09-22-2020
05:25 PM
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09-22-2020
05:28 PM
by
RogersMaude
Hello everyone,
I didn't find anything related to Family Setup here so my question is: Can we expect Apple Family Setup feature for Apple Watch this year?
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04-27-2023 07:52 PM
Adding my name as well --- I might have to switch carriers if this feature doesn't get implemented and I do not understand why it hasn't been yet!
06-24-2023 09:28 AM
3 years later - any information yet?
06-26-2023 10:46 AM
It's not happening. If you need it, switch to Bell.
06-26-2023 11:23 AM
Thanks- I agree. That's the conclusion I came to with my research this weekend. It's a bit of a pain to have to switch providers but not much more than having to 're-negotiate' promotions/plans every year with Rogers. Oh well, at least there is a path forward somewhere.
06-26-2023 11:34 AM
If you don't mind jumping through hoops, what you can do is just set up the watch on bell. You'll have to do a bit of digging, but the basic steps are:
- call bell and create a web account with them. You don't need to actually buy services with them yet.
- find someone you know who uses bell, and ask to borrow their sim card for a few minutes. Your phone needs to be on the bell network to buy a stand-alone watch plan, but you don't need your phone to be on bell to maintain the plan.
- put the bell sim card in your phone, reboot
- pair the watch to your phone and tell it you want to set up the watch as a Family Setup watch
- when it asks you about a cell plan for the watch, tell it to buy a new $10 plan from bell, login using your bell credentials
- buy the plan, receive a phone number for the watch.
- make sure watch is working
- swap your rogers sim card back in and reboot.
I did this, and it works just fine. I paid $10/month to Bell for my kids watch, and my phone was on Rogers and it maintained the watch just fine. Did it until we got my kid a phone, at which time we cancelled bell and ported her number to her rogers phone, and re-paired her watch to her phone (without cell service).
Note, if this interests you, grab the steps from this message fast, as the Rogers Police are likely to delete this message since I discuss using Bell to game the system.
Paul
06-30-2023 10:51 AM
Thanks I was wondering if something like that would work. I assumed it tied the bill to the original cell bill, but sounds like if I login with my own account it won't. My brother has Bell so I'll give it a shot!
09-27-2023 10:18 AM
Hi! Does Rogers support Family Setup for Apple watch now?
09-29-2023 09:52 AM
@veilofsun wrote:
Hello everyone,
I didn't find anything related to Family Setup here so my question is: Can we expect Apple Family Setup feature for Apple Watch this year?
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Hello @ld19 ,
As far as I know, this option is not yet available at this time. If anything changes, we will surely let the community know. Apologies for any disappointment this may cause.
Kind regards,
RogersYasmine
09-29-2023 07:59 PM
04-08-2024 11:23 AM
It's been four years since Family Setup was announced, and Telus and Bell are gaining customers who need this feature. Is there any update on its release?