"Connecting your Apple Watch. This may take a moment" stuck.

Try logging off your iCloud account on your phone and logging back in.

They are not telling the truth. They cannot resolve why this is happening and they don’t guarantee that it will fixed. What a load of bs if they knew this was an issue they should address appropriately and give us some type of discount or to trade in these painless Apple Watch. All the above “fixes” are bs and will not work.

They are not telling the truth. They cannot resolve why this is happening and they don’t guarantee that it will fixed. What a load of bs if they knew this was an issue they should address appropriately and give us some type of discount or to trade in these painless Apple Watch. All the above “fixes” are bs and will not work.

I am having the same problem. I have a brand new Apple Watch series 4 and keep getting a software update failed notice. I bright it back to were I purchased and they tried another watch and same failure notice. I spoke with Apple this morning and they were no help. So I don’t know what to do. I may just return and not get another watch. This is ridiculous.

Experiencing exactly the same as you, fernand272. Brand new Apple Watch series 4, trying to pair to my iPhone Xs and software update failed immediately. Nothing seems to work... indeed a nasty bug escaped.

Same thing here. Purchased an Apple Watch series 4 and can't finish the pairing because it keeps failing on the update. Spoke to Apple and they suggested trying another watch but from reading comments it sounds like others have tried that and had no luck!

Same issue. Did a full wipe of my AW Series 3 because update kept failing. Now cannot update from previous back up or set up AW as new. "Connecting you apple watch....." stuck with that message !! Iphone OS is latest. AW - not sure of previous version. But trying to get to WatchOS 6.1.1

I'm now getting watchOS 5.3.4 in the pairing process (was 6.1.1 all weekend) , but same result: either "connecting your AW..." stuck situation when I choose not to make the update or "software update failed..." error when I choose the update way, and back to square one. Yet... I get stories of people with no problems at all. Strange indeed.

I am having same issue connecting my iwatch series 3 connecting to iPhone after iPhone upgraded to latest iOS. Tried everything including restarting my iwatch and iPhone many times but issue is not resolved. Wasted over half of my day today. Very frustrating!!!

Im having the same issue, spent 8 hours and im stuck connecting to apple watch. trued to reset my phone 11 and apple watch series 1 and im having the same problem at all. need help please cant use my watch

I’m still having the same problem my watch software and phone software is all up to date but I cannot get it off the connecting this may take a while screen so the watch is basically useless.! I have spent over 12 hours trying now

I am having the same issue. My Apple Watch Series 3 will not connect to my iPhone 8 Plus Red Product. The watch gets stuck on the "Connecting your Apple Watch. This may take a moment" message, times out, and I have to start over.

I have reset both devices, tried setting it up as a new watch and with a backup, and even restored my phone to factory mode. I'm not sure what to do at this point. Very frustrating and I hope it gets fixed soon as I need my watch for nursing school, meditation, and to count my steps!!!!!

Hi Less!

I have done all the above however I am still having the same issue nothing is happening. Just stuck on screen that says 'Connecting your Apple Watch this may take a moment''

any suggestions?

I think I'm in a similar boat. I'm trying to update the watch to watchOS 6.2.1, but estimated time is about 1 day!!!! I feel this is because the wifi is not set on the watch (since I factory reset it). Skipping the update to continue pairing is getting stuck on the "Connecting your Apple Watch". Not sure if I should continue with the update that is now estimating as 22 hours :(

Im pretty sure that the reason why updating is so slow compared to other times is that Apple Watch prefers bluetooth over wifi, which means that the watch will use internet connection trough bluetooth by using your iphone internet and thats way slower that just straigh wifi from router to watch. And after you have paired your phone to the watch succesfully it will prefer wifi over bluetooth. I'm not 100% sure about this, but it makes sense :D