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Setting up older apple watch with iphone XR

I have an apple watch series one which was working with iPhone XR. I unpaired it to set it up for my son. But now I am able to pair it again. I am getting an error msg saying "Setting up for a family member requires a GPS+ Cellular Apple Watch Series 4 or later that is running watchOS 7.0 or later". Can you please help me to resolve it?

Posted on Jan 11, 2021 2:13 PM

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Posted on Jan 11, 2021 2:26 PM

If the watch is a series 1 and you need a series 4 to setup a family member's watch, then then is nothing that can be resolved. There is a hardware incompatibility. See the "What you need" section in:

Set up an Apple Watch for a family member - Apple Support



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Setting up older apple watch with iphone XR

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