Watch app (iOS) crashes on launch

Same thing happened with me. I have an iPhone 7 with iOS 14.4, paired with Watch Series 2 for a long time. Yesterday I bought Series 6 and paired with iPhone successfully. Then I used Watch App on iPhone the whole day for faces customisation, apps installation, WatchOS update etc. Today I noted that Messages didn't update on Watch. I found on forums that I should disable/enable Messages sync on Watch App, but faced a crash on Watch App starting.

Restarting an iPhone did help.

iPhone 7 - iOS 14.4, Apple Watch Series 7 - WatchOS 7.3, and old (still paired Apple Watch Series 2 - WatchOS 6.3)

Sorry typo a dud apple watch 6

You’ll have to back up your iPhone and reset it completely and set it up again from your backup. Then you’ll be able to delete the watch app. Then you can download it again from App Store.

Hi.

I’m also having the same issue with my wife's XR and watch SE.

Could you please tell me what did you mean by ”Initialized the Watch (from within the Settings on the watch)”?

TIA.

Cheers.

Just updated to 14.2 final version and the watch app is still crashing on startup. Will try a reset and restore to delete the app but it didn’t work for me under 14.1 so I’m not that hopeful.

could all who are faceing the same problem comment on the new thread an klick „me too“ to get apples attention:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252010873

I am having the exact same problem with my iPhone Xs Max and Watch series 6. Worst thing is that today’s update to iOS 14.1 didn’t fix the problem. The watch app still crashes right after clicking on it. Will have to reset and set up my iPhone from back up. I can’t understand why they didn’t fix it if so many people have the same problem. I have read about this issue in several forums by now.

Tried everything mentioned. Still didn't work. Now had a dud expensive iphone 6 which won't pair or initialize. Didn't expect this from Apple. The 14.1 did not eveb address the problem. There is no way of re installing the watch app

I bought the Watch 6 on the release day. 2 days later this bug occurred with my iPhone XS Max.

I contacted support and they suggested I backup the phone and reinstall it. That wasn’t an option for me because they couldn’t guarantee that the problem would be fixed, and with 2 Apple products it shouldn’t be necessary.

The latest 14.1 update didn’t do anything to fix the problem. I ended up returning the Watch 6 and I don’t think that I will buy it again. This problem has killed all my excitement for the watch. They didn’t prioritize to fix the problem and it has taken a month already.

I buy Apple products and pay premium price and they should work. Maybe next time I will buy Android instead.

I am very unhappy about this. I feel like they don’t care that they sell $1,000 watches that don’t even work. When it’s stuck and you can’t pair it, it doesn’t even show the time.

$1,000 for a watch that doesn’t even show the time!!! IT’S A JOKE! The biggest company in the world and they can’t fix their own product!

Agree!

It's not just about the money paid, it's about the time spent on this insane issue!

Apple is so shameful that they even can't make a stable product as they claim their eco-system is the best on planet.

I paid Apple because I don't want to waste my time on the troubleshooting, now it seems that there's nothing on earth that I can save my time in troubleshooting.

I have the exact same issue with my new Series watch 6 and an iPhone XS. I had a Series 2 previously and removed it completely first.

Let‘s hope Apple listens and fixes it with 14.2.. Resetting my iPhone each time is not a long term feasible option.

I’m doing a restauration now and I hope it will fix it! I don’t know how they will fix it with 14.2 as the RC doesn’t do it. I try the restauration directly on iOS 14.2 RC in hope it will be fixed... let you know in couple of hours.

I will also return my 9 days old Series 6 watch. I just bought a Scanwatch from Withings and I am positively surprised.

Restauration of my iphone is currently not feasible, it would take ages. I have around 20-30 important 2-Factor logins which can not be backed up with a restauration.

I am sorry to hear that some of the customers have to return their Apple Watch, given that I am one of the share holders of AAPL. It is unacceptable for not handled the incident in 2 weeks, this is not a rare case and it should be fixed ASAP!

2 weeks? I bought my watch September 23 and on September 25 I already reported the problem to Apple. It is 6 weeks already not 2!

14.1 did not fix the problem and now 14.2 does not fix the problem. Even saving animated GIF file does not work hahaha!!

I returned my Watch 6 and got my money back. I am never buying an Apple product again not even headphones.

There is no excuse!! I only buy Android after this. No more Apple!