Adding an EE data plan to your smartwatch

Setting up mobile data on your compatible smartwatch means you can make and answer calls and use apps without needing to be connected to your phone. Customers with an Essentials Plus, All Rounder, or Full Works plan purchased after 29 August 2024 will be eligible for free smartwatch data.

Accessing your EE smartwatch data plan

You can get unlimited Smartwatch data for just £7 per month. With this add-on you can connect any compatible smartwatch and benefit from unlimited data. Leave your phone at home and still get calls, messages and listen to music using your watch.

If you purchased an Essentials Plus, All Rounder, or Full Works plan after the 29 August 2024, you’re eligible for free unlimited watch data.

Setting up your smartwatch data

  1. To use data on your smartwatch you will need a watch that has cellular functionality.
  2. On your mobile phone, open the app related to your smartwatch, Apple Watch/ Galaxy Wearable/ Google Pixel Watch for example, this may be preinstalled on your device or you can download from your app store.
  3. Pair your watch to your device if you haven't already. 
  4. If you’re setting up a new watch for yourself you will be able to connect mobile data services during the onboarding. If you are adding data to an existing watch you can do this in the watch app settings.
  5. When asked, log in with your EE ID.
  6. Select the £7 per month paired watch SIM, you won’t be charged if this is included in your Essentials Plus, All Rounder, or Full Works plan bought post 29 August 2024.
  7. Activation can take up to 4 hours.
  8. Once successful you'll receive a notification from your watch app.

Need to know

You will receive an SMS when your discount has been applied, this can take up to 48 hours and may appear on your bill. 

If you have an eligible plan you will not be charged.

You are eligible for free watch data if:

  • you have a compatible watch and you're out of contract 
  • you have purchased a SIM-enabled smartwatch from ee.co.uk or a third party, without any data allowance 
  • you are have a chargeable watch SIM Only plan with EE

Compatible Apple devices

You will need an iPhone 6s or later running iOS 15, you’ll also need a cellular Apple Watch SE, or a Series 5 or later.

Compatible Samsung devices

Samsung has a range of compatible devices, to pair you’ll also need the Galaxy Wearable app.

For more information on your smartwatch, select your device below.

These links will take you to the connectivity section of the device guide.

 

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