“Log in from the paired iPhone” coming up on Facebook Messenger app on Apple Watch series 4

Hello, this happened to me today and what I did was remove the app from my iPhone and then downloaded it again while having the watch by my phone and when I logged into messenger on my phone I had the messenger app pulled up on my watch and I logged into messenger and the watch started to load and automatically logged in. Hopefully this helps.

Howdy KGPaul,

It’s great to have you in the Apple Support Communities! I gather that you haven't been able to open the Messenger app on your Apple Watch, despite taking quite a few troubleshooting steps. I'm happy to guide you.

Based on the steps you’ve already tried, working with the developer of that app would be the best way to continue. The links here will help you do that: Facebook Help Center | Facebook

How to contact an app developer

Best regards.

i had this issue as well and this is what worked for me:

1. Log out of your Facebook account
2. delete the Messenger app on your phone & Apple watch
3. Re-install the Messenger app on both the phone and Apple watch (via the app store on the phone & the watch)
4. Open the Messenger app on your Apple watch
5. Proceed to log into the Messenger app on your phone while the app is open on your Apple watch
6. Apple watch should come good and show any messages in Messenger
7. Log back into Facebook again.

This has fixed the issue for me so far. I have an iPhone 6S Plus & an Apple watch Series 5. I hope this fixes the issue for everyone else as well.

i had this issue as well and this is what worked for me:

1. Log out of your Facebook account
2. delete the Messenger app on your phone & Apple watch
3. Re-install the Messenger app on both the phone and Apple watch (via the app store on the phone & the watch)
4. Open the Messenger app on your Apple watch
5. Proceed to log into the Messenger app on your phone while the app is open on your Apple watch
6. Apple watch should come good and show any messages in Messenger
7. Log back into Facebook again.

This has fixed the issue for me so far. I have an iPhone 6S Plus & an Apple watch Series 5. I hope this fixes the issue for everyone else as well.

1. delete messenger from phone and whatch
2. download messenger in phone.
3. turn moble data off and on in settings under Messenger.
4. restart iphone
5. download messenger in whatch
6. log out of facebook in phone
7. log in messenger in whatch
8. log in messenger in phone with facebook loged out.

this worked in the last try, after doing this many times, but first try with “settings/Messenger/moble data off then on” and restart phone.

im having the same problem with mine. I did everything that was said on here I even reset my watch and still getting log in from paired iPhone. I have series 4. I think all this happened with the new update idk and idk how to fix it

Mines back up and running the key is to delete messenger from watch and phone delete Facebook from phone reinstall all 3 again launch fb first and select sign in with different account log in to Facebook then login to messenger then open messenger on phone and all working

Hi Guys,

I had the same problem with my series 5 yesterday.

I did remove messenger from IPhone first,

Then removed from apple watch in apple watch itself and,

Then install again on IPhone from apple store and install on apple watch

from apple store directly on the watch as well.

Open messenger on IPhone first and then on apple watch.

This has worked for me.

Rgds

Woj

Hi Guys,

My above post was incorrect,can not edit anymore.

I had the same problem with my series 5 yesterday.

I did remove messenger from Apple wach first,directly from watch,

Then removed from Iphone and,

Then install again on IPhone from apple store and install on apple watch

from apple store directly on the watch as well.

Open messenger on IPhone first and then on apple watch.

This has worked for me.

Rgds

Woj

So I tried all the steps listed above in the others post.. None of that worked. UNTIL- I redownloaded the app on my watch (from the actual watch) and my phone! Then I clicked messenger, and logged out of the current account on Messenger and relogged in with FB username and password... low and behold, the watch began loading all messages!!

Try this. Also make sure it is up to date

hope this helps!

I had the same problems but I uninstalled messenger app on my iphone and Iwatch but still the same when I tried logging in. So I did it again and something pop up on my iwatch “ allow notifications etc and I click not allow “ and I log in messenger on my iPhone and it solves the problems!!!!

I have Apple Watch Series 3, newest software installed on my watch & my iPhone XR, and I have the same problem. I bought my watch a couple days ago. The first day I got my watch, I had to reinstall the app, unpair & repair my watch, reset my watch. Nothing helped. I tried the re-installing method, and it worked fine for like 10 minutes. After that, the same message comes up again. And for me, I don't see Apple Watch settings on my Messenger. It's been a couple days since I bought my watch, and this bothers me alot.

Thank you Camilla, your answer helped. I will update if the issue comes back. For reference I have an iPhone XR and Apple Watch series 5. Come to think of it this happened right after I updated to the latest software update last June 2, 2020. It’s so annoying!