Can I use a Galaxy Watch even if I don`t have a Galaxy phone?
(Android Central)

Best answer: If you have an Android phone, even one not made by Samsung, your Galaxy Watch will work great with it. Amazon: Samsung Galaxy Watch ($350) If you have a modern Android phone, you can use a Galaxy Watch In the past, Samsung locked its wearables to the Samsung experience. You needed to have a Samsung phone, and a fairly new one at that, to use its watches and fitness bands. The biggest reason for this was integration. Samsung has special software on its phones that only works when you have a Samsung account, and it`s a lot of work to guarantee every phone would have the ability to run the additional Samsung apps without running into other problems. Instead of supporting the entire Android ecosystem, it was easier for Samsung to support only its own products. Since Samsung is the top Android manufacturer in the world, there was a good chance most of the people buying these wearables already had a Samsung phone. But the Galaxy Watch is a continuation of some forward prog...