Weather Complications not working watchOS 10 Update

After doing further digging I figured out my specific issue. I'm using the Apple Watch Ultra 2 and have Xfinity Internet (AKA Comcast). I'm not sure if other ISPs do this, but I've allowed Xfinity to broadcast my home network for other customers to connect when nearby. For starters, this seems like a great idea, however, anytime I connect to the 'Xfinity' network anywhere it's problematic and slow.

The issue I found was that while home, my watch would connect to Xfinity instead of my home network and not have any data or weather complications including sunrise and sunset. I went to other homes where this was an issue and sure enough, the weather complications never worked at any other home that was broadcasting an 'Xfinity' network. I went to my computer and forgot the network and my issue was resolved (this was 10 days ago). I wanted to make sure it was fixed after this solution. My theory is that those who have an ISP that broadcasts another network, the WiFi leashing connects to it on the watch and doesn't think you're on your home network causing all sorts of issues. Additionally, the 'Xfinity' network is just awful, anyway. It's meant for Xfinity mobile customers to have access to millions of hotspots in the US, however, the network quality is absolutely terrible and you're better off forgetting the network and using cellular data even if you have Xfinity mobile (I have AT&T for mobile, which WiFi always trumps cellular data) and home internet. This was merely my experience. I'll report back if the issue returns. Check the WiFi network ON THE WATCH when you experience a problem. Resetting, deleting and setting up as new did nothing for me. This has since fixed it.

March 14th 2024 *fixed my issue*

I have been experiencing this issue for sometime now, however, I just kept ignoring it until I decided to google the issue. The issue was still present after the 10.4 update, I tried many of the suggestions on here but found none worked. My apple watch 9 does not have cellular. I decided to try deleting the app off the watch and reinstalling, no luck. Deleted "The Weather Network" app off my phone and restarted, reinstalled the app, and now the complication is working again. Had to create my favorites in the app again but that's a small inconvenience.

Same issue, complication showing a blank. Tried a couple of the suggestions here, nothing works. Then I held down on the current face to bring up edit, scrolled to where I can pick which item I want to see (wind speed, etc). I changed it to another item other than temperature. Clicked the crown to accept, and it started working. Went back and just changed it to current temp, and now all good. Odd...had to force it.

Update: I decided to try the Apple Watch update, but that required an iOS update. So, I caved as the issues were becoming more severe (my Mac Studio and MacBook Pro failed to communicate with my watch to unlock). I got iOS update 17.4.1 and Watch update 10.4. All seems to be working fine now. Weather seems to work perfectly fine and unlocking also works.

I normally like to wait to update so any bugs can be fixed, but I feel I got lucky with both devices.

KC_snowboarder wrote:

Link broken

The link isn't working because the bug the article was about has been fixed. If you are having issues, either it's because you haven't updated your watch or you have a completely different problem.

Same here - apple watch ultra 1 running watchOS 10.4.

Bug is still there. Wifi trick only works partially - the full screen weather app displays data, but the complications still don’t.

@apple: this is one of your most prominent watch faces and this obvious bug is not fixed since how long?

Where is the official response from Apple? I am contacting their support and they are not even aware of this issue. How can support not be aware of an issue reported by 1000+ people?

Edit: I just submitted a report to the Better Business Bureau, and you should do the same. It only takes 30 seconds.

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My Apple Watch 7, 10.4 w/iPhone 14 Pro, 17.4.1; exhibits the same behavior except sunrise/sunset times remain blank unless you select it. It returns to blank when you return to the Home Screen. This was working fine until a few days ago. I don’t recall any updates that recently?

weather complication just stopped working g in my apple watch se. i’ve tried all of the suggested fixes except the restart with i am loathe to do. guess i’ll have to live without the weather until apple come apt with the fix. hopefully sooner rather than later.

I am not sure you can be absolute on the confirmation that it's wifi/cell related. I have had numerous occasions when the weather complication will disappear/reappear with no action on my part while continuously inside my wifi, without any action on my part. Also, I have had it working fine in wifi and then lose it moving outside to cell. So to me it's not showing as associated with the mode of phone connection. I replaced the Apple Weather complication with the Weather.com one, that worked fine continuously although its pretty useless, and I reverted to the unreliable Apple complication as when its there its much better. It doesn't seem an operating system issue, I have WatchOS 8 and current iOS, so fingers seem to point solidly to some issue in the actual complication, as I assume the phone watch connection is a non-app specific interface and others work fine. whoever in Apple manages the weather complication needs to look at this, there are a lot of customers of the watch experiencing this.

I did that reset today, and it did not solve the problem. Nor did restarting the Watch, turning off Wi-fi on my phone, changing my watch face, or switching the watch to 24-hour time briefly as suggested elsewhere.

Mine has stopped as well. Based on the apple forums, this has been happening for a year or longer. they give zero *****.

We've been a Mac shop/house for a while. I've realized over the last few years that Apple no longer cares if it's product "just works". My family is on-board w/replacing our stuff. Simple things like Safari Favorite suggestions that haven't worked in a decade. No, I visited that site 1 time 2 years ago, it is not a Favorite, nor have you seen me in Alaska since I went that one time 2 years ago and looked up that restaurant.

I have had this problem off and on through v10, some updates seemed to fix it and then it would come back. Things were working great on 10.4 (series 7) for a long time, then recently I updated to 10.5 and the weather complications stopped working again. (I have restarted the watch a couple of times, turned phone wifi off, re-engaged the face, etc, all with no results).

Same problem with me this morning. A restart fixed it. Hold side button until you get three buttons for: Medical ID, Compass Backtrack, and Emergency Call. Hit the button at the upper right-hand corner and slide the power off button. Wait then hold the side button in to restart.

I experienced this issue on Apple Watch 9 with watchOS 10.5. Only thing that helped was reset of network settings on paired iPhone. Go to your iPhone’s Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset > Reset Network Settings.

Hope it help to everyone.

Have a nice day