Unlock with Apple Watch not working after updating to Monterey and WatchOS 8.1

I don't even get the option anymore . . . This sucks.

Same here. Unlock worked flawlessly with BigSur. Since Monterey it only unlocks once and then stops.

I updated my S6 watch to 8.1 and it still unlocks my Mac.

No error messages, it just stops working. It works once, then stops. Worked flawlessly with MacOS Big Sur.

Same here. Running OS 7.5 on an Apple watch 3. No longer unlocks Mac, and can no longer be used to confirm purchases, sign in, etc.

Thanks - I followed the hint you posted earlier - I missed it at first view :-)

I have done that twice already and it´s not working. I get an error message about the watch not having the same AppleID as the Mac but it does.... very frustrating!

Thanks Steezey, this worked for me (deleting the hidden auto unlock entries from Keychain). No need to repair!

Same here. Tried everything, but Watch still failing to unlock iMAC after recent Monterey and Watch OS updates.

Yes, had to unpair and then repair for this to be sorted. Now sorted. Not happy that it required unpairing and then reconnecting, but problem sorted.

steezy - THANK YOU! You are amazing!

Thanks Steezey!!

This is much easier than unpairing.

I found that updating WatchOS to 8.3 solved the problem (on both my Mini (Big Sur) and Air (Monterey)). Probably should have just tried a restart of the watch first, but <shrug>.