Apple Watch GPS + Cellular

Stay connected when

youʼre 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 youʼre
traveling abroad just by pressing and
holding the side button.2 And now with
Family Setup, members of your family who
donʼt 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
providerʼs cellular service lets you
connect your family memberʼs 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 LTE

Model A2982 (41mm) 1 (2100 MHz)
Model A2984 (45mm) 2 (1900 MHz)
3 (1800 MHz)
Apple Watch SE 4 (AWS)
Model A2726 (40mm) 5 (850 MHz)
Model A2727 (44mm) 6 (850MHz)
7 (2600 MHz)
Apple Watch Ultra 2 12 (700 MHz)
Model A2986 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

Supported
Country or Region Carriers

United States Appalachian Wireless4

1
AT&T 
Supports Family Setup
4
C Spire 
Supports Family Setup
4
Cellcom Wisconsin 

Consumer Cellular4
Cricket Wireless1
Supports Family Setup

GCI
Nex-Tech Wireless 4
Spectrum Mobile 
5
T-Mobile USA 
Supports Family Setup
4
UScellular 
Supports Family Setup
5
Verizon Wireless 
Supports Family Setup

Visible4
4
Xfinity Mobile 

Canada Bell4
Supports Family Setup

Freedom4
Rogers4
Sasktel
Telus
Supports Family Setup

Virgin Plus

Ecuador Claro

Mexico AT&T
Telcel

Puerto Rico AT&T

Claro4
Liberty4
Supports Family Setup

T-Mobile
Verizon

Compatible
Models Band Support

Apple Watch Series 9 LTE

Model A2982 (41mm) 1 (2100 MHz)
Model A2984 (45mm) 2 (1900 MHz)
3 (1800 MHz)
Apple Watch SE 4 (AWS)
Model A2725 (40mm) 5 (850 MHz)
Model A2724 (44mm) 6 (850MHz)
7 (2600 MHz)
Apple Watch Ultra 2 8 (900 MHz)
Model A2986 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

Supported
Country or Region Carriers

Argentina Claro

Australia Optus
Telstra4
Vodafone

Austria A1
Drei1
Magenta1

Bahamas Be Aliv

Bahrain Batelco5
Supports Family Setup

STC
Zain5
Supports Family Setup

Belgium Telenet4

Brazil Claro
TIM
Vivo

Bulgaria Yettel

Chile Entel
Movistar

Colombia Claro

Cyprus Cyta

Czech Republic T-Mobile1, 4

O2
Vodafone

Denmark 31
Telenor1
Telia1
Telmore4
YouSee1

Dominican Republic Claro

Estonia Elisa1
Telia1

Finland DNA
Elisa1
Telia1

France Orange1
SFR

Germany 1&1
O21
Telekom5
Supports Family Setup

Vodafone1

Hungary Magyar Telekom

Iceland Nova1
Siminn
Vodafone

India Airtel
Reliance Jio1, 4
Vodafone

Ireland Vodafone

Israel Cellcom1, 4
Hot Mobile
Partner4
Pelephone4

Italy TIM
Vodafone

Japan au1, 4
Supports Family Setup

NTT DoCoMo
Rakuten4
Supports Family Setup

SoftBank1, 4

Kuwait Ooredoo
Viva
Zain
Supports Family Setup

Latvia Bite
LMT
Telia

Lithuania Bite
Tele 2
Telia1

Malaysia CelcomDigi
Maxis

Netherlands KPN1
ODIDO
Vodafone

New Zealand One.nz1

Spark

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

Peru Claro
Entel4

Philippines Globe

Poland Orange
T-Mobile4

Portugal MEO4
NOS
Vodafone

Qatar Ooredoo
Vodafone

Romania Orange
Vodafone

Saudi Arabia Mobily

STC
Zain

Singapore M1
Singtel5
Supports Family Setup

Starhub
Supports Family Setup

Slovakia O2
Slovak Telekom

South Africa MTN

Vodacom

South Korea KT4

LG U+4
SK Telecom4

Spain Movistar1
Supports Family Setup

Orange
Pepephone
Vodafone
Yoigo

Sri Lanka Dialog

Sweden Comviq
Tele 2
Telenor1
Telia1
Supports Family Setup

Tre1

Switzerland 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

United Arab Emirates du

Etisalat
Virgin Mobile

United Kingdom 3
EE
Supports Family Setup

O2
Vodafone

Vietnam Viettel
Vinaphone

Compatible
Models Band Support

Apple Watch Series 9 LTE

Model A2983 (41mm) 1 (2100 MHz)
Model A2985 (45mm) 2 (1900 MHz)
3 (1800 MHz)
Apple Watch SE 4 (AWS)
Model A2855 (40mm) 5 (850 MHz)
Model A2856 (44mm) 6 (850MHz)
7 (2600 MHz)
Apple Watch Ultra 2 8 (900 MHz)
Model A2987 18 (800 MHz)
19 (800 MHz)
This product has
20 (800 DD)
been optimized for
25 (1900 MHz)
use in China mainland
26 (800 MHz)
and Hong Kong.
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

Supported
Country or Region Carriers

China mainland China Mobile4

China Telecom4
Supports Family Setup

China Unicom
Supports Family Setup

Hong Kong 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

Supported
Country or Region Carriers

United States AT&T 

5

C Spire 
Cricket Wireless5
5
T-Mobile USA 
5
BetterRoaming 
4
UScellular 
5
Verizon Wireless 

Australia BetterRoaming5

Bahrain Batelco5
Zain5

Canada Bell4
Telus

China mainland China Telecom4

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

France BetterRoaming5

Germany Telekom5
BetterRoaming5
Vodafone

Hong Kong 1O1O4

This product has been 3
optimized for use in csl4
Hong Kong and will not SmarTone
work in mainland China.

Japan au1, 4
Rakuten4

Kuwait Zain

Macao CTM

Norway Telia5

Poland BetterRoaming5

Puerto Rico Liberty4

Singapore Singtel5
Starhub

Spain Movistar
BetterRoaming5

Sweden Telia

Switzerland Sunrise5
Swisscom5

Taiwan Chungwa Telecom4

FarEasTone4
Taiwan Mobile1

United Arab Emirates Etisalat

United Kingdom EE
BetterRoaming5

i. International roaming can be added to your wireless

service plan, please check with your carrier for details and
see support.apple.com/en-us/HT207578 for additional