Reminders no longer working on Apple Watch

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Reminders no longer working on Apple Watch

My Apple Watch no longer syncs Reminders with my phone. Lately, whenever I say to my watch, "Hey Siri, remind me to..." her response is "I didn't find a Reminders list, would you like me to create one?" All my reminders are there on my phone, and I've never had problems using my Apple Watch to set up Reminders via Siri. Oddly, when I go into the Watch app on my phone, the Reminders app is not even listed on my list of apps. I've tried restarting my watch, my phone, disabling and re-enabling Reminder notifications on my watch... nothing has worked.

I've searching online and haven't found the solution, though I found an old version of this exact question that was never resolved.

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Posted on Sep 28, 2022 2:23 PM

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JTsvale Author

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Oct 3, 2022 12:19 AM in response to Soosie_J215

The watch software was up-to-date. I had already updated to iOS 16, but when I checked again, the iPhone surprisingly had an update that hadn't gotten pushed out to me but was available, so I updated to 16.0.2. Nothing was fixed.

Finally, the unpairing and re-pairing the Apple Watch did it, the reminders are now synched up. Thanks!

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Sep 30, 2022 4:42 PM in response to JTsvale

Thanks for the response JTsvale.

Just to confirm, do you also not see the Reminders app anywhere on your Home Screen?

We'd also suggest to make sure both your iPhone and Apple Watch don't have any software updates to install.

Update your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

Update your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Finally, one other step that will usually resolve many software issues like this (missing app) is to unpair and erase your Apple Watch, then re-pair it. Your data will be saved to your iPhone until you re-pair your Apple Watch.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Let us know how it goes.

Best regards.

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Sep 30, 2022 11:24 AM in response to JTsvale

Greetings JTsvale,

It sounds like you need to install the Reminders app pin your Apple Watch, and you can learn how to do so here:

Download apps on your Apple Watch - Apple Support

"Get apps with the iPhone that's paired with the Apple Watch

On your iPhone, open the Watch app.
Tap the My Watch tab.
Scroll to the app that you want to add. Apps that you can install appear in the Available Apps section.
To add an app to your watch, tap Install."

Take care.

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JTsvale Author

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Sep 30, 2022 4:29 PM in response to Dustin_R_308

Actually, the app IS already installed on my Watch, although it doesn't appear in the list of apps in the Apple Watch app on my iPhone. When I check the app from my watch, I have no reminders set, but I have several reminders on my iPhone. Any ideas about that?

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karina184

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Oct 3, 2022 6:12 AM in response to JTsvale

Hey JTsvale,

Glad to hear you got it figured out! Thanks for letting us know.

Have a great week.

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