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Apple Watch 5 voice memo not syncing with iphone

Hi, as topic title states. The voice memos recorded on my watch is not being reflected on my iphone’s voice memo. Running the latest iOS for both devices.

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Posted on Sep 25, 2019 2:34 AM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2019 8:41 PM

Just a quick update. I spoke to the Apple support staff and she advised me to re-pair my watch as new. I did so except that I didn’t set it up as new and used the latest backup as I didn’t want to lose all my settings. I also looked through my iCloud settings on my iPhone to make sure voice memos is enabled. This solved the problem for me and the voice memos are now syncing with my iphone.


P.S. I’m using iPhone X on ios13.1, Watch 5 on OS6

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May 30, 2020 11:00 PM in response to Mharskie

@Mharskie

Mharskie wrote:

Found a solution that worked for me from reddit.
Delete the app on iphone then re-download voice memo from app store.
Just make sure the icloud back-up is enabled on voice memo before deleting the app and do the process, wait sometime to resync afterwards.
> settings > your name > icloud > voice memos


I would be very careful before doing this. Several people including me lost voice memos when they did this. If there is anything on your watch before you delete the iPhone app, it will delete all your voice memos on your watch when you delete it from the phone, as it removes the app from the watch too.

Jun 18, 2020 10:24 AM in response to hondaime

Over several and phone watch models, I've had this problem. After recently (for a separate problem), after factory reset on my late model watch with late model phone: briefly (for a couple of weeks), voice messages from the watch did sync (occasionally) with the phone and by now the usual state (no syncing) has resumed. Trouble shooting over time, with usual recommendations - re-pair the watch or 'get the latest update' and callback, etc. - has convinced me that syncing from watch to phone for this Apple app has never been ready for prime time, and unless you prefer to take notes on the watch and listen using the watch, you may as well save yourself some time and just use the phone.

Apple Watch 5 voice memo not syncing with iphone

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