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Apple watch airplane mode watchOS 6

Why is my watch connected to my iphone when i turn on the bluetooth? My watch is in airplane mode. This happened when i updated my watch to watchOS 6 and my iphone to iOS 13. Is this normal?

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Posted on Sep 21, 2019 5:13 AM

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Posted on Oct 12, 2019 7:21 AM

i have a solution. Worked for me (iwatch 4, watch OS 6.0.1)


  • turn airplane mode on

(watches are still connected to iphone because bluetooth is still on)

  • go to the settings on your watch, and turn bluetooth off manually

(watches are disconnected from iphone)

  • turn airplane mode off


and that's all - nextime when you turn airplane mode on, bluetooth will turn off in the exact same moment...watches somehow remembers, that you turned bluetooth off after you turned airplane mode on, and keep it that way.


it solved my problem, hope it solves yours

sorry for bad english

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Apple watch airplane mode watchOS 6

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