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Apple Watch not pairing with fitness plus on IPAD

Hi!

Was very excited to be able to workout from home with this app but am quickly realizing its many limitations. First, working out with an iPhone sized screen is great if you are a gerbil or small field mouse but 6’4” bouncing around trying to see a spec on the screen is not what I’d call a revolutionary experience as i would imagine their videos would claim.

My ipad is current and i have the fitness app downloaded. Bluetooth and wireless both on... Workouts will play but my ipad doesn’t find my watch. Might as well be watching YOUTUBE workout videos for free if Apple can’t sort this out. Certainly not worth 10 bucks a month.

Equally important.. people want to be able to see their workouts on their big screen. This sort of thing is great when the whole family can join in. We do not have Apple TV, nor will we ever buy Apple TV. Trying to make people possess both to enjoy workout content on non Apple TV’s is a bad business move IMHO. I’ll dump this app like a bad habit before having to pay if they don’t add that capability.

APPLE-you have BILLIONS in the bank, let us cast to our non apple products or lose millions of potential subscribers who get tired of dancing in front of a 5 inch screen.

Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 7

Posted on Dec 15, 2020 9:01 AM

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DaleG_

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Posted on Jan 19, 2021 11:42 AM

FIXED (eventually)

I tried most of the fixes & Helpful responses offered here but none of them immediately fixed the issue.

The next steps I carried out which resulted in it working:

-Turned my iPhone off

-opened activity app on my watch, with the iPad nearby and unlocked.

-The ‘Handoff’ fitness+ app on my iPad recognised the watch had it open and I was able to open (still unable to recognise watch when attempting to start a session though so unsure if this part is relevant or not)

-Next, started an activity using my iPhone which connected to my watch as expected.

-while the activity was running, I attempted to start an activity using the iPad app and as it looked for the watch it gave an error along the lines of “you are already in a session so you can’t start another” basically it had some connectivity to my phone / watch.

-upon finishing the activity (on my phone), I restarted the fitness app on my iPad and tried again..... and it worked. The iPad (Pro) successfully connected to the watch and I was able to connect to my TV using a USB-C hub.

i have been using the fitness plus app for a couple of weeks on the iPad now and it hasn’t had any further issues.

Not saying it will work for others but hopefully it will for some!

good luck!

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Jan 11, 2021 4:10 PM in response to rxrodrigues

My last ditch "nuclear" option worked - I simply backed up my IPad and then erased all data and content and chose to setup the IPad as a brand new IPad and lo and behold, it worked. Obviously this method has its disadvantages as I have to setup my apps all over, but it gave me a chance to clean house and choose only what I need. I am sure if I tried to restore from the backup, it would not work, so I am going to wait and see if I truly need that backup and get rid of that too if I do not need it anymore.

Mar 23, 2021 7:18 PM in response to Dubs75

I so wanted this to work for me but alas, after trying the Home app thing multiple times, I had to sign out of iCloud to get Fitness+ to work with my iPad. Just happy it’s working! Thanks for everyone’s suggestions.

Dec 20, 2020 9:42 AM in response to Dubs75

I did the 5 steps mentioned above; it didn’t work! Then I hard reset my watch; now it works again!

Dec 23, 2020 11:46 AM in response to Dubs75

I just deleted and redownloaded the app, worked like a charm

Rozzy122

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Dec 29, 2020 8:48 AM in response to James496

Update your watch’s software

Leno77

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Dec 22, 2020 10:02 AM in response to Dubs75

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.

Jan 19, 2021 2:28 PM in response to Dubs75

Agree on being able to cast if you have a watch and iPad/iPhone and smart tv probably with Apple TV app on it why you need an Apple TV Box?

Connecting to iPad try switch the watch to airplane mode. Seems to work

Dec 22, 2020 8:20 AM in response to daniell3

Opening the home app got it working on iPad for me also. Good catch!

simeh

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Dec 23, 2020 2:34 PM in response to djb242

After you do that turn your iPad off and then restart it. Once I did that it worked like a charm

emh14

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Jan 15, 2021 1:59 PM in response to jeffruby17

On iPhone all I did was log out of the iCloud and back in. That solved the problem.

reen522

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Jan 27, 2021 2:05 PM in response to Dubs75

I followed the 5 steps that jeffruby17 describe. It didn’t work immediately. I also needed my iPad logged into iCloud and Media and Purchases also needs to be turned on. - Now it works for me!!

Wowsmifo

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Dec 29, 2020 1:15 PM in response to EZTyphon

I had this too.

in settings under your iCloud settings make sure media and purchases is turned back on. Then it will work.

Dec 23, 2020 1:51 PM in response to djb242

Solution: Turn on the Home App on the iPad and on your phone. This is the Apple app meant to connect your entire house. This will fix your problem.

Feb 13, 2021 11:23 AM in response to Dubs75

This worked! Why you have to download and open the home app i don’t know, but it worked.

Dec 27, 2020 5:35 AM in response to Dubs75

I am having the same issue as the original post author mentioned. I also tried resetting my device, deleting all data and also redoing the steps mentioned on deleting the fitness app, restarted and I am still struggling to connect it to the iPad. The fitness app just doesn’t find the Iwatch. I do have 2 Apple TV’s and Apple fitness + works very well on them. I believe this is a software issue on the IPad, hopefully the developers fix this before my trial evaluation runs out. I use an IPad on my threadmill and it is really helpful to have to not look at a small iPhone screen.

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