Apple Watch 2 fails to upgrade to watchOS 6.2

Try the update from the watch itself,I did this and had no problems whatsoever,just make sure the watch is on the charger and has at least 50% charge and make sure bluetooth and wifi are both turned on.

Unpair and re-pair?

There is a Force Restart option for the watch which might reset something:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204510

Doing everything from the watch (with phone deliberately out range) worked for me first time, after trying everything via the phone.

We still cannot the update install.

Pardon me, but how can it possibly update if WiFi and Bluetooth are DISABLED on the watch AND phone when the watch does not have cellular service? Is there some magical techno-sprite in the watch that we don't know about?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204562

After dealing with not getting past verification I tried the following:

• Restarted both the iPhone X and Watch. No luck
• Deleted the download from the Watch. Open Watch App on iPhone, Select General and scroll down to Usage. Make sure you are wearing your watch and its unlocked. Delete the Watch Update. Try Again. No luck.
• Unpaired and restored from a back up. No Luck.
• Restored and set up as new. No luck, until. After getting the Unable to Verify prompt yet again, I grabbed the Watch off the charger and hit install again on my iPhone. Finally the update verified and as I type it is installing.

For the record I have a Watch Series 1. I have never once had an issue. Now I am stuck setting up my Watch to my typical settings. Still wondering why Tim and Company would issue an update in the middle of this global pandemic.

My Apple Watch wouldn't update to watch OS 6.2 until I updated from the watch instead of from my iPhone. Thank you knowledgable and helpful people for the advice that you shared here. I never even knew that the watch could be updated from the watch itself.

Same problem. Apple Watch Series 2, iPhone 11 on latest iOS. I get the same error regardless of whether I attempt the install from the phone or directly from the watch. I even tried freeing up space on the watch since it was close to full. No luck.

I have tried all the above and watchOS 6.2 will still not install on AW2. To be clear I have tried:

soft reboot of both

hard reboot of both

install from phone and watch

all fail at verification stage.

i have never had this problem with any other install before.

what is left to try?

Same issue, no luck on our Series 1 watches w/o radios from iPhone X and 11pro

Tried deleting update from the I Phones and initiated from watch with no success.

My guess is this has to go with iOS 13.4

Thanks andy90e... this worked for me. I had tried everything (restart phone, watch... even un-pair, wipe watch, re-pair, etc.).

In the end, I turned off Bluetooth and WiFi on my phone, then went into the watch and selected update. It took a while for it to download and verify the update but it did install.

FWIW, when I re-connected the phone to the watch via bluetooth it threw an error saying the update didn't work... but it did. I think that was a replica of the phone being confused since it couldn't see the watch and had been trying to update.

Mine also finally updated when I ran software update from the watch itself. I placed the watch on the charger, unlocked it, then installed the update from Settings on the watch.

I have a Series 2. Good luck!

-Dave

I also was able to initiate the watch OS6.2 from the watch's screen after repeated failures occurred when starting the update from the phone's watch app. Watch: Series 2. iPhone: 10 (IOS 13.4). Both were fully charged (100%) and on their respective chargers.

Make sure your watch is charged and on the charger. Turn off bluetooth and wifi on your PHONE (so that the phone cannot communicate with the watch). Then initiate the update from your watch. It will download, verify, and install the update on its own. Do not turn bluetooth and wifi back on for you phone until the update is actually being installed.

I tried this from the watch with WiFi and Bluetooth enabled on the phone and it does NOT work because the watch defaults to using the phone to download the update (at least in my case) even if you initiate it from the watch. So if you disable communication with the phone then the watch will attempt to download the update itself over WiFi.

Good luck

I have been dealing with this since the update came out. I have followed every step mentioned in these post. Today I have spent over 2 hours on the phone with apple and this update has consumed a big part of my day. I am most frustrated that both apple representatives told me there were no reports that this was an issue and the second one even encouraged me to look into getting a new watch, which is what I have been trying to avoid. Finally, I do it from my watch as suggested here and my watch is up to date and not longer needs replaced. Clearly I am not the only one with this issue and apple should be figuring this problem out.

Try to do it straight from your watch - this word for me. Your watch must connect to your phone by Bluetooth , then it uses the WiFi off your phone , go to settings , general on your watch software update and it should download and install it.