watch fitness not working since update

Every morning, my watch has become a battle for my watch to recognize standing, or any exercise. The heart rate doesn’t pickup when it does connect to the Peloton app, but to even get it to connect I have to do a hard restart. Eventually it starts working and then is fine, but it takes almost an hour for it to start working correctly.

Apple Watch Series 9, watchOS 26

Posted on Nov 8, 2025 5:51 AM

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Posted on Nov 8, 2025 11:13 AM

You say every morning - are you charging it overnight? I've noticed that my activity rings freeze now whenever I charge my watch - when I take it off the charger, I have to force restart the watch, and then wait about 10 minutes for the rings to "wake up" again. Happened once I upgraded to the latest watchOS that was released about a week ago.


To the reply already posted, I've unpaired and repaired the watch and that did solve the problem - but the long-term answer for this bug can not possibly be unpairing and re-pairing every single time the watch gets charged!

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Nov 8, 2025 11:13 AM in response to Nogotaack

You say every morning - are you charging it overnight? I've noticed that my activity rings freeze now whenever I charge my watch - when I take it off the charger, I have to force restart the watch, and then wait about 10 minutes for the rings to "wake up" again. Happened once I upgraded to the latest watchOS that was released about a week ago.


To the reply already posted, I've unpaired and repaired the watch and that did solve the problem - but the long-term answer for this bug can not possibly be unpairing and re-pairing every single time the watch gets charged!

Dec 6, 2025 9:31 AM in response to Nogotaack

I am so glad to know it’s not just me!! I am having the exact same issues. I thought it was a Peloton bike issue initially but I have done a lot of trouble shooting and it’s definitely a watch update issue. My activity rings don’t register, my heart rate won’t display, and my watch freezes when trying to do a workout from watch. Hopefully this glitch will be fixed soon.

watch fitness not working since update

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