Fitness+ Apple Watch pairing and Apple TV airplay issues

Got to settings on your Apple TV and make sure you complete pairing your iPhone to Airplay and HomeKit. Once you complete the setup that should automatically connect you.

Wouldn't have rebooting your Apple TV served the same purpose?

I had this issue too. I created a support case with Apple, and they did not have an answer either. However, after much troubleshooting, I have appeared to resolve my issue. The "Home" Setup on the Apple TV was never completed. Once I did this, it started working 100% of the time.

On the Apple TV go to Settings > AirPlay and HomeKit. I selected the Room to change the Name, and then it paired my phone with the Apple TV, setting up "My Home".

Go back to the Fitness App and it should pair.

Sadly, none of the steps listed above have resolved the issue. Neither logging out and back in of AppleID, hard resets, full erase and restores of both AppleTV/Apple Watch, nor re-setting the Home hub had any effect. Still receive the “Pairing Cancelled” message.

I'm having the same issue with my watch connecting. I select the apple fitness app on my Apple TV and choose my watch, then click continue on my watch which sends me directly back to the main menu on Apple Fitness. It's just an endless loop.

I reset my Apple TV and it worked for the first workout session, but when I started the second session I got disconnected and the entire loop started again. All my devices are fully up to date!

I’m sorry to ask you to confirm, but did you do a full “reset” meaning you reinstalled everything on each device or did you just shut the devices down and the power them up?

I had your same issue and I went to ids and removed mine, then it asked me if I wanted to use my iPhone to add a new so I added it back that way and it works now.

I’m having the same issue. I was able to get my watch to connect to Fitness+ on the Apple TV after many attempts, but the connection was lost 10 min into my workout and I’m unable to restore it. I am getting the same messages as the original poster. I’m not sure why my watch connected when it did, as I didn’t do anything new.

I’m having the same issue as well. I have an AppleTV HD and an Apple Watch Series 4. All my devices are on the latest OSs that I downloaded today. My iPhone 11 and iPad Air seem to work now, but the iPad couldn’t download the fitness app until an hour ago.

this is a very subpar rollout of a service! I’m really disappointed.

Same Issue 3 different AppleTVs and 3 different apple watches everything updated to latest OS. All results are exactly the same..... "Pairing Cancelled". Apple really pooped the bed on this roll out.

I was hoping this wasn’t going to be the answer but it was the obvious last thing to try before waiting for a patch? Did it work for you?

Are you still able to log in? (One other person posted that they just shut their devices down and then power up and logged in a few times successfully, but then it stopped working.)

I have a separate but I assume related issue where when I open the Fitness app is says 'Open the Workout App on Apple Watch to Connect'. When I do this a connect button appears in the Workout app. When I tap it, it says 'Connecting' then the connecting screen disappears and takes me back to the workout list and there's no change on the Apple TV Fitness+ app, it still says 'Open the Workout App'.

Anyone else have this?

I am having the issue also and Apple Support just is not responding . (Hanging up on me or dropped calls I’m not sure.) Very disappointed . What’s the point in free if it fails to work? This is a great idea but I have a bad feeling about this.

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THIS SHOULD NOT BE MARKED AS SOLVED

I was hopeful as I followed these directions but it did not work.

Since I had time, I completed a FULL reset of the AppleTV and tried again.

Unfortunately, I'm still receiving the "Pairing Canceled" message. :(