fitness plus not finding watch

I spent 1hr and 45min on the phone with Apple Support. I ended the call without a solution because they had no clue (despite their genuine efforts). So far, I've done the following to no avail:

Hard reset of the watch

Turned off watch multiple times

Unpaired watch from phone

Turned off bluetooth multiple times

Deleted fitness app from phone

Reinstalled fitness app to phone

Signed out of icloud

Disconnected bluetooth AirPods

Forgot AirPods from bluetooth settings

Turned off phone multiple times

None of these things worked for me. I have an iPhone 8+ and the second (or third?) generation of Apple Watch. Perhaps it's something to do with the software and the fact that my devices are old. I don't know, and sadly, I don't care anymore. I am so disappointed I have to walk away. 1hr and 45mins and still no one can recommend a solution... (Note: all other BT devices work just fine, Homepods, Apple TV, etc.)

Guys I figured it out you just have to update your watch to watch OS 7.2!!!! 😊😊

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’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.

Keep in mind too that because this is a BT connection, you do not want anything obstructing you connection to the AppleTV. Mine was behind my sound bar and would not maintain a connect. When I moved it from behind the speaker it connected immediately.

I have this issue too and also can’t get restarting to fix it.. any help would be appreciated! Thanks

This worked for me on first attempt. Thank you

I have tried restarting no luck, I have tried unpairing and complete data wipe and reset of watch but still no luck. Updates have also been done. Any other ideas out there?

Same problem here! It connects just fine to iPad and AppleTV but it will not connect to the actual iPhone that it's already paired with it.

What do you mean by “ log out of icloud on the watch”, i do not see any way to log off in the watch. Thanks!

There is absolutely an intermittent connection issue with the Apple Fitness app and IOS devices. The fitness app on my iPad has difficult discovering my Apple Watch.

I had to install an update on my watch. The first time I tried to pair the watch with fitness +it did not work. But later that same day I tried again and it worked.

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 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.

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...