How do you get your Watch to stop authenticating all day long?

I’ll try that thanks. I do have audible on there but don’t use it via the watch just via now playing.

I recommend giving it a try anyway, Daniaell. I was getting the same message you described receiving on your watch. But I still went to the apps (using the watch app on my phone) and toggled all of them off and on since I couldn’t be sure which app it was. I did that yesterday morning and I’ve had no issues since then.

Daniaell - I don’t use Audible on my watch either but that was the app that was trying to authenticate. I’d follow what StrykerPDX says. It worked for me!

RubyAndRoyal wrote:

where would I the automatic login? Thanks!

Maybe they are referring to iPhone, Watch app, My Watch tab, Passcode, Unlock with iPhone, On

There have been a number of similar cases reported here where some third party app requires signing-into on the phone. In this case it was Audible or MS Authenticator but many third party apps can do this, fitness apps being common - it's just a case of finding the culprit.

Regarding MS Authenticator I now use Okta Verify which works very well on Watch OS9 and iPhone iOS16

Ignore that last bit, that, Okta Verify just withdrew the Apple Watch companion app June 2023.

The watch isn’t authenticating it’s one of the apps installed on the watch. For me it was Audible. Press the side button on the watch once and you should see which app it is for you. Once you find the app you can go to the watch app on your phone and remove it.

It had to be a third party app, Watch OS doesn't use words like that.

The only thing it worked for me was to open the audible app in the iPhone, open settings in the audible app, open data & storage, and switch off and on ‘Apple Books sync’ at the bottom of the screen.

Yes ! Thank you. It was Audible for me too!

me too.

Watch SE keeps telling me: Authenticating: please ensure you are logged in on your paired phone.

This has been answered please see previous posts

I had this issue also just recently. What worked for me was to open the Watch app on my iPhone, then I found the Audible app in the section "Installed on Apple Watch". I clicked the Audible app, then turned off the switch to "Show App on Apple Watch". That appeared to uninstall it from my watch.

Then I found the Audible app in the iPhone Watch app section called "Available Apps". I clicked "Install". After letting it reinstall, my library was there on my watch again and all good.

Hope this helps.

Brilliant. I went through multiple Apple customer reps who upgraded it to the engineers who didn't know what was going on. Should have come here first. Mine too was the audible app. Thanks guys!

Muchas gracias! Audible app was the culprit. Followed your instructions, now is fine!