁵
Videotron⁴
Virgin Plus

Ecuador

Claro

Mexico

AT&T
Telcel

Puerto Rico

AT&T
Claro⁴
Liberty⁴^, ⁵
T-Mobile
Verizon

Compatible Models

Band Support

Apple Watch Series 10

Model A3001 (42mm)
Model A3003 (46mm)

Apple Watch Series 9

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

Apple Watch Series 8

Model A2773 (41mm)
Model A2775 (45mm)

Apple Watch SE

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

Apple Watch Ultra 2

Model A2986

Apple Watch Ultra

Model A2684

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

Argentina

Claro

Australia

Optus
Telstra⁴
Vodafone

Austria

A1
Drei¹
Magenta¹

Bahamas

Be Aliv

Bahrain

Batelco⁵^, ⁶
stc
Zain⁵^, ⁶

Belgium

Telenet¹^, ⁴

Brazil

Claro
TIM
Vivo

Bulgaria

A1
Yettel

Chile

Entel
Movistar

Colombia

Claro

Croatia

A1 Hrvatska
Hrvatski Telekom⁴

Cyprus

Cyta¹

Czech Republic

O2¹
T-Mobile¹^, ⁴
Vodafone

Denmark

3¹
Telenor¹
Telia¹
Telmore⁴
YouSee¹

Dominican Republic

Claro

Estonia

Elisa¹
Tele2¹^,⁴
Telia¹

Finland

DNA
Elisa¹
Telia¹

France

Orange¹
SFR

Germany

1&1
O2¹
Telekom¹^, ⁵^, ⁶
Vodafone¹

Greece

Cosmote¹^, ⁴

Hungary

Magyar Telekom

Iceland

Nova¹
Siminn¹
Vodafone

India

Airtel
Reliance Jio¹^, ⁴^, ⁵
Vodafone

Ireland

Three
Vodafone

Israel

Cellcom¹^, ⁴
Hot Mobile
Partner⁴
Pelephone⁴

Italy

TIM
Vodafone

Japan

au¹^, ⁴^, ⁵
NTT DoCoMo
Rakuten⁴^, ⁵
SoftBank¹^, ⁴

Kuwait

Ooredoo
stc
Zain⁵

Latvia

Bite¹
LMT
Telia¹

Lithuania

Bite¹
Tele 2
Telia¹

Malaysia

CelcomDigi
Maxis

Maldives

Ooredoo

Netherlands

KPN¹
ODIDO
Vodafone

New Zealand

One.nz¹
Spark

Norway

OneCall¹^, ⁴
Talkmore¹^, ⁴
Telenor¹
Telia⁵^, ⁶

Peru

Claro
Entel⁴

Philippines

Globe

Poland

Orange
Play⁴
T-Mobile⁴

Portugal

MEO⁴
NOS
Vodafone

Qatar

Ooredoo⁵
Vodafone

Romania

Orange
Vodafone

Saudi Arabia

Mobily
stc
Zain

Singapore

M1
Singtel⁵^, ⁶
Starhub⁵

Slovakia

O2
Slovak Telekom

Slovenia

Telekom Slovenije¹^,⁴

South Africa

MTN
Vodacom

South Korea

KT⁴
LG U+⁴
SK Telecom⁴

Spain

Movistar¹^, ⁵
Orange
Pepephone
Vodafone
Yoigo

Sri Lanka

Dialog

Sweden

Comviq
Tele 2
Telenor¹
Telia¹^, ⁵
Tre¹

Switzerland

Salt¹
Sunrise⁵^, ⁶
Swisscom⁵^, ⁶

Taiwan

APT⁴
Chunghwa Telecom¹^, ⁴^, ⁵
FarEasTone⁴^, ⁵
Taiwan Mobile¹^, ⁵

Thailand

AIS
True dtac

Türkiye

Turkcell
Turk Telecom
Vodafone

Ukraine

lifecell⁴

United Arab Emirates

du
e&
Virgin Mobile

United Kingdom

3
EE⁵
O2
Vodafone

Vietnam

Viettel
Vinaphone

Compatible Models

Band Support

Apple Watch Series 10

Model A3002 (42mm)
Model A3206 (46mm)

Apple Watch Series 9

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

Apple Watch Series 8

Model A2857 (41mm)
Model A2858 (45mm)

Apple Watch SE

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

Apple Watch Ultra 2

Model A2987

Apple Watch Ultra

Model A2859

This product has been optimized for use in China mainland.

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

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

China Mobile⁴
China Telecom⁴^, ⁵
China Unicom⁵

Compatible Models

Band Support

Apple Watch Series 10

Model A3001 (42mm)
Model A3003 (46mm)

Apple Watch Series 9

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

Apple Watch Series 8

Model A2857 (41mm)
Model A2858 (45mm)

Apple Watch SE

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

Apple Watch Ultra 2

Model A2986
Purchased after
September 20, 2024
Model A2987
Purchased before
September 20, 2024

Apple Watch Ultra

Model A2859

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

Hong Kong

1O1O¹^, ⁴^, ⁵
3¹^, ⁵
China Mobile Hong Kong¹
csl¹^, ⁴^, ⁵
SmarTone¹^, ⁵
Sun Mobile

Macao

CTM⁵

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Compatible Models

Apple Watch Series 10
GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Series 9
GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Ultra 2
GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Series 8
GPS + Cellular Apple Watch Ultra
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

United States

Australia

BetterRoaming⁶

Bahrain

Batelco⁶
Zain⁶

Canada

Bell⁴
SaskTel
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

France

BetterRoaming⁶

Germany

Telekom⁶
BetterRoaming⁶
Vodafone

Hong Kong

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

1O1O⁴
3
csl⁴
SmarTone

India

Reliance Jio⁵

Japan

au¹^, ⁴
Rakuten⁴

Kuwait

Zain

Macao

Norway

Telia⁶

Poland

BetterRoaming⁶

Puerto Rico

Liberty⁴

Qatar

Ooredoo

Singapore

Singtel⁶
Starhub

Spain

Movistar
BetterRoaming⁶

Sweden

Telia

Switzerland

Sunrise⁶
Swisscom⁶

Taiwan

Chungwa Telecom⁴
FarEasTone⁴
Taiwan Mobile¹

Thailand

AIS
True dtac

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

EE
BetterRoaming⁶