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WHen i try and use the apple watch, I double click and the card comes up but the message "hold near reader" has disappeared. I think it has something to do with assistive touch. If I turn this on and click on the crown a couple of times, the message comes up, but when I turn it off, after a while it disappears. And whether I leave it off or on it eventually disappears again.
Try going into your assistive touch settings on your watch app on your phone and turn off confirm with assistive touch. Restart both phone and watch and then double check that confirm with assistive touch is still off. Worked for me.
Try going into your assistive touch settings on your watch app on your phone and turn off confirm with assistive touch. Restart both phone and watch and then double check that confirm with assistive touch is still off. Worked for me.
Have you tried checking in the Wallet app on the Watch? By just double-clicking the side button from the home screen I also didn’t see the ‘Hold near reader’ prompt, however in the Wallet app it worked, and after exiting the app it showed up after double-clicking as well.
Thank you so much. This has been driving me nuts for months. Asked a buddy to show me his watch after double taping and realised the "hold near reader" was missing. I also had tried out assistive touch but might wait for a few versions before trying again. This easy solution fixed it.
Hello Ankles11,
Thanks for choosing the Apple Support Communities. If we understand correctly, you are unable to use your Apple Watch to pay for items using Apple Pay. We can understand why you'd reach out for a solution.
Here is a user guide that may help.
Make purchases with Apple Watch
Cheers!
i am also having this problem after turning on my assistive touch on and off!!
i cannot use my card now!
I have the same issue regardless if I’m manually opening the wallet or double clicking. I don’t get the prompt to ‘hold near reader’.
if anyone has another solution do share
Has anyone provided a solution to this that actually works? Very frustrating that a commonly used feature like this is not working properly on my watch.
Yes me!! You obviously haven’t tried my suggestion!
This came back after switching both off and on and also toggling off the assistive touch before and then back on after. Took a couple of goes but got there
Lol - I did try it but had the same issue.
Literally just tried it again now, and it’s worked 🤷🏽♂️
Many thanks
At least you got there in the end. I never realised how much I liked buying stuff with my watch until it was taken away from me. What a stupid bug!!
Glad you managed to sort it mate!!
Your method worked.. but I had to do it twice.. Thanks a million..
"hold near reader" has disappeared from apple pay
