Pairing series 3 Apple Watch with iPhone 15
Pairing series 3 Apple Watch with iPhone 15
Pairing series 3 Apple Watch with iPhone 15
There is some confusion here.
A newer iPhone iOS can pair to an older Watch OS, but not the other way round.
Make sure the Watch is completely erased (https://icloud.com/find)
Then pair as New Watch, not with backup.
Thank You very much for this input. It is technically plausible as far as i can have an opinion here, and would be good news, but for the record, i was told otherwise from Stuff in the Apple shop, a specialist via chat and a general support woman on phone. Now, if i find the courage, i may give it a test in the next few days. If so, i will post the results.
Thanks for this. Which WatchOS were you running and which one did you get after resetting? I have a Series 3 running OS 7.4.1 and plan to update my iPhone 11 Pro to 15 Pro. I wouldn't want to buy a new watch. Thanks.
Thank you so much for your help! My son unpaired and deleted his watch, making it as if it was a brand new watch his iphone15 had never seen before. When he tried to pair it from his phone as a new watch it worked! He had previously been trying to pair it from the watch to the phone since that was the prompt he was being given. I guess when the new phone was copied to mirror the old phone it was trying to remember an old watch that will not pair due to an insufficient operating system. Pairing from the phone down to the old watch operating system though worked like a charm and you just saved me a little over $200. Not sure how much longer we will get out of the Series 3 watch, but if it buys us even 6 months that is better than nothing.
Other option:
Please open the Health app on your iPhone or iPad. Tap your profile , then tap Devices. Tap your Apple Watch. Tap Privacy Settings and make sure Fitness Tracking is turned on. If it is also reset fitness calibration data
It’s a matter of hardware. Apple cannot retrofit new hardware to old devices.
Update: After about a week (and maybe an auto update, I’m not sure), my Apple Watch is working as expected for calls, notifications, etc.
Pairing series 3 Apple Watch with iPhone 15