some apps not showing on iwatch

yesterday i downloaded the recent apple IOS upgrade, some of my iphone apps didn't come over to my iwatch.

On the iwatch app under all watches, available apps, there's about a dozen listed and it states and theres an INSTALL button, when I push the install button, nothing happens. Note: the "show app apple watch" is turned on.

Anyone know how to fix this?

thank you in advance,

Dennis

Posted on May 4, 2021 8:47 AM

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Posted on May 4, 2021 11:52 AM

First try force restarting your iPhone by whatever method your version calls for.  As soon as you see the Apple logo force restart your watch by holding in the crown and side button for 10 seconds till you see the Apple logo then release.  Log into your iPhone and wait for your watch to boot, then log into it.


Then try the install buttons again. 


Failing that I'd try unpairing the watch from your iPhone then pairing it back setting it up as new

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May 4, 2021 11:52 AM in response to dewick

First try force restarting your iPhone by whatever method your version calls for.  As soon as you see the Apple logo force restart your watch by holding in the crown and side button for 10 seconds till you see the Apple logo then release.  Log into your iPhone and wait for your watch to boot, then log into it.


Then try the install buttons again. 


Failing that I'd try unpairing the watch from your iPhone then pairing it back setting it up as new

May 5, 2021 6:18 AM in response to dewick

I just wanted to post what fixed this/my issue in case someone else has this problem. I tried everything Randy suggested but it didn't work. I finally had to reload all apps one at a time from my iwatch, I had 13 that wouldn't transfer to my iwatch 3. A pretty slow task but it worked. Also, I use an iphone 12

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