Series 8 watch receives messages with no phone connection

I knocked the power point and my iphone didn’t charge overnight, so now it’s completely flat and dead.

But my Series 8 watch (no cellular, GPS only) is still receiving and sending SMS (not iMessage) messages.

I’m very surprised and curious if anyone can explain how is this possible?

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Apytele@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 202d (2 replies)
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_deleted_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 202d (1 reply)

Yea the watch has wifi. But don’t sms messages come through the phone network? I just thought it was odd.

Apytele@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 202d
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Jumbie@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 202d

When your phone is off it’s still running basic functions under power in the background.

Perhaps the answer is in that feature somewhere? I wouldn’t suspect anything ominous.