There needs to be a bigger demand
LG’s new all-singing, all-dancing Android Wear watch – the LG Watch Sport – has a wealth of features. One of those is a SIM slot but, unlike our American cousins, Brits won’t be able to tie their current number to the second SIM inside the wearable.
The LG Watch Sport goes on sale in the US first, and AT&T and Verizon will offer customers the option to tie their current mobile SIM card to a second SIM which goes in the wearable – meaning you can continue using your mobile number and the second SIM will piggyback on it.
That means if someone calls your regular mobile number, your watch will ring – even if you’re away from your phone.
Sadly, when the LG Watch Sport does arrive in the UK it looks like EE, O2, Vodafone and Three won’t be offering a similar service.
The networks haven’t confirmed whether they’ll be offering the watch yet – but we can expect more smartwatches this year to offer similar connectivity as the Watch Sport, so the likelihood is it’s a service people will be asking for.
The Watch Sport doesn’t come with a SIM in the box, and doesn’t require one to function, but if you want to use it independently from your smartphone for calls and texts you’ll need to invest in a second SIM plan.
TechRadar contacted all four networks to find out just what the deal is when it comes to sharing your number between your phone and a second SIM in a wearable – also known as “twinning”.
TechRadar spoke to Brendan Arndt, Three UK’s Lead Product Manager and asked if the network currently offers twinning.
