What you have to know
- Vivo’s product supervisor, Han Boxiao, confirmed throughout WWDC that the subsequent Android foldable, the X Fold 5, will totally assist the Apple Watch.
- Boxiao states this Android & Apple compatibility will deliver the decision/textual content show to the watch and even full well being information, which could be synced by way of the Vivo Well being app.
- Vivo then teased “prolonged mode” assist between its subsequent Android foldable and Mac computer systems.
Vivo asserting assist for a wise watch not inside the Android framework most likely wasn’t in your bingo card (or ours).
As WWDC obtained underway for Apple, Vivo’s product supervisor, Han Boxiao, introduced that the corporate’s subsequent Android foldable shall be suitable with the Apple Watch (by way of Android Authority). In Boxiao’s machine-translated submit, Vivo is looking its upcoming foldable, the X Fold 5, an “Apple Companion.”
This “partnership” reportedly begins with the gadget totally supporting the Apple Watch, enabling the wearable to show your calls, texts, and well being information.
Vivo states its work with Apple has enabled the gadget to report your well being information 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 gadget and nonetheless make the most of their watch, as if nothing modified.
In a follow-up submit, 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. Primarily, this may 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 nicely.
Android and Apple… Mix?
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Vivo’s Boxiao additionally teased that the X Fold 5 can 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 quick interval when Android’s Put on 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 widespread Android makers would see their watches in Apple’s realm; nonetheless, this was solely doable by way of the Put on OS by Google app.
Talking of that app, iPhone customers taking a look at it these days will not discover a lot solace. Whereas sure units from Fossil, Montblanc, and Mobvoi have been technically “supported” on Apple’s iPhones by way of Put on OS by Google, that possibility’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 almost developed an Android-compatible watch, however dropped it attributable to “enterprise issues.” Such a tool would’ve introduced all of Apple’s well being and health options to Android. Nevertheless, Apple took it again, feeling it finest to maintain its options and watch in-house.
