Does a smartwatch with wifi hotspot exist?

I would like to use a smartwatch almost as a replacement of my phone, and it would be great to be able to share internet from my watch to a computer. This way I could work without bringing my phone with me all the time. Does such an option exist? Thanks!

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The LED display can display information such as time and power, WiFi status, recording status, etc. Wifi Hotspot Connection: Connect through mobile APP, you can quickly playback or watch videos in real time.

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Set up your device as a personal hotspot and share your data connection with Wi-Fi-capable devices. TURN ON WI-FI: From the clock screen, press the Power/Home button.

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While in theory, it’s possible,in practice it isn’t, for the following reasons:

You would need to enable data roaming (and have a cellular plan which allows roaming) to use an eSIM device as a hotspot at all. This is a common complaint (“My hotspot won’t work with my eSIM!”), and the only fix is data roaming
Apart from all other complexity, there’s no way to push sufficient bandwidth between the LET and the WiFi; if it were allowed, it would be s-l-o-w.
WiFi requires more complex WiFi radio firmware in order to act as a hotspot; the initial Lucent cards to support hotspots on laptops and desktop computers required a different firmware load, since the radio has to intercept all signals, not just signals directed to it, just in case someone is trying to connect; essentially, the firmware has to support “promiscuous mode”
All things considered, it would eat your battery immediately; in fact, just using an iWatch for phone calls is enough to fully drain the battery in under an hour
If it were to ever be supported in the future, there would likely be the requirement that it be sitting in its charging cradle all the time; without hardware optimizations on the data path between the cellular modem and the WiFi PRI, it would also likely be prone to thermal shutdown

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No, a smart watch does not have a hotspot functionality. Smart watches are typically designed as companion devices to smartphones, and they rely on the smartphone’s cellular or Wi-Fi connection for internet access and connectivity. They do not have the capability to act as a standalone hotspot that can provide internet access to other devices.

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No it can’t, yes it would be super cool, in theory…but it wouldn’t work because the battery would die in about 2 minutes. As it is, though, an hour or so of talking on cellular wipes out the battery. Hotspotting would probably be even worse, and the watch would get really hot. OUCH!! But it sure would be convenient, I agree!

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