Apple’s walled backyard strategy means you’ll be able to’t use the Apple Watch with a smartphone aside from the iPhone. However with its newest Android foldable, Vivo claims full help for the Apple Watch.
The Vivo X Fold 5 even guarantees deep iPhone and Mac integration, apparently mirroring your calls, messages, and notifications.
Vivo’s newest foldable is magnificence with brains
Vivo has launched some spectacular telephones in recent times. The X Fold 5 foldable builds on the corporate’s X Fold 3 from final 12 months, packing a super-slim 9.2mm physique. And but, it manages to sport an enormous 6,000mAh battery, an 8.03-inch interior folding show, as much as 16GB RAM and triple 50MP rear cameras. It’s additionally the world’s lightest foldable but, weighing solely 217g.
Whereas the X Fold 5 stands out primarily based on the {hardware} alone, it packs some distinctive software program options too. Vivo claims the X Fold 5 helps deep Apple integration. As a part of this, the foldable will “seamlessly” hook up with AirPods. With a Mac, you should utilize the X Fold 5’s interior display screen as an prolonged show.
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As if that’s not sufficient, Vivo says the X Fold 5 can pair with an iPhone — mirroring your calls, texts, and notifications. Extra importantly, the corporate claims the X Fold 5 can hook up with the Apple Watch and sync your notifications, calls, and so on. It may supposedly even sync your well being and health knowledge to Vivo’s Well being app.
Set up companion apps for the combination to work
Nonetheless, there’s a catch: you’ll must pair your Apple Watch with an iPhone first. Plus, the Vivo X Fold 5 Professional gained’t launch with Apple Watch integration out of the field; as a substitute, it’ll include a software program replace sooner or later.
Even for the opposite Apple ecosystem integration options, you should set up a companion app on the iPhone or Mac. Nonetheless, that’s a small trade-off contemplating the deep stage of integration Vivo guarantees.
On paper, the Vivo X Fold 5 guarantees spectacular {hardware} and software program options, particularly with Apple units. The one bummer? The foldable might not launch exterior of China. And even when it does, Vivo gained’t carry it to the U.S.
