The Apple Watch is a really useful, feature rich wearable that makes it great for fitness tracking with its multiple workout modes, health tracking with features like ECG and more. It also works seamlessly with your iPhone. However, there are times when you might face connectivity issues with your Apple Watch. Well, if your Apple Watch isn’t pairing (or connecting) with your iPhone, here are some fixes you can try.
If you’re trying to pair your Apple Watch with your iPhone but it’s simply not pairing, here are the things you can try to do:
In your iPhone, bring up the Control Center and ensure that Bluetooth and WiFi are both turned on. Your iPhone needs both Bluetooth and WiFi to communicate with the Apple Watch, so these need to remain on at all times.
Look at your Apple Watch, it should be displaying the set up screen, and prompting you to bring it close to an iPhone. If you’re seeing a watch face on your Apple Watch at this stage, it means your Apple Watch is already paired with an iPhone.
If it’s paired with your iPhone but isn’t connected to the iPhone, take a look at the next section to find out what you can do. If it’s paired with another iPhone, you will have to unpair the Apple Watch and then pair it again. Here’s how to reset and unpair Apple Watch from an iPhone.
If you have already paired your Apple Watch with your iPhone, but it’s simply not connecting, don’t worry, there are a bunch of things you can try to troubleshoot this error.
First off, you should double check that your Apple Watch is in fact, not connected with an iPhone. To do this, open the Control Center on your watch. If you see ‘Disconnected’ written on the top, or an image of a red iPhone with a diagonal line going through it, your Apple Watch isn’t connected to your iPhone.
2. Ensure WiFi and Bluetooth are On
On your iPhone, ensure that WiFi and Bluetooth are both turned on. You can do this by heading to the Control Center, or by going to the Settings app and ensuring that the toggles for WiFi and Bluetooth are enabled.
If your WiFi and Bluetooth were on, but your Apple Watch still isn’t connecting to your iPhone. Try a soft network reset on your iPhone.
If a soft reset didn’t work, the next step you should try is restarting both your Apple Watch and your iPhone.
5. Check for Software Updates
Still no success? Make sure you have the latest software version installed on your iPhone and your Apple Watch.
If you’re still unable to get a connection between the Apple Watch and the iPhone, it might be because of an issue with the network settings. Resetting your iPhone’s network settings might help.
- Tap on Reset Network Settings and enter your passcode.
After all that, if your Apple Watch still isn’t connecting with your iPhone, it’s time to reset and unpair your Apple Watch from your iPhone and then redo the whole pairing process. Consider this a last resort; more often than not, one of the steps mentioned above will fix connectivity issues between your Apple Watch and your iPhone.
