Apple Watch App Not Working After iOS 14 Update

I returned the watch today. As my phone's watch app does not work, I have no need for the watch - so used it for only one day till the moment phone and watch decided that they doesn't like each other...

Hmmm... Should it be an AI problem? Do we need a psychologist instead of a technician?

I’m having the same problem. I picked up my Apple Watch 6 Thursday Oct 29th late and paired with my iPhone X and everything worked great till about 1pm on Friday Oct 30th. My watch wasn’t showing the connection to my phone. Then I tried to open the watch app and it is frozen on the Start Pairing you watch screen. I went into Google and started reading all of the complaints and so many people with the same problem with no real fix.

I've had an Apple Watch for 5 years and it has been my favorite thing with my iPhone. My series 1 died in May this year for 2 weeks then I got it back going. Then in August it died and I haven’t been able to get it going. Figured Apple didn’t want my watch to come back since it would not take Watch 6 update or pair with a phone using IOS 14.

My watch is working and does record health data and all on my watch. My iPhone is working fine but the Watch App is not working and doesn’t show and health data on the phone. I’m afraid to do all of the resets and deleting - I’m afraid I’ll make it worse. I was hoping for a fix from Apple quickly but after reading all of your comments I’m worried. I always thought Apple was the best.

IOS 14.1 DOES pair with the series 1 watch. I have it on my wrist right now. It doesn't have ANY of the problems the newer watches have with IOS 14 and I hope it stays that way! I upgraded to 14 the second day it was out on my iPhone X and never even knew the watches had a problem until I was searching for someone else.

I have had 5 days of the watch app not working on my iPhone XR and the watch not syncing to the phone. 4 or 5 times I spoke to Apple support - no one could help!

this advice above seems to have fixed my issue - I’m just downloading the latest watch software update. I hope my issue is fixed tomorrow!

I saw it already yesterday. Updated to IOS 14.2 and changed in my case... NOTHING!

Watch App is shown for a short moment and closes then.

So nothing changed.

But OK - I've returned my watch this week.

It seems different things are at working for different people. I have tried everything. My watch is saying it needs to update to iOS 7 but won’t do it. My phone is at 14.2. I have turned everything on and off. I can’t offload or delete the watch app. There isn’t the option to pair with my watch as the app just flashes black and doesn’t open. So no blu tooth connection either. I haven’t reset anything as I am scared too, scared to lose things, don’t have the time and really don’t think any of us should be having to do all this. BAD APPLE!!!!🤬

I have the same situation. I just bought the SE model about three weeks ago. It worked great until about a week/week and a half ago. The watch app blinks and does not open. The watch won’t pair. I reset the watch and nothing. My phone is updated to 14.2. My watch is updated to 7.1. So now I have an expensive, worthless watch. Before I tried to reset it at least it worked as a watch. Now it doesn’t even do that. I’m afraid to reset my phone. Come on @apple!

Same.

Returned my Series 6 Apple Watch. Retired my Series 1 and 3 Apple Watches.

Will never upgrade now Apple IPhone XS Max.

Back to my Breiting, FitBit or Timex in side drawer watches.

**** APPLE. (So Sad. Never believed I would write this. Sucks)

I actually had to check whether I had written your post. Exactly the same. I have submitted a return request but I am devastated. I had to wait weeks for my SE watch. I know some people have said resetting both works but some have said it doesn’t. I reset my watch and now can’t get it to pair with my phone as the app won’t open. It’s all boxed up ready to return. 😢

I had the same issue spent lot of hour with apple support to figure out the issue and no solution and finally i returned the watch...I am a Fitbit user from 5 years and only thing I tempted apple watch coz of ECG and nike series and premium quality but it looks there are major native app issue which apple has to address ASAP... It doesn't make sense if app is not working means to restore the whole iPhone which is stupid thing... Switching back to my fitbit versa... once the solution for watch app is there i might consider it again.

I have emailed apple so many times. They are refusing to refund my. Saying I have gone past the 30 day cooling off period!!! I can’t actually believe it. I have spent days trying to sort my watch out. Does anyone know how we can get apple to see all these complaints?

I am not joking... my partner just spent an hour on the phone to a tech guy who said he hadn’t heard of this issue. He had permission to access my phone so we showed him this forum and he said he had no idea this was an issue! Anyway. He couldn’t fix it. Refusing a refund. They are saying there is nothing wrong with the watch, it’s my phone that’s playing up. Funny that! My phone isn’t under warranty anymore! Well I had no issues with my phone until I got the watch 4 weeks ago! I’m really surprised at Apple I thought they were better than this. They clearly couldn’t care less. Of course... it will be Covids fault in the end anyway. 😉

They won’t let you return it? Why not? I was allowed to return mine w/o a hassle. Bought from target online, went to a store to return it. Hated to return it. I loved it , just don’t understand why apple couldn’t fix it.

They are saying because it is past the 30 days cooling off period and it’s not a fault with the watch itself then i am not entitled to a refund. I bought it directly from Apple online. They are saying I need to go in to a store and the technicians there will have a look but we are on lock down in the UK so none of ate stores are open until 4th December (if they open up). Then you have to try and get an appointment with the store. I don’t have one where I live either. If I’d have known all this... I love my watch too. I waited weeks for it to arrive. Now it won’t even tell the time because they advised me to master reset it. This forum has helped a lot but I am not sure how Apple are getting away with this.😢

I was afraid of doing that. It seems to have worked for some people and not others. Not sure I have much choice but to try it. 😣 your right about Apples lack of support. I feel better knowing it isn’t just me struggling!