If I have paired and unpaired the Apple Watch and both the Apple Watch and my iPhone 7 have up-to-date software, why can't I purchase apps (for the Apple Watch) using just my Apple Watch? (I have already spoken with 3 Apple Specialists.) My question is, can apps really be purchased using only the Apple Watch, or do I have to purchase the apps using my iPhone 7?
Yes that should work. Are you saying you are not seeing the blinking Double Click to Pay prompt in the app store at all? Or that somehow fails later down the road?
Yes that should work. Are you saying you are not seeing the blinking Double Click to Pay prompt in the app store at all? Or that somehow fails later down the road?
I wonder if it refers to the side button there…?
And you may not be clicking it fast enough. You can change the setting from your iPhone>Watch>Accessibility>Side Button Click Sped>Change it here
Yes, "it" refers to the side button. It does not matter whether or not the side button is clicked slowly or quickly. Nothing happens.
I ended up fixing the issue. I made sure that my iPhone and Apple Watch had the latest IOS. I then unpaired the Apple Watch and started from the beginning: taking the Apple Watch back to the factory setting and treating it as a new watch. After all of this, I was able to purchase an app from the App Store using my Apple Watch.
Thanks for all of your help. Whatever the glitch was, it was fixed! Whew! I couldn't take another 3 hours with Apple Support trying to fix the issue. One piece of advice for anyone is to first make sure that both the iPhone and Apple Watch have the latest software update before pairing the devices again.
Thank you, but no, this isn't the problem. The "Double Click to Pay" does appear. When I double click, however, nothing happens.
Ah, the good old unpair & re-pair action came to rescue once again. Good to know, thanks for sharing.
Unable to Purchase Apps on the Apple Watch SE
