fitness plus not finding watch

i am having the same issue. My Apple Watch is connected to my iPhone. Even all metrics from Fitness app are updated. Even if I select a fitness program, the Apple Music app is also launched and synchronized.

I have restarted both my phone and watch and is not working.

I tried restarting both devices twice, hugsmindy, but the Fitness app on my phone still can't find my Apple Watch. The Watch is connected via Bluetooth and it's unlocked. Both devices are updated.

Does anyone have another idea?

Thank you.

I was able to get my iPhone working with fitness +

Several things were going on at the same time. Since I did several things this morning, I will share with you what I have done and maybe some of this will apply to you and maybe not.

November I had upgraded from iPhone 11 Pro to iPhone 12 Pro Max but I had not done anything with the older phone. It has been unplugged and hadn't thought anything of it until my Fitness+ wasn't working! I also have the following Apple devices in my home

1. 1. iPhone 12 Pro Max
   2. iPhone 11 Pro
   3. iMac 27"
   4. Mac Mini 2017
   5. Mac mini with Apple's ARM Processor
   6. 42mm Apple Watch
   7. 44mm Apple Watch (use this one mostly)
   8. iPad 7th Generation
   9. iPad Pro
   10. Home Mini Pod

The iPad Pro and the watch worked with the fitness+ with no issues and I have been using that for my workouts.

On to the steps (tried the fitness+ after each step to no avail except the very last step):

1. Unpaired 42mm Watch from iPhone 11 Pro (previous phone)
2. Unpaired 44mm Watch from iPhone 11 Pro (previous phone)
3. Reset and paired 42mm Watch with iPhone 11 Pro Max
4. Checked Home App - everything looks appropriate.
5. Reboot iMac 27" - nothing changed
6. Removed iPhone 11 Pro from list of devices (Settings on iPhone 12 Pro Max)
7. 44mm Watch lost its cellular plan at this point. Reboot 44mm Watch and got Cellular back
8. Signed out of my account on the iPhone 12 Pro Max
9. Reboot iPhone 12 Pro Max
10. Sign in to account once I was in my phone
11. Opened up fitness app, but had to swipe up to completely close it. Re-opened again
12. Whoa. Wanted me to sign up or sign in for Apple Fitness. I did, but it did not recognize the subscription
13. Swiped up to close the fitness app
14. Settings - subscriptions - checked on Apple One subscription (it's on trial for a month - first charge Jan 25th)
15. Oddly, in the subscription, it reflected that I was downgraded to the level that doesn't include Fitness. Picked the $29.95 plan that has fitness. Waited a couple of minutes
16. Went back to my fitness app and I don't remember if I had to sign in again or not, but I was able to begin using the videos and it was connected to the watch, finally!!!!!

I hope this helps someone out there. Check the subscription in your settings to ensure that you are still on the plan, despite the fact you can watch the videos on another device.

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!

I posted about this to Twitter and was contacted directly by Apple Support. I've been in communication with them over the past few days regarding this issue. At this juncture, they do not an idea of the cause and we we are still troubleshooting. Like other people, turning devices on and off resolved my problem but only occasionally and this is not an adequate solution from Apple. Just curious do you have any other Apple devices, such as an iPad that might be on at the time when you're having problems connected your Apple Watch to Apple Fitness on your iPhone?

Had the same issues with both iphone and ipad not finding watch. After restarting all devices with no success, I logged out of icloud on my watch and logged back in. That fixed the issue. Good luck

try pinging your iPhone from your Apple Watch while on the Looking for watch page in fitness+ that fixed it for me. (I had previously reset the watch and restarted both devices, but it still didn’t work after that)

(You can ping your phone from you watch by swiping up to go to control centre and tapping the iPhone icon)

Hey, just curious. Is your issue affecting your Apple Watch and iPhone or an iPad or Apple TV? My issue is with my iPad and my Apple Watch. Let me know when you have a chance - if you don't mind. I'll share with you what I've noticed since I've been talking to Apple Support.

So SizzleBizzle - now that you've downloaded the Home app, you can successfully use Bluetooth headphones for your Fitness+ workouts...? I've worked out the past couple of days without issue, but have used the main Apple TV audio...

I am noticing the same problem and spent hours trying to overcome it, before coming here.

One thing that I have noticed, is that on my watch when I go to settings, and choose "Bluetooth", the watch is going in an infinite search loop trying to find Health Devices and regular Devices.

Shame.... because I just paid for the subscription for fitness plus and looking forward to doing some activity! I couldn't even get the videos to play at one point. Yikes!

I was able to get it to work momentarily, but the videos in the fitness plus wouldn't work. Now, nothing seems to work. I am hoping for a fix from Apple.

Hello,

I had the same problem and was able to fix it by turning off the wifi connection on my Apple Watch. As soon as I did this it connected instantly.

You can do this by swiping up on your Apple Watch to the control center and tapping the wifi logo to disable it.

Hope this helps!

Hello,

I had the same problem and was able to fix it by turning off the wifi connection on my Apple Watch. As soon as I did this it connected instantly.

You can do this by swiping up on your Apple Watch to the control center and tapping the wifi logo to disable it.

Hope this helps!

I’ve using Fitness+ successfully with an Apple Watch 5, iPhone XR, and Apple TV 4th Gen (all updated to latest versions) and PowerBeats Pro until today across cycling and yoga workouts. Suddenly today, I couldn’t approve starting the Fitness+ app from my watch, and then when I finally was able to start, I lost connection and the workout abruptly ended twice. There’s a thread on Reddit speculating that it has something to do with Bluetooth headphones. Anyone hear about anything? Tried restarting everything several times.

Just turned phone off and restarted and hey presto Fitness+ synched to watch

I had the same issue. I tried resetting both devices. Still no luck. Then I checked for any available updates on my apple watch app and discovered there was a new one available. That finally solved the problem for me. Hope that helps you.

i already had that installed as I have Apple TV, did try and deleted and re-downloading the home app but still doesn’t work. For now I’m just using it on my iPad Pro and will keep checking the phone app every now and again to see if there’s been a miracle / update.