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hamish225

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#299290 26-Aug-2022 15:59

Hi everyone,

as per this: https://www.2degrees.nz/media-releases/2degrees-launches-esim-capability

it mentions esim and the apple watch specifically, but I've tried to enable it on my apple watch and I just get a message that says 2degrees doesn't support it. Am i doing something wrong, has anyone else managed to get it to work?

FYI I have esim enabled on my iPhone now as of yesterday, as I believe this was required when I was with EE in the UK and orange in france, to have the esim on my watch too.

Thanks!

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#2959875 26-Aug-2022 16:09

That article goes on to state "Consumer plans will follow in the coming month, with wearables on the roadmap for after that.".

So no, it's not supported yet and the timeframe is unclear.

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#2959892 26-Aug-2022 16:18

alasta:

That article goes on to state "Consumer plans will follow in the coming month, with wearables on the roadmap for after that.".

So no, it's not supported yet and the timeframe is unclear.

Oh, I should also have mentioned, I am on the regular consumer plans so they're definitely available and I have esim on my phone already, just not my watch

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#2959896 26-Aug-2022 16:22

I would love to see a plan that means I can have my watch as a stand-alone cellular device, so this is excites me

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#2959899 26-Aug-2022 16:28

hamish225:

alasta:

That article goes on to state "Consumer plans will follow in the coming month, with wearables on the roadmap for after that.".

So no, it's not supported yet and the timeframe is unclear.

Oh, I should also have mentioned, I am on the regular consumer plans so they're definitely available and I have esim on my phone already, just not my watch

My interpretation of that statement was that consumer plans will support phones during the coming month, with wearables to follow for both consumer and business plans.

Is anyone else reading it differently?

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#2959903 26-Aug-2022 16:30

tehgerbil:

I would love to see a plan that means I can have my watch as a stand-alone cellular device, so this is excites me

I am really keen to get this on my watch too as I am a runner and I want to be able to use the SOS function on the watch if, god forbid, the need ever arises.

I'm currently with Vodafone so it will be very interesting to see who rolls out wearables support first. Given that Vodafone don't yet support eSIM at all, I'd say they're on the back foot.

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#2959909 26-Aug-2022 16:36

https://www.2degrees.nz/media-releases/2degrees-expands-esim-capability

Wearable are clearly not supported yet.

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#2959958 26-Aug-2022 18:50

Ruphus: https://www.2degrees.nz/media-releases/2degrees-expands-esim-capability

Wearable are clearly not supported yet.

That is correct. This is not my area of experience, so can’t comment professionally, though I believe wareables present a much great complexity and will take a great deal more effort to implement.

But watch (no pun) this space.