Qualcomm spokesman lauren miller confirmed the news to The Guardian, which was originally reported by The Wall Street Journal. Summit3 is not the first smart watch equipped with Qualcomm SnapdragonWear4 100Plus platform, but it is the first watch equipped with WearOS3. It also supports iOS, which is very different from other confirmed WearOS3 watches. For example, the Samsung GalaxyWatch4 series and the upcoming Google PixelWatch are exclusive products for Android users.
Early smart watches driven by WearOS2 and Samsung Tizen have never gained incredible popularity among iPhone users, but they can indeed be used with iOS. WearOS2 watches running on the 4 100Plus chipset can be upgraded to Wear OS 3—— later this year-although it is not clear whether they are still compatible with iOS after the upgrade. The fact that Samsung GalaxyWatch4 and PixelWatch avoid iOS implies that WearOS3 will be a closed ecosystem. However, Montblanc's decision to support iPhone users shows that other WearOS watch manufacturers, such as Fossil and Mobvoi, can follow suit in future watches and even retain some form of iOS compatibility when upgrading old watches.
According to Miller, Summit3 will have a special supporting application on iOS and Android, which will act as a "bridge between mobile phones and watches". This also implies that if Fossil and Mobvoi want iOS users to continue to use it, they may also develop their own applications.
Our priority for Wearos3 is to focus on the quality experience within the Android ecosystem.
But just because Summit3 will be used with iPhone doesn't mean that iOS users will get the same WearOS3 experience as Android users.
IvyChenHunt, a Google spokesperson, told TheVerge: "Our priority for WearOS3 is to focus on the quality experience within the Android ecosystem. "Montblanc Summit3 will run WearOS3 and be compatible with iPhone. However, the support for applications and experiences will vary depending on the mobile phone platform. " Hunter went on to explain that Google supports iOS applications and services, such as YouTube music and notification mirroring, and the company plans to expand its support in the future.
In view of this, we may assume that WearOS3 will not perform very well on the iPhone-at least, not at first. Before the launch of150,000 Baolong Summit3 in July, we won't know what the iOS experience will be different. In other words, the price of this watch is amazing 1250 euros (about 1300 dollars). Therefore, although Summit3 is technically the first WearOS3 watch compatible with iOS, you'd better wait for a more affordable choice of Fossil or Mobvoi, which may come later this fall.