Apple Watch not pairing with fitness plus on IPAD

I had issue with iPad but not the iPhone. I tried restarting devices as well as log off and log back in. Neither worked.

I fixed the issue by launching the Home app on iPad for the very first time. I never used the app once on the iPad before. Just launch the app and let it fully loaded, then click Continue button on the welcome message. Then I come back to the fitness app and it works. There might be some shared components between home and fitness.

I was having the same problem and tried many many solutions, none worked. What finally worked for me was to turn off Bluetooth on my phone and then to open up the Fitness app on my iPad and it was able to connect my watch to my iPad. Then I turned on Bluetooth on my iPhone and it now works on both devices.

Fixed!

on ipad: 1) delete fitness app. 2) settings- log out of iCloud. 3) log back into iCloud 4) enter App Store (log in)- 5) re download fitness app- FIXED

i think some who used the link going around prematurely d/l app and caused conflict.

I had posted a reply back on 12/20 to original post where I said turning off Bluetooth on phone and opening Fitness app on my iPad and it worked. I now remember downloading the Home App to both the iPad and the iPhone before I did the Bluetooth thing. I'm now thinking based on Daniell3's post that perhaps it was the Home App that got it to work for me.

OMG thank you so much for this piece of advice. I tried it and it worked. I launched the home app and then tried the fitness app it didn’t work at first so I turned off the iPad and then restarted it. Once it was restarted I tried the fitness app and it worked.

thanks so much everyone. Let’s pass this info along to others who are having the same issue.

Hi ShelbyNKiger

• If I do not have any devices to setup in the Home app, will this method still work? Do you just delete the Home app and download/install again from the app store and just launch it even if you have no devices to add?

Was on the phone with support and was told that using Apple Watch on iPad with Fitness+ is not possible. After scrolling here, this is what worked:

1. Signed out of iCloud on iphone
2. Signed out of iCloud on ipad
3. Signed into iCloud on iphone
4. Signed into iCloud on iPad
5. Launched Home app on iphone
6. Launched Home app on iPad
7. Launched Fitness+ app

and it worked!

Apple Watch S5

Ipad Pro 2018

iphone 12 pro

all with most current updates

1. Launched Home app on ipad
2. 
   

I am also experiencing the same issue where the iPad is not recognizing the Apple Watch. I did the 4 steps mention and I logged out of iCloud and signed back in but still the same issue - Apple Watch not recognized. It’s really important to get this fixed as The iPhone screen is really small to watch these workouts and need the bigger IPad screen . Will there be a code update for this soon ?

This post perfectly sums up my Apple Fitness+ experience. So far, Apple Fitness+ won't pair to my Apple iWatch to my Apple iPhone, and my Apple iPhone won't pair Apple Fitness+ to my Apple AirPlay-ready TV. Basically, the entire system does not work AND is limited.

I was on the phone with Apple support for (2) hours with this issue and it's still unsolved. We tried all of the items below and none of them worked. A ticket was put into the techs so they could figure it out...Very sad bc I was so looking forward to this working...

Yes, tried all of them and then some. Also exhaustively researched on line and didn’t find much. Quite the quandary as it stumped the Apple tech folks. Just hope they fix it soon bc it’s too hard to workout watching your phone... 😩

Tried the steps in the "Fixed" post and not I can't download the fitness app at all on my iPad (7th Gen). The hardware is roughly a year old and the app store states "This app requires specific features not available on this device". Then below in the compatability drop down it says "Works on this iPad"...Seriously? This needs to be fixed. NOW!

I’ll start with, you shouldn’t have to do this but, this worked for me. I had all the same issues with both Apple TV and IPad. It’s simple try this. Backup your iPhone so that you have the most recent data saved. Then you simply need to unpair your Apple Watch and pair it again. You can pair it from the back up you did so you don’t loose any data.

I did this last night. Unpaired the watch and restored it from a backup. And still it did not work. I hope some Apple developers are looking I to the code for the iPad app. Something needs to be changed.

Make sure you have the Apple Home app on both your iPhone and iPad if using that. You may need to restart the iPhone (I was able to do it without a restart but need a restart on my iPad). Originally I thought it was a Bluetooth issue but have since realized it was adding the Home app that did it.