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Dubs75 Author

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34 points

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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daniell3

Level 1

9 points

Posted on Dec 22, 2020 7:54 AM

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.

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May 10, 2021 8:02 AM in response to Dubs75

I solved it by simply logging out of my iCloud account on the iPad and logging back in. None of the data is lost. It seems the problem arose after I changed my iCloud password and/or the Apple Watch OS upgraded. Anyhow, it also occurred on my Apple TV and the solution was the same. One side effect, back on my laptop and iPhone, I had to re-enter my password to "enable iCloud services". I'm sure it was somehow related. All good now.

May 10, 2021 10:03 AM in response to jeffruby17

(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 did all the steps and it worked!! I spent almost 1 hour trying to figure it out then I saw your steps and it worked immediately! Thank You :-)

EWillATL

Level 1

4 points

May 13, 2021 2:48 PM in response to Dubs75

Apple Watch SE won’t pair with iPad. I’ve tried all these answers and they don’t solve the problem for me either. It’s odd that both the Watch and iPad discover lots of other non iOS devices but not each other. I definitely won’t keep Fitness plus since it’s too small to view on my iPhone. Still love my Apple Watch, despite this irritating flaw.

Dec 19, 2020 4:31 AM in response to jeffruby17

Why Apple Watch won’t connect with iPad with fitness plus

Jan 3, 2021 1:16 PM in response to Dubs75

I just spent an hour in a chat with Apple. Here is a screen shot of how it ended.

Dec 19, 2020 4:39 AM in response to carolfrommansfield

Did you try the solution in the post above yours?.

Dec 19, 2020 7:01 AM in response to Community User

i tried it and it didn’t work

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!

simeh

Level 1

8 points

Dec 20, 2020 2:04 PM in response to vralizadeh

I tried but unfortunately did not work getting frustrated.

simeh

Level 1

8 points

Dec 20, 2020 2:05 PM in response to Leno77

I also tried this and it did not work. Thank goodness this is a trial month. If I can’t solve this soon not sure I will continue with subscription

Dec 20, 2020 5:35 PM in response to Community User

Have tried all suggestions for fitness plus on iPad and still not working days watch is unavailable

Hal 9900

Level 1

8 points

Dec 21, 2020 8:00 AM in response to jeffruby17

I tried the 5 steps above and it didn’t help. This really reduces the value of Apple+. That and the fact you can only cast to an Apple TV device. Disappointed

Dec 22, 2020 4:38 AM in response to jeffruby17

Tired but didn't 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!

Dec 22, 2020 9:07 AM in response to Dubs75

This worked, better than any other suggestion

Apple Watch not pairing with fitness plus on IPAD