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# Wi-Fi & LTE
Many watches now include the ability to synchronise data over Wi-Fi or event LTE in addition to Bluetooth. This gives users of this application the expectation that they should be able to operate Home Assistant devices from their watch without Bluetooth and hence their phone (that they left out of contact distance). The whole point of Bluetooth after all is that it is [low power](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Uses). Using Wi-Fi and LTE are power hungry and therefore not something that can be left on continuously in a small device. The watch function that uses Wi-Fi & LTE is the ability to 'synchronise', e.g. activity data (FIT files) and application updates. This function then has a limited period of time for which radio is active. Neither Wi-Fi nor LTE are "always on" like Bluetooth.
Many watches now include the ability to synchronise data over Wi-Fi or event LTE in addition to Bluetooth. This gives users of this application the expectation that they should be able to operate HomeAssistant devices from their watch without Bluetooth and hence their phone (that they left out of contact distance). The whole point of Bluetooth after all is that it is [low power](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Uses). Using Wi-Fi and LTE are power hungry and therefore not something that can be left on continuously in a small device. The watch function that uses Wi-Fi & LTE is the ability to 'synchronise', e.g. activity data (FIT files) and application updates. This function then has a limited period of time for which radio is active. Neither Wi-Fi nor LTE are "always on" like Bluetooth.
With version 3.0 onwards the application now includes the ability to temporarily turn on Wi-Fi or LTE in order to perform a task on the watch. To do this, the "synchronise" function of the Connect IQ SDK has been cleverly hijacked. This appears to be a highly sought after solution from several users as **it allows the watch to operate when out of range of the associated phone**.