Apple Watch says it has 4.2gb

In which case the OS must have ballooned massively and system . That needs chopping down . On watch OS 5 and 6 had around 5.8GB to 6 free now we are down to 4GB

I'm having the exact same issue. Should have 8 GB of capacity and showing 4.2 GB. I've been on the phone with apple support for several hours and have tried erasing the entire watch several times. He is having me send screenshots to his engineers. Fingers crossed.

Prior to Watch OS 7 and 6 thus same Series 3 showed 5.8GB before any apps were installed .. There certainly some misreporting going on or usage somewhere . On my new Series 6 32GB is shows 26.5GB with not many apps installed at all

I totally agree!

but you have to delete the Beta IOS (listed in the usage I think) to make room for future updates. Apple can guide you if you do a search on the subject.

At the Apple Store recently I was told that this Beta version is for professionals only, so how come it got into our watches???

I told them it obviously came with a suggested update otherwise I wouldn’t have had it. And I’m not the only one....

whichever way I look at it, Apple has made some mistake along the lines.

Having exactly the same problem. Had to do factory reset to install latest update. Spoke to Apple support who said they are aware of the issue but couldn’t do anything about it at this stage but looking at resolving it but no timescale given. Helpful NOT.

Ok sorry about that .Issue is on Watch OS 6.2.8 which is strange as it used to show 5.8GB now only 4.2GB as capacity despite an unpair and erase and re-partnership

I don’t think so.. I might call Apple support, it’s just the hold time that I’m not looking forward to

You are violating the Seed beta non-disclosure agreement you made to join the seed program!

Stop talking about the beta in these forums.

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Im with you, I’ve been with Apple for quiet awhile (almost 2hrs) and they are not interested or they don’t have a clue...they were even offering for me to send the watch to them to do a diagnostic because they wanted me to give them access to my phone to do so, and I said ....hellll no.

I’m having this issue as well, however my series 3 gps says capacity: 2.2gb.. I have about 47mb of content actually on the watch itself plus 2.6gb for the software update.. it has a constant message that covers everything including time, saying there is no more storage. I only have one app installed for sleep.. has anyone found a solution? It would be greatly appreciated..

I have the same issue too, then I do the factory settings and managed to update it to watchOS 7.2. Now it’s not 4.2GB anymore!

After updated, it now reduced to 4.1GB. I thought the issue was addressed by updating the firmware. Oh God, Apple. 😓

Do someone here managed to resolve the issue? If yes, how?

It’s most annoying because I just linked my watch 3, 8gb to my new phone, however I haven’t downloaded any apps, songs, or synced any pictures to it.. and it says only 2.2gb available.. if this is the OS they should have thought about that when they put 8gb in the thing.. i can’t tell time with it like normal, every single time I look at it I have to dismiss the “storage full” warning. But I can’t take anything else off of it.. it’s empty..

So basically we can use the 3 series out of the box as is and not add anything to it in order for it to work and do future updates. Great.

I wish I could delete native apps like mail, contacts, and calendar off the watch (because I don’t use them), to free up space for other things....namely do an update! But Apple doesn’t allow that. Ready to go back to FitBit.

So glad it's not just me. This happens with every incremental WatchOS update not just the big series updates.

Watch OS 7.3 showing as 191MB but yet with 2.4GB free on the watch it's still not enough once it uncompresses it. It's crazy to have to go through all this resetting and unpairing and repairing just to install an incremental update.

I thought Apple was about the customer experience? This is certainly a horrible experience from y (the customer) point of view.

Unfortunately, no. It seems the only way to fix this problem is to upgrade to a newer version or the 3 like my wife owns, she has 16 gb of memory. She bought hers used after she lost her first edition watch which never gave her a problem updating.