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I don’t understand why my watch will not update even tho it is on charge and iPhone is in range

Why my watch will not update as it indicates there is an update waiting. It is on charge as well in range of my iphone? What do I need to do?

Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 8

Posted on Jun 10, 2022 3:16 PM

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Posted on Jun 10, 2022 4:07 PM

The apple watch 3 GPS only has only 8GB of internal storage, most of that is taken

up by the operating system and other critical software with not much space left for the

update.So installing or even pairing to an ios15 phone is proving nearly

impossible for just about all the watch 3 users on this forum.

same applies to Apple watch 1 and 2 they are almost impossible to either pair or

update with an ios 14 or ios15 phone.


Your best course of action is to call in at an apple store and ask them to pair/update it for you.

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Jun 10, 2022 4:07 PM in response to louella160

The apple watch 3 GPS only has only 8GB of internal storage, most of that is taken

up by the operating system and other critical software with not much space left for the

update.So installing or even pairing to an ios15 phone is proving nearly

impossible for just about all the watch 3 users on this forum.

same applies to Apple watch 1 and 2 they are almost impossible to either pair or

update with an ios 14 or ios15 phone.


Your best course of action is to call in at an apple store and ask them to pair/update it for you.

I don’t understand why my watch will not update even tho it is on charge and iPhone is in range

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