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I bought a new Apple Watch 3 today and I have tried everything to pair it to my phone but it says that my watch needs to be updated but how do you update the watch when it won’t pair to my phone?

I bought a new Apple Watch 3 today and I can not get it to pair with my phone. I keep getting the message that my watch needs to be updated. What should I do?

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Posted on Aug 25, 2019 4:49 PM

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Posted on Aug 25, 2019 6:19 PM

Is your iPhone running iOS 12.4? It needs to be.

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I bought a new Apple Watch 3 today and I have tried everything to pair it to my phone but it says that my watch needs to be updated but how do you update the watch when it won’t pair to my phone?

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