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

delete you messenger app on your phone..then reinstall. open app on iwatch then open the app on your phone log out your account first and log in again.. and you're good to go! this worked for me. hope you find this helpful

I had the same issue since this morning.I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app from my phone and watch but that didn’t help but when I tried logging out from my current messenger and logging back in it worked for me right away.Thanks thelamglashes😍

The same happened to me I deleted app from watch itself and then from phone reinstalled on phone and then watch open app in watch then phone sign in and then open app again on watch working fine now

This is what worked for me. At login I said “this isn’t me” and logged in manually, then finally it worked

you have to login with giving ID & password. Do not select prefix user option. My problem got fixed with this.

Uninstall the messenger app from the phone. Then reinstall it. Instead of clicking you fb profile login as different user then put in your normal Facebook login info. Worked for me

Yes! Finally! Our voice has been heard! Messenger Update 268.1 fixes this issue!

I have Apple Watch Series 5 and iPhone X, but it seems that the issue is caused by the latest update of Messenger for iOS, regardless of the Watch and iPhone model you use. I've called Polish Apple support today to ask if they know something about. They've already had one other request to look into this issue and it seems the problem is the app itself, not Apple software. For example, I use an app called Telegram. It works on the same principle and there's no logging/pairing issues. To sum up, it seems we have to wait patiently for Facebook to graciously clean their mess.

I have just messed around with this for ages! So frustrating! I took the app off my phone and watch re-installed on both. Opened the app on my phone but didn’t click continue just left that screen on then opened on the watch and asked to allow notification click don’t allow on the watch then go back to the phone and click continue onto your profile then it popped up! I tried all the other steps several times and this was the only one that worked. Hope it works for you to :)

The problem will however return as soon as the iPhone app requests the mobile phone number (which, by the way is bugged, as it’s has mine already for years) this screen is what generates the bug. To fix simply switch accounts (this will trigger the reload on watch but with other account then delete from messenger your original account in switch account view and then log back in recreating that account, it will work for a few hours before the problem returns, this is 100% a bug and it needs to be fixed by Facebook. It is not an Apple bug it’s a bug between the watch and iPhone app. Perhaps Facebook are working on an independent version of Messenger that no longer relies on a connection with the phone. Who knows!

Uninstall messenger from iphone

reinstall on iphone

reinstall on apple watch

open app on watch -it will say to login on phone

login on phone-watch will automatically show messages

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT- do not close out the app on phone. It needs to be open all the time, or else you will again get the message to login from phone , and you will have to uninstall and reinstall again .

I removed messenger from the phone then reinstalled. I then logged into the account on the phone then it worked. Messenger on phone then Asked to enter phone number then the pair with phone message the reappears. I tried again but logged in with phone number not email, it seems to be working now

thank you,

i did this step like 10-12 times until it finaly worked!,

last try i downloaded app on phone , restarted, then downloaded in whatch loged out of facebook and loged in messenger on whatch and then loged in messenger only, not facebook

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.

Uninstall messenger on phone then reinstall. Log in but don’t enter phone number, press skip