Originally posted on 01/20/2016:

Quote Originally Posted by Russian Rocket View Post
Opie did you know that when the Apple Watch is in a known Wi-Fi hotspot it can perform the most essential online functions even when your phone is unavailable? It can query Siri, for example, send and receive texts, and send/receive drawings and tap patterns to other watch owners. Making and receiving phone calls on the Watch without an iPhone isn’t a possibility because this feature actually routes calls through your iPhone’s cellular network...but you can do basic shit without your iPhone.
Yes, I've done all of the above. I actually use Siri on it quite a bit. I'll tell her to set an alarm at a certain time to remind me of something, and when that time comes, it pulses on my wrist to alert me. It's killer.