You mean the same phone, or a different phone? The Apple Watch already can and does use WiFi and will connect to existing configured access points: http://www

You mean the same phone, or a different phone? The Apple Watch already can and does use WiFi and will connect to existing configured access points: http://www.iphonehacks.com/2015/05/how-to-ensure-apple-watch-is-connected-to-a-wi-fi-network.html http://www.iphonehacks.com/2015/05/how-to-ensure-apple-watch... Presumably if you tethered your personal phone to a second phone, then the apple watch could and would also connect directly to that second phone's WiFi hotspot without your personal phone present.