Shortcuts not showing up on Apple Watch 7
For others who may encounter this issue, I created shortcuts on my iPhone 13 that were not showing up on Apple Watch 7/WatchOS 8 even though "Show on Apple Watch" was checked for each one.
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For others who may encounter this issue, I created shortcuts on my iPhone 13 that were not showing up on Apple Watch 7/WatchOS 8 even though "Show on Apple Watch" was checked for each one.
This occurred because Shortcuts weren't being backed up to iCloud. To fix:
Settings/tap your iCloud Account picture at top/iCloud/Shortcuts
then click the Shortcuts radio button to on.
Shortcuts not showing up on Apple Watch 7