Apple Watch App Not Working After iOS 14 Update

This is my first ever Apple Watch (previously a fit bit wearer) so I haven’t had one paired before. I just have too much on my phone that I can’t lose so this wouldn’t be an option for me. You must be very patient because I think after the first attempt I would have given up!

This has been so helpful. Apple should be paying a salary to you all! Can you tell me...

can I reset my phone using the phone itself or does it have to be plugged in to my laptop? - this is playing up also, so I worry it won’t restore everything!

Thankyou Jackiem87! I took the plunge. I am thrilled to say it worked and I now have both a fully functioning phone and watch. I didn’t need to use my laptop either. My watch is just downloading 7.1 so not out of the woods yet but so far so good. Just a pain I have to contact the banks to get all my cards verified again! I lost quite a bit of music which my mum had bought when I lived with her and because I didn’t put her apple password in it’s not put them on my phone! Other than that it went smoothly and was quicker than I thought it would be.

it’s a shame we have had to go to all this bother but there we go! Sums up this year really! Thank you for all your help. 🥰🥰🥰

I am having this same issue! Are there an updates? Has anyone been able to fix it? I have tried everything. I contacted apple and they said they were working on fixing the app and it should only take a few days. Well it’s been over a week and it still doesn’t work!! My watch was fine until I updated my phone

I am having the same issue. On Apple support for an hour yesterday. Was told they know about the issue but no resolution. So mad, I’ve only had the watch for a week. Now I can’t use it at all because they had me unpair the watch from my phone when trying to solve the problem. Now I can’t pair it because the app won’t open so it’s completely useless.

yep, that's what they did to me as well. Currently trying to factory reset it hoping it works. No idea why their IT is telling people to reset the watch when clearly that hasn't helped anyone. They won't, but I hope apple does something to make up for the majority of users not being able to use our $400 useless watches for who knows how long

I wonder what is going on! I received my watch today and till an hour ago there were no problems, but now the Watch app does not start. I tried to delete it as it is described here, but no way. I can only remove it from the main screen and I can find it back in the App Library, but there is no option to delete it. From what I read here, I have the idea that the service desk of Apple is not very professional. I don't want to try the backup, factory reset and restore option because it takes very long time to get everything back and this is company phone. I'll wait for a solution from Apple. I hope they could find the solution soon. It is a pity, but each day I lose more of my faith for Apple. The company which I used to know is not the same company anymore.

I.purchased series 6 Apple Watch, it worked as it should for a day, now watch app won’t open and can’t delete the watch app because it is saying it’s paired with my phone. Issue is that there’s no Bluetooth connection. What a waste of money and time. Anyone know of a fix that doesn’t involve back up and restore? Is Apple solving the problem?

I am having the same issue and it’s extremely frustrating! I have been waiting for a couple years to splurge and purchase the Apple Watch and now this is happening. I have the iPhone 12 and purchased my new watch the beginning of December. 😡

Thank you so much for the detailed information Rach_01. But the problem is that, I am unable to start my watch :(. When I did a forced restart, I see only the infinite loop which is very frustrating. I have been talking with so many Apple support but they dont seem to take this issue seriously but blame saying "ITS UNDER OUT OF WARRANTY" and we cant help it? How can they say this when the issue is happening after the WatchOS and iOS update???

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 distribute information that the latest update is not entirely stable for iPhone and watch owners.

unhappy.

Neither of the above solutions do anything to resolve the issue for me. I have the same issue and all I get is the same thing over and over over.

Yeah I have the series 3 and same thing.... makes me really think about Samsung 🤔