my Apple Watch will not unlock when I open my iPhone but it always does when I do it twice like turn it off and back on again then the watch unlocks but never the first time any ideas why as by the time you close your phone and open it again to make the watch unlock its quicker to use the passcode on the watch, any ideas why it’s not opening on the watch first time
Turn off "Unlock with Apple Watch" under iPhone settings -> Face ID & Passcode (for touch ID, it may be slightly different title).
This is a bug, and Apple will most likely issue an update in the next few days/weeks.
If you want both, you may be able to do the following dance (assuming you have Face ID; not sure if this will work for Finger Print Reader iPhones):
o iPhone screen blank (screen off)
o Raise Apple Watch until the numeric passcode unlock screen appears.
o Then immediately wake the iPhone and unlock it.
If you wake the iPhone too early, it will not work.
If you wait too long to wake and unlock the iPhone, it will not work.
NOTE: You may find suggestions to Unpair and pair the Apple Watch again. This ONLY appears to work, because that turns off "Unlock with Apple Watch". It a lot of work, to turn off the option you can do yourself in just a few seconds.
Turn off "Unlock with Apple Watch" under iPhone settings -> Face ID & Passcode (for touch ID, it may be slightly different title).
This is a bug, and Apple will most likely issue an update in the next few days/weeks.
If you want both, you may be able to do the following dance (assuming you have Face ID; not sure if this will work for Finger Print Reader iPhones):
o iPhone screen blank (screen off)
o Raise Apple Watch until the numeric passcode unlock screen appears.
o Then immediately wake the iPhone and unlock it.
If you wake the iPhone too early, it will not work.
If you wait too long to wake and unlock the iPhone, it will not work.
NOTE: You may find suggestions to Unpair and pair the Apple Watch again. This ONLY appears to work, because that turns off "Unlock with Apple Watch". It a lot of work, to turn off the option you can do yourself in just a few seconds.
Hi thanks for replying I have tried what you suggested but unfortunately it did not work ,can only be a bug as you say because it use to work and I’ve only noticed it since last update so hopefully it’ll get sorted soon but thanks for helping
iPhone won’t unlock Apple Watch on first attempt but always does it second attempt
