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Apple watch download taking forever

Downloading an update for the apple watch today. It has taken hours and every time I check the download it says 1 hour left, even though it first estimated that 4 hours ago. It will occasionally dip down to the 50 minute range, but does not fail to jump back to the 1 hour range. I started the download after my workout this morning and have been waiting for it to finish to go get things done. I am using the older series 3 watch, is this one of those tactics to get customers to buy the latest and greatest thing or is there a good reason for this? Earlier in the day I finished up some work and had no issues downloading things onto my personal computer, so I would expect the speeds to slow for a bit during that but even hours after finishing all that it continues to download at a horrible pace.


Current download speeds are: 480.4 MBPS


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Posted on Jun 20, 2021 3:13 PM

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Posted on Jun 21, 2021 11:13 AM

Hi why95,


Thank you for using the Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you're having problems updating your Apple Watch and we are happy to help! "If you need help updating Try these steps:


  1. Make sure that your Apple Watch connects to its charger. 
  2. Restart your Apple Watch. Press and hold the side button until you see Power Off, then drag the slider. To turn your watch on again, press and hold the side button.
  3. Restart your paired iPhone.
  4. Try to start the update again. 

If the update won't start, open the Watch app on your iPhone, tap General > Usage > Software Update, then delete the update file. After you delete the file, try to download and install watchOS again.

Learn what to do if you see 'Cannot Install Update' when updating Apple Watch."


For additional information, check out the Apple Support article Update your Apple Watch.


We hope this helps.


Take care.

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Jun 21, 2021 11:13 AM in response to why95

Hi why95,


Thank you for using the Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you're having problems updating your Apple Watch and we are happy to help! "If you need help updating Try these steps:


  1. Make sure that your Apple Watch connects to its charger. 
  2. Restart your Apple Watch. Press and hold the side button until you see Power Off, then drag the slider. To turn your watch on again, press and hold the side button.
  3. Restart your paired iPhone.
  4. Try to start the update again. 

If the update won't start, open the Watch app on your iPhone, tap General > Usage > Software Update, then delete the update file. After you delete the file, try to download and install watchOS again.

Learn what to do if you see 'Cannot Install Update' when updating Apple Watch."


For additional information, check out the Apple Support article Update your Apple Watch.


We hope this helps.


Take care.

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