1. Is the Apple Watch compatible with iPhone?
Not every Apple Watch is compatible with every iPhone. There are certain limitations, so check the list below for a compatibility list.
Your Apple Watch and iPhone must be within 30 meters range.Airplane mode must be turned off on both devices.Bluetooth must be turned on your iPhone.
Apple Watch Series 1 and 2 – Compatible with the iPhone 5 or later. Apple Watch Series 3 and 4 – Require an iPhone 5s or later. The 4 Series LTE version – Compatible with the iPhone 6 or later.Apple Watch Series 5, 6, and 7 – Compatible with the iPhone 6s or later.
2. Toggle Bluetooth on and off
Sometimes the bug behind the issue could be removed by just turning the Bluetooth off and on. Disable Bluetooth on iPhone Disable the Apple Watch Bluetooth Wait for a minute, and turn on Bluetooth on iPhone and Apple Watch.
3. Turn off Wi-Fi and cellular on Apple Watch
Turning off Wi-Fi and cellular (if applicable) will force your Apple watch to push for a connection with the iPhone, hopefully resolving the issue.
4. Restart your Apple Watch and iPhone
If the mentioned elemental settings do not seem to fix the issue, you should try rebooting both Apple devices, as we all know it is the best for troubleshooting. You can take help from this detailed guide if you don’t know how to restart your iPhone. As for restarting Apple Watch,
5. Check for software updates on both the devices
Bottom line Moreover, both devices need to be on a compatible version, i.e., if iPhone is on iOS 16, then the watch should be on watchOS 9. If not, pairing won’t be possible. So, check and update
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6. Reset network settings on your iPhone
Notably, it erases all the Wi-Fi passwords and other connection information saved on your device and returns the settings to default. So, while it might heal the problem, you may lose some passwords. Now that you’ve been warned let’s proceed.
7. Reset your Apple Watch
If the issue persists, there must be something wrong happening in the back end, and you should reset your Apple Watch and pair it again with your iPhone. You can follow this article to reset your Apple Watch. It is most likely that after following this article, your Apple Watch pairing issue would have been resolved. If not, shoot us a query in the comment section; we will try our best to help you out. Read more
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