Watch app (iOS) crashes on launch

I too have same issue. Just got an apple watch S6 gps yesterday. Paired to my iPhone XR and worked fine until today when I realized its not paired to my iPhone anymore. Tried to open watch app on my iPhone and it crashes everytime. Worst is I cant unpair. I also reset my watch and now its so useless.

Frustrated and irritated with this new watch. Planning to return this useless expensive crap thing here.

For me I have Fixed the watch app crashing. After backing up to itunes and restoring I was finally able to delete the watch app. Would not let me delete watch app prior to the restore process. Note that app still crashed after restore. New app was then downloaded and watch paired synced and configured. Hopefully will stay paired. Also fixed it by restoring my iphone 6 backup to loan iPhone 8 without any other changes so change of hardware models also resets issue. Shame I couldnt keep the 8... Whatever it is... Good luck folks. Took me hours of my time.

I was on 14.2 when my new series 6 watch disconnected and the watch app started crashing. Deleting the watch app - or getting to a state where you are able to delete it - is key to resolving the issue as a fresh download seems to fix the issue for some.

Pairing to another phone wont change the state of your phone, only the watch. I tried that and it didnt help. What I did to resolve the " you cant delete your watch app because its paired" issue - I backed the iphone up to itunes. then reset -erase the phone. Then restore from backup. Then delete the watch app. then download new watch app. then paired to watch. Working for three days OK now. Be VERY careful with the backup and restores so you dont lose any data!! I also have backups to Icloud.

Yes. all data was lost when when I erased the watch as part of the pairing process from the last time it synced (was paired) to the phone. For me this was just a few hours as it was a new watch. A month would hurt.

iOS 14.3 RC (18C65) still doesn't fix the problem. There are reasons why this phone cannot be reset. Apple needs to fix this problem or give users a way to reset the corrupt data that's causing this problem.

This totally worked for me!!

I think the key is to remove your watch from BlueTooth manually before running a back-up, then when you restore from this back-up the Watch App has no reference to a paired phone and enables you to delete the app (and re-download from the AppStore).

In my case having tried everything I had already factory reset my Series-6 before I got to this solution, but after a long Restore another 15 minutes to set-up the watch again wasn’t going to bother me.

Insanity! I just came from the Apple Store where they did a complete reboot AND switched out the SIM card for an unrelated issue. Everything worked great for about a week. Now the watch app crashes on the phone! Phone and watch stopped synching. Seems like there are tons of people with the same issue. Yet, no bug fix from Apple. Wiping my phone again in hopes that it will fix the issue is crap! $1700 worth of electronics should not stop working without apparent reason. Apple support on the phone actually told me to reset my watch......well, since the APP ON MY PHONE ISN'T WORKING....HOW am I supposed to pair them again? Then I have a non-functional watch to boot. Why do I have to point that out to a support person???? Come on, Apple! So disappointing!

I am in the same boat as everyone else, upgraded to apple watch 5 series from 1 and several days after my apple watch unpaired and apple watch app keeps crashing. I restored my iphone using my mac and reset clean the apple watch, still no good. About to return the new watch back to store! So frustrating! 4months and no resolution?? #applefail

I bought the Apple Watch six and for two days the app worked fine on my iPhone. Now the Apple not open any further on my iPhone and it does not connect to my watch anymore. I just got the new Apple update today, hoping that it would fix this incredibly ridiculous issue, but no, still not working. You pay good money for a brand new watch, and it doesn’t even work right, Apple is going downhill quickly.

Apple, if you care about your customers, fix this issue that you most certainly know about.

Same here mate. :( Bought Apple Watch 6 Nike Edition last week. It worked for 2 days then Watch app started crashing. New iOS 14.3 still didnt fix it. **** Apple do something!!!! Im not going to factory reset my mobile with thousands of photos, dozens of apps and 20,000 of songs. Just allow us to remove the app and download again as it fixes the issue. As it says that Apple Watch is still paired to mobile cant remove the app.

What I did to resolve the " you cant delete your watch app because its paired" issue - I backed the iphone up to itunes. then reset -erase the phone. Then restore from backup. Then delete the watch app. then download new watch app. then paired to watch. Working for 10 days OK now. Be VERY careful with the backup and restores so you dont lose any data!! I also have backups to Icloud to be sure. There is a tip above to remove the watch from bluetooth manually before the backup which I had also done. Seems like a good idea. Good luck

I had similar probs, i have an xr and apple watch 6, worked for 2 days then app crashes and wouldnt sync, went to apple store, they didnt sort it but they backed all my stuff to i cloud, did a reset but still wouldnt work, tried to delete app on homescreen but unable to, but i stumbled on i phone storage, had phone on charge and connected to wi fi, scrolled to apple watch, clicked it, clicked delete app, to my surprise it deleted it!!!!! I re installed from app store and now the app is working ok at mo

I have the same issue, and it is terrible that we still do not have a solution from apple, at least they would have to share the information that the latest update is not entirely stable for iPhone and watch owners.

unhappy.

you will loose only the data since the watch app crashes (thats end of october for me) the rest is synchronized to the phone. nevertheless apple definitely need to fix that without resetting the unsynchronized watch