Unlock MacBook Pro using Apple Watch not working after upgrade to Big Sur

I am running WatchOS 7.1 on my Apple Watch & upgraded the Mac OS to Big Sur 11.0.1.

Unlocking MacBook with Apple Watch is not working at all.

Getting an error message as -

"Your Mac was unable to communicate with your Apple Watch."


Before Mac OS upgrade, it was Catalina & unlocking MacBook with Apple Watch was working perfectly fine.

Hope to get a fix for this soon.

Posted on Nov 19, 2020 7:09 PM

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Nov 22, 2020 4:24 PM in response to VIP-V

I'm having the same issue (new M1 MacBook Air).

If we don't report the issue, Apple won't know there is a problem. Put in a Support request and go through the troubleshooting with Apple so they can log the issue. If you do not want to take the time to call, you can do a Support appointment through texting, so it's very easy, but do it.

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