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Unable to activate my new apple watch

I just received my new apple watch 8 to replace my old apple watch. I have unpaired my old watch, reset the new watch, ensured that it is fully charged and my iphone restarted with software version at 15.7. When I tried to pair the watch, it prompted me to update my watch and I did, it proceeded to activate my watch and thereafter it shows a screen saying that my phone is unpairing with the apple watch. I’ve restarted the watch and phone few times but it doesn’t work!

iPhone 11 Pro, iOS 15

Posted on Oct 3, 2022 1:30 AM

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Posted on Oct 3, 2022 1:39 AM

For series 8 watch your phone needs to be running ios16 or higher.

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Unable to activate my new apple watch

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