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Apple Watch News app stuck on "Preparing your news"

Apple Watch Series 5 with OS 6.1., iPhone 11 Pro with OS 13.3.


Launch the News app on the Apple Watch and it's stuck on "Preparing your news".


I've tried all the usual stuff: Force quit News on the watch, reboot the watch, reboot the phone, turn off/on iCloud sync for News.


Anyone know how to fix this without having to unpair/re-pair the watch with my phone?

Apple Watch Series 5, watchOS 6

Posted on Dec 11, 2019 8:00 AM

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Posted on Dec 15, 2019 3:38 AM

Exactly the same details here.

iPhone 11 Pro

iOS 13.3

Apple Watch 5

watchOS 6.1.1


Exactly same symptoms. I note that I have Apple new set to only show news from subscribed sources. Read somewhere that there’s an issue with this setting.

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Apple Watch News app stuck on "Preparing your news"

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