Montblanc Summit 3 will be the first Wear OS 3 smartwatch for iOS
by Victoria Song from The Verge - All Posts on (#60W3G)
The Montblanc Summit 3 will be the first Wear OS 3 watch to run on iOS. | Image: Montblanc The forthcoming Montblanc Summit 3 will not only run Wear OS 3, but it'll be the first smartwatch on the new unified platform to support iOS - sort of.
The news - initially reported by Wareable - was confirmed to The Verge by Qualcomm spokesperson Lauren Miller. The Summit 3 isn't the first smartwatch to be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 4100 Plus platform, but it is the first to launch with Wear OS 3 already installed. The fact that it also supports iOS is a significant departure from other confirmed Wear OS 3 watches. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 lineup and the forthcoming Google Pixel Watch, for example, are exclusive to Android users.
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