Can’t update to WatchOS 7.4

Good point. You'll sure be fine for the most part, no major damage in that option either. I see so many people running old versions too ... apparently without too much hassle either. It's more a mindset kind of thing in my opinion.... or the case that some specific feature is in the latest and I definitely must take it on board.

Thanks for sharing. Is lack of storage literally the reason why the update is not going thru?

Having major issues myself. I have unpaired it twice, started it as a new watch and now I can't get pass Verification.

Just won't install. So frustrating.

I have the same issue, done a couple of full clean wipes of the watch and no joy so far.

Apple sort your **** out!

That fixed the issue for me. Apple needs to update their guidelines.

For me it doesent work with a restart.

There were no change in free storage.

I've remembered, when I was pairing a Apple Watch series 4, that I was able to perform a update before paring was finished.

But not with my series 3, tested 2 times.

My apple watch 3 is stuck on preparing for the update, what do I do?

Try doing it through iTunes