Apple Watch Disconnecting

My watch just started disconnecting even though my 7 plus is only a couple of feet away.

I tried cycling Bluetooth on and off. No luck.

I tried unpairing. No luck.

I reset my watch. No luck.

I factory reset my phone AND my watch. No luck.

I am becoming increasingly frustrated.

This is unacceptable performance from my Apple devices and I want it fixed!

Having the same issues. Did all of the tips, reset my watch and unpaired, iPhone resets , reset network settings, bluetooth, airplane mode. Even had my cable company out to check my wifi modem. It would work for awhile then off again.

Then I was thinking since my iPad connects with my phone, but not the watch and I keep seeing this Bluetooth tip, perhaps my iPad needs Bluetooth turned on? Seemed silly, but I turned Bluetooth on my iPad and connection distance has greatly improved. Distance was my issue, which kept shortening after I tried each tip. I needed to be right by my phone to have a connection. Knock on wood, so far so good. I've not seen a disconnection since.

Hopefully the the next Watch has cellular connection.

SWipe up and go to settings. Toggle aeroplane mode. It should reconnect.

I had the same issue too. Resolved it by turning off Bluetooth and turning it back on.

I am having the same issue. Cannot reconnect using any of the above suggestions. Looking for other possibilities!

try turn on airplane mode on the watch, wait for a few sec, then turn it off again..

I am having the exact same problem. I spoke with tech support but the support person was unable to resolve the problem during a one hour phone call. I ended up pushing the reset on the watch and this worked. This is not something I want to keep doing. I had to reload credit cards into Apple Pay, re install several apps, etc. even though I used the available back up choice. Since the watch is still new, this wasn't a major problem, but now two days later, the watch has disconnected again from the iPhone. There appears to be no other way to reconnect. The manual option does not work because there is no way to get the watch to the pairing screen without doing the reset. I tried the other suggestions: turning on Airplane Mode then off again. No results. I will probably have to contact Tech support again today.

I found I can force reconnection by:

1. going to my phone's Bluetooth settings
2. turning off Bluetooth and then turning it back on
3. Choosing my watch from the list and reconnecting

Thank you for this suggestion. I will definitely try this the next time it happens.

You're genius! This is the easiest way to solve this problem. Thanks!

Switching Airplane Mode on the watch did not work, but switching Bluetooth on the iPhone did. THANKS

I came for this. Didn't work with setting up bluetooth on watch but on the phone it worked just as expected.

Still unable to re-pair my Apple Watch with my iPhone. All the latest software installed. Did a Power Off on Watch as well as a reset on Watch. Turned Bluetooth on and off again on phone. Still not able to get back to the original pairing screen. I am at a loss. Anybody got any bright ideas?

Finally stumbled upon a solution. On the Apple Watch go to Settings > General > Reset. That was the only way to get back to the pairing screen. Fortunately it did provide the option to restore from a backup. If it disconnects spontaneously again, I will try cycling Bluetooth on the iPhone before Unpairing (the latter I believe was the nuance that for some reason prevented re-pairing screen).

I had to reset mine also. I'm not sure why turning Bluetooth on and off would help someone, the watches are paired via a different screen. The Bluetooth list on my iPhone 6 does not list the watch, but it didn't list it when the watch was working I believe.

I reset the watch yesterday and let it resetup and install the update, etc.. etc... It worked for one day and now it is disconnected again.

We tried about everything before giving up. My GF and I both can not get our watch connected to our phones again. Right now they just kind of tell time and that's it.

A reset of the watch only fixes it for a matter of hours.