What it’s essential know
- Vivo’s product supervisor, Han Boxiao, confirmed throughout WWDC that the following Android foldable, the X Fold 5, will absolutely assist the Apple Watch.
- Boxiao states this Android & Apple compatibility will convey the decision/textual content show to the watch and even full well being knowledge, which may be synced through the Vivo Well being app.
- Vivo then teased “prolonged mode” assist between its subsequent Android foldable and Mac computer systems.
Vivo saying assist for a sensible watch not inside the Android framework in all probability wasn’t in your bingo card (or ours).
As WWDC received underway for Apple, Vivo’s product supervisor, Han Boxiao, announced that the corporate’s subsequent Android foldable will probably be suitable with the Apple Watch (through Android Authority). In Boxiao’s machine-translated publish, Vivo is asking its upcoming foldable, the X Fold 5, an “Apple Companion.”
This “partnership” reportedly begins with the machine absolutely supporting the Apple Watch, enabling the wearable to show your calls, texts, and well being knowledge.
Vivo states its work with Apple has enabled the machine to report your well being knowledge and synchronize it with the Vivo Well being app on its Android cellphone. Boxiao states iPhone customers with an Apple Watch can change their cellphone to its Android machine and nonetheless make the most of their watch, as if nothing modified.
In a follow-up post, Boxiao teased extra in retailer with this “Apple partnership.” Vivo teases that buyers within the X Fold 5 can make the most of “prolonged mode” on a Mac laptop. Basically, it will flip your Android foldable right into a second monitor, per se, letting you drag further home windows over to your cellphone. Moreover, the X Fold 5 reportedly receives some iCloud assist, as properly.
Android and Apple… Mix?
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Vivo’s Boxiao additionally teased that the X Fold 5 could have assist for Apple’s AirPods, too, bringing this partnership full circle when it comes to equipment.
It’d really feel like a very long time in the past, however there was a short interval when Android’s Wear OS supported Apple’s iPhones. This particularly involved the Montblanc Summit 3, which was set to obtain Put on OS 3 again in 2022. This seemingly gave hope that different watches from different in style Android makers would see their watches in Apple’s realm; nevertheless, this was solely attainable through the Put on OS by Google app.
Talking of that app, iPhone customers it these days won’t find much solace. Whereas sure units from Fossil, Montblanc, and Mobvoi have been technically“supported” on Apple’s iPhones through Put on OS by Google, that choice’s gone out the window. Curiously, in 2024, there have been some limitations highlighted about attempting to bridge the hole between Android and iOS software program. This primarily involved constant connectivity, voice assistant assist, calls/texts, and extra.
This all appears to have been rectified, as Vivo pushes on forward with the X Fold 5.
One other focal point is a report from 2023 that mentioned Apple nearly developed an Android-compatible watch, however dropped it resulting from “enterprise issues.” Such a tool would’ve introduced all of Apple’s well being and health options to Android. Nonetheless, Apple took it again, feeling it greatest to maintain its options and watch in-house.