Apple Watch Series 5 Timer not working properly

Timer Issues. This does not appear to be related to just the series 5 watch: I have a series 3. Timer Freezes with 'cancel and resume' buttons displayed. The rest of the watch works okay. Watch reset, works then freezes. Watch unpaired and paired - same fault. Spoke to a very helpful lady at Apple Case No 100944222737 - we did an unpair followed by a pair for a new watch. Worked for a while then froze.

Yes, am having this same problem on a series 4 watch. I use the timer daily for multiple times when cooking and this is the first time this problem exists.

This problem appeared the day after the 6.x update. I get one use of the timer (after watch reboot), then it freezes when I hit repeat. Very frustrating

Same issue for me. It started after updating OS. I have 6.1 on a 1st gen watch. Restarting is only a temporary fix. I have the latest OS and the bug persists. Others have said unpairing works, but only temporarily. Unpairing and repairing takes at least 15 minutes, ties up your phone, and you have to select options, agree to terms and conditions, etc. - it’s not an easy fix.

Would love apple to acknowledge and fix this bug ASAP. There’s almost a month of customers discussing this issue on this forum.

Same as others. The other thing that happens to mine or my wife's watch (series 3, one with cellular and one without) is that one of the options (Resume) turns green. Once you see green, you are done and have to restart the watch to get it to work again.

This has been an intermittent issue on my AW3. Seems to have some with WatchOS 6. "Resetting the app" is not helpful, though I did manage to set off SOS a couple of times... Ended up re-booting the watch. I've owned an AW0 and now this 3 - this is the first time there's been an issue. Note to Apple - first rule of products like this is they need to work. Apparently a couple of hundred people in this forum seem to think this is an issue.

One time.. Your solution requires a re-start of the watch every time the timer is used. Apple needs to push a software fix.

Same problem here. Only started after last update. Repeat will work but freezes otherwise.

Using Siri is a work around. But it is then stuck there too. An obvious bug.

I have given up and have started using the meditation timer app. It works.

Me too. I do not want to unpair and start over. Please send out fix soon. I find myself using this app a lot more than I thought. While not mission critical, it is an inconvenient not having a functional timer app.

Chris, I am also experiencing the issue since the last update. It looks like this is a consistent issue. Can you confirm that a fix is being investigated?

Same issue for me, happened after the 6.1 update.

Restarting is only a temporary fix, re-pairing is only a temporary fix. I got one use out of the timer after re-pairing and now buttons are frozen again. I have OS 6.1 on a series 3 watch.

This was helpful, not a fix but faster than restarting https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250829557

This solution was not helpful. I am a fitness instructor and I use this timer app all the time. I get one use out of it and then nothing. It just hangs and it doesn’t respond. Force quitting does nothing. It doesn’t reboot.

i have a series 4 and this problem appeared with the 6.x iOS.

please remedy.