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I have an iphone 6 with a 12.4.4 iOS and it will not connect with an apple watch series 3....help?

I have restarted both....it keeps saying that the phone needs to be updated but we have already done this. When I looked online it said that as long as your iOS was above 11 it should work. Any help would be awesome! :)

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Posted on Dec 27, 2019 3:36 PM

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Posted on Dec 27, 2019 3:54 PM

If the watch is new then it WON'T pair,if the watch has watchos5 or below it WILL pair;

A new apple watch 3 or 5 will NOT pair with an iphone 6 or lower,apple watch 3 and 5 have software version watchos6 on them,this requires an iphone with ios13 or higher on them.Iphones with ios13 are an iphone 6s, or higher.Iphone 6 can only update to ios12 maximum.

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Dec 27, 2019 3:54 PM in response to daveajf2

If the watch is new then it WON'T pair,if the watch has watchos5 or below it WILL pair;

A new apple watch 3 or 5 will NOT pair with an iphone 6 or lower,apple watch 3 and 5 have software version watchos6 on them,this requires an iphone with ios13 or higher on them.Iphones with ios13 are an iphone 6s, or higher.Iphone 6 can only update to ios12 maximum.

I have an iphone 6 with a 12.4.4 iOS and it will not connect with an apple watch series 3....help?

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