Apple Watch 5 Facebook Messenger

I was having this problem too and it randomly started today (May 31st). I even contacted apple support (they couldn't help because it's a third party app). Here's how I fixed it:

1. Make sure your watch and your phone are up to date.
2. Delete the app from the watch (on the watch itself and not through the app on your phone).
3. Delete the app from your phone.
4. Make sure automatic app install is off in the watch app.
5. Re-download the app on your phone.
6. Re-download the app on your watch (through the app store on the watch itself and not through your phone).
7. With the messenger app open on your watch (and displaying the "log in from paired iPhone" message), open the app on your phone and sign in. I got a little spinning wheel on my watch and then I was logged in on both.

Hope this helps!

THAT WORKED!!!!! Thanks. Note - when you delete the app from your iPhone it will automatically delete it from your watch - what i did was then download it to my watch first which installs it on to the phone, I then opened the app on the watch which told me to open the iPhone app. I did that and hey presto.

Don't give up.. I repeatedly did this as instructed above probably a dozen times and it finally worked using this adjusted set from above

" Uninstall the app on both your watch and phone

Turn off automatic app download on your watch app

update your phones software

down load the app onto your watch via the watch itself

download the app onto your phone again via the App Store

open the app on your watch and You will get the message again that says “log in with paired iPhone”

go on to messenger on your phone and log back in (don’t use automatic login - click on “this isn’t me” and log on manually”

Your watch app should now be working"

I use messenger all the time getting notifications off my watch so just could not go to bed tonight without it working.

I know.. you will want to SCREAM like everyone here..... but you can do this. Be Safe...

installed updates on my phone . Onced done I shut it down and restarted my phone. Also shut down my watch by pressing on the bar below the crown wheel.

Once the phone restarted , I restarted my watch and since then all is good

So far all of the suggestions above have worked for me but only for momentarily. It would not last longer than 20 mins.

What I did was.

1. Uninstalled Facebook and Messanger on my phone
2. Uninstalled Messenger on my iwatch
3. I made sure that the automatic install is off
4. Downloaded Facebook and Messenger on my phone
5. Downloaded Messenger on my iwatch then opened it (a notification would then pop asking you to allow or not allow whatever it was — i clicked allow)
6. Logged on to my Facebook account by manually entering my email address and password
7. Logged on to my messenger on the phone manually
8. A spinning wheel appeared on my iwatch and it has been nearly 2 hours and my messenger on my iwatch is still working

Hope this helps ☺️

I fixed mine FINALLY...I deleted messenger off my phone and watch then I went into settings on my phone and then into ITunes & App Store and turned off automatic downloads for apps (actually I turned of all 4 of them) then I went into the App Store on my watch and downloaded messenger then I opened it on watch (of course it said log in from paired iPhone) then I went to messenger on phone and logged in then the loading thing started moving on watch then wa-lah it started working...then I went back into iTunes & App Store and cut everything back on and the messenger app on watch is still working fine....HOPE THIS HELPS EVERONE 🙂

Tried again and when it asked for my phone number I put it in, pressed next, then “ not now”. Went straight into message settings and and toggled off “people who have your phone number”. So far so good but If it crashes again I’ll let you all know.

Hello,

this worked for me:

1. Delete Messenger from iPhone & Watch
2. Install Messenger to both devices again. Doesn't matter if automatic app install is On/Off in my case.
3. Open Messenger on Watch, you will see "Log in from paired iPhone" notice
4. In this moment open Messenger app on iPhone and LOG IN.

Seems like Messenger application must be running first on Apple Watch awaiting for login from iPhone.

I hope, this helped.

Rostislav

This way worked for me: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251411636?answerId=252748354022#252748354022

paired phone, force close the app in the apple watch.

open messenger app in iphone. Delete and reinstall it. During log in, Instead of “Continue as” sign in option use its not me sign in method by giving your ID and Password.

Now open the messenger app in watch.

when you reopen the messenger app in phone at any time, if it asks for your phone no, you dont input it. Leave it and continue.

It will work fine in your watch. Hope it helps.

I installed updates on my phone, then turned off phone and watch. I then turned on phone first, then turned on watch and finally messenger works.

This works! The key is when you go to the last step on your phone, the key is to select “this isn’t me” and log in manually.

You cannot open FB messenger up on your watch. You can however get notifications and reply to those notifications on your watch.

This didnt work for me at first; but when you follow these instructions don't go- yes its me sign in, sign in manually from your phone. if that make sense; now its working. my phone also needed an update.

thanks heaps

Nothing was working for me until I updated my phone software and then tried the steps again and hey presto, back up and running again!!

1. Uninstall the app on both your watch and phone
2. Turn off automatic app download on your watch app
3. update your phones software
4. down load the app onto your watch via the watch itself
5. download the app onto your phone again via the App Store
6. open the app on your watch and You will get the message again that says “log in with paired iPhone”
7. go on to messenger on your phone and log back in (don’t use automatic login - click on “this isn’t me” and logon manually”
8. Your watch app should now be working