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Use your Apple Watch with an Android phone

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Before you start

  1. Apple only lets an Apple Watch be activated with an iPhone. Do that once (a borrowed iPhone is fine).
  2. Connect the watch to Wi-Fi: notifications reach it over the internet when Tandem isn't open.

Pair

  1. Install Tandem on the Apple Watch from the App Store, and on your Android phone from Google Play.
  2. Open Tandem on the watch and type its 8-character code into the phone.
  3. Compare the 6 digits and tap They match on both.

Allow access

  1. Turn on notification access for Tandem when asked.
  2. Allow Tandem to run in the background (see the battery guide).