The status of Wear OS is still unclear. Google has promised a review with Wear OS 3 and we expect a new Google Pixel Watch running Wear OS 3. The only wearable Wear OS 3 on the market for a while were last year’s Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 models and this is was the first time Samsung watches were no longer compatible on iOS. This led us to believe that Wear OS 3 smartwatches would no longer be suitable for iPhone users.
This is not the case, however, with the new information from Wareable. The recently announced Montblanc Summit 3 has been confirmed compatible with iOS according to a Qualcomm spokesperson. We would proceed with several grains of salt (for now) as the news does not come from an official Montblanc source. The Summit 3 is powered by Snapdragon Wear 4100+.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4
Wear OS has historically been compatible with iPhones, albeit with some limited functionality due to incompatibility. When Samsung introduced the Watch 4 with the newly unified Wear OS, it would not be compatible with iOS devices and we were led to believe that the reason was Wear OS 3 due to the fact that Samsung watches with Tizen technology historically also had the support for iOS.
Smartwatch brands like Montblanc and Fossil have customers with iPhones and want to cater to this audience in addition to supporting Android smartphones. Samsung could have added support for iOS, but instead chose not to. It is not yet known whether the Pixel Watch will support iOS, but it looks like it will be up to all Wear OS smartwatch makers to decide whether their wearables will be compatible with iPhones.
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