- Vivo says its next folder will offer the Apple Watch Support
- Sync appears to be working through an iCloud connection
- It is not clear if Apple will eventually allow this to work
We didn’t have Apple Watch -Support for Android phones on our Tech Bingo card for 2025 -or for any year, for that matter -but Vivo has announced that the upcoming Vivo X Fold 5 will be the first Android phone to work with Apple’s laptops.
According to an official post on Weibo (via 9to5Google), you can answer calls and read texts on your Apple Watch when connected to your X Fold 5, as well as Sync Health Data between the two devices.
Based on subsequent posts from VIVO, it sounds like this will work through some kind of iCloud connection via the web. I trust Google Translate, but there are mentions of synchronization data to and from an iPhone as well.
It will be interesting to see how this works when it arrives – because it could probably also be set to other Android phones. As you may already know, Apple leaders were considering adding Android support to Apple Watch, but abandoning the efforts due to “technical restrictions”.
I hope it happens but I’m not convinced
The obstacle by trying to add the Apple Watch Support to an Android phone is similar to the problem of trying to build a third-party app to access your iMessages: Apple doesn’t let you do it, which is a pretty big stumbling.
At least at least, Apple wants its smartwatches to be accessories for its iPhones, and it doesn’t want a device like Apple Watch 10 to lower itself to connect to an Android phone – although it may be selling multiple wearables as a result.
Whatever the hack is, as Vivo has in mind, it is pretty much a given that Apple blocks it with a software update. If Apple Watch ever gets official Android support, it will be because Apple allows it – perhaps as a result of the continued antitrust pressure it is below.
While I’m a dedicated Android user when it comes to my primary phone after election, I’d like the opportunity to use an Apple Watch on my wrist -it certainly compares well with the best garmins and the best Android watches out there.
However, it’s not a choice Apple will give me right now and I’m not sure Vivo will be able to do a lot about it.
