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An apparatus includes a first transceiver of a wearable device. The first transceiver is configured to communicate using a first communication network having a first communication range. The apparatus further includes a second transceiver of the wearable device. The second transceiver is configured

An apparatus includes a first transceiver of a wearable device. The first transceiver is configured to communicate using a first communication network having a first communication range. The apparatus further includes a second transceiver of the wearable device. The second transceiver is configured to communicate using a second communication network having a second communication range that is less than the first communication range. The apparatus also includes a receptacle of the wearable device. The receptacle is configured to receive an audio device that is configured to communicate with the second transceiver using the second communication network.

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1. An apparatus comprising: a first transceiver of a first wearable device, the first transceiver configured to communicate using a first communication network having a first communication range;a second transceiver of the first wearable device, the second transceiver configured to communicate with

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An apparatus comprising: a first transceiver of a first wearable device, the first transceiver configured to communicate using a first communication network having a first communication range;a second transceiver of the first wearable device, the second transceiver configured to communicate with an audio device using a second communication network having a second communication range that is less than the first communication range;a first receptacle of the first wearable device, the first receptacle configured to receive the audio device; andan interface of the first wearable device, the interface configured to form a magnetic connection with the audio device while the audio device is at least partially within the first receptacle and to provide data using the magnetic connection to be stored at a non-volatile memory of the audio device to enable the audio device to provide the data to a second wearable device upon insertion of the audio device at a second receptacle of the second wearable device. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a display of the first wearable device. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the audio device is configured to generate audio, and wherein the display is configured to present a graphical user interface (GUI) including information associated with the audio. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the audio device includes a speaker configured to generate an acoustic voice signal in response to voice data received from the second transceiver, and wherein the first transceiver is further configured to provide a representation of the acoustic voice signal to the second transceiver. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the audio device includes a microphone configured to generate a signal in response to speech. 6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a bus coupled to the first transceiver and to the second transceiver, wherein the second transceiver is further configured to provide voice data associated with the signal to the first transceiver using the bus. 7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the second transceiver is further configured to send the voice data to a base station device using the second communication network. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the audio device includes an earbud device having a shape corresponding to a shape of the first receptacle to enable the first receptacle to receive the audio device. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interface is further configured to perform a data transfer operation with the non-volatile memory using the magnetic connection to read the data from or to write the data to the non-volatile memory upon engagement of the audio device at the first receptacle. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a memory of the first wearable device; anda processor of the first wearable device, the processor coupled to the memory and configured to retrieve a phone application from the memory upon detecting removal of the audio device from the first receptacle. 11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interface includes a first plurality of coils configured to form the magnetic connection with a second plurality of coils of the audio device. 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first plurality of coils is further configured to charge the audio device and to communicate the data with the audio device. 13. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a sensor of the first wearable device, the sensor configured to detect, based on the magnetic connection, insertion of the audio device at the first receptacle. 14. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a device configured to retain the audio device at the first receptacle, the device including one or more of a plug configured to engage a protrusion of the audio device or a latching device configured to engage a lip of the audio device. 15. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a memory of the first wearable device, wherein the non-volatile memory of the audio device corresponds to auxiliary memory of the first wearable device. 16. A method comprising: initiating an operation associated with a call in response to detecting removal of an audio device from a first receptacle of a first wearable device, wherein the call uses a first transceiver of the first wearable device, the first transceiver having a first communication range;communicating voice data with the audio device during the call using a second transceiver of the first wearable device, the second transceiver having a second communication range that is less than the first communication range, wherein communicating the voice data includes one or more of sending voice data to the audio device using the second transceiver or receiving voice data from the audio device using the second transceiver;generating a magnetic field using an interface of the first wearable device and the audio device upon receiving the audio device at the first receptacle; andcommunicating data with the audio device using the magnetic field, the data to be stored at a non-volatile memory of the audio device to enable the audio device to provide the data to a second wearable device upon insertion of the audio device at a second receptacle of the second wearable device. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein initiating the operation includes loading a phone application at the first wearable device in response to detecting removal of the audio device from the first receptacle. 18. The method of claim 17, further comprising: receiving an indication of a target phone number via the phone application; andplacing the call to the target phone number using the first transceiver. 19. The method of claim 16, wherein initiating the operation includes answering the call. 20. The method of claim 16, further comprising terminating the call in response to detecting insertion of the audio device into the first receptacle. 21. The method of claim 20, further comprising initiating a charging operation to charge the audio device in response to detecting insertion of the audio device into the first receptacle. 22. The method of claim 16, wherein the voice data represents a signal generated by a microphone of the audio device, and further comprising providing the voice data from the second transceiver to the first transceiver. 23. An apparatus comprising: means for communicating at a first wearable device using a first communication network associated with a first communication range;means for communicating at the first wearable device using a second communication network associated with a second communication range that is less than the first communication range;means for receiving an audio device at the first wearable device, the audio device configured to communicate using the second communication network; andmeans for forming a magnetic connection with the audio device upon receiving the audio device at the means for receiving the audio device and for communicating data with the audio device using the magnetic connection, the data to be stored at a non-volatile memory of the audio device to enable the audio device to provide the data to a second wearable device upon insertion of the audio device at a second receptacle of the second wearable device. 24. The apparatus of claim 23, further comprising means for securing the first wearable device to a wrist of a user.