Apple Watch won't connect to Apple TV or iTunes

I can control Apple TV 4K with iPhone 7+. The Apple TV refuses to see the Apple TV 2nd generation. I go to settings devices and remotes. iPhone is listed. Apple Watch is not. I touch the Apple Watch to Apple TV. Nothing happens. All devices are all in the same WiFi.

Any luck? This is happening to me today. I can get both my computer and Apple TV to pair with the watch (both devices show the link), however, my watch only displays +add device. I can't get anything to show up on the watch. Restarted it twice, out of ideas.

If your phone already works as a remote for the Apple TV, you shouldn't need to do anything on the watch to make it work.

My remote app worked right out of the box since I got my watch like two weeks after they came out. Today none of my apple the show up on it. LLast night I had to set up my wife's using codes to pair it but that was a task as the apple tv would stop sending her watch halfway thru entering a code. No idea what's going on, but I didn't change a setting so I wonder if it's a random software issue.

Are you using Apple's two step verification for your Apple ID by any chance? That might explain the reason for additional codes.

I don't use two step, probably should. it's odd that the remote app worked with no set up for over a month and just today stopped

I see add + now but when I try to add manually my watch shows for a second under remotes on the tv then goes away.. Weird

I really don't recommend two-step. It's a royal pain that increases exponentially with the number of Apple devices that require authentication.

My remote app still work perfectly with no set up.

I must admit that initially I did attempt to set it up, and began following the instructions that were given, but before it was completed all my Apple TV and my iTunes libraries on all of my computers appeared on the app.

Wow. These guys are all jerks!

I know exactly what you're talking about and am having the same exact issue. On the Apple Watch Remote app, after pressing "Add Device" a 4 digit code appears that needs to be input into an Apple TV OR iTunes. After inputing the 4 digit code, the Apple TV says it's linked to the Apple Watch, but the Apple TV does not appear as a device on the Watch. While I am not sure what the issue is, I don't think that watchOS 2 beta will solve the issue.

So far you have done everything right, it just hasn't worked yet, and these guys just don't understand what you're saying and being very rude about it because they think that you are incompetent, when that actually isn't the case. It is simply that you have done everything right, it just isn't setting up properly (which is the reason why you are posting on this public forum, so that others are able to help).

It is a possibility that it has something to do with the network not communicating with the devices properly. I have yet to find a solution to the same problem, but I will let you know if I find out a way to make it work

Same problem here. And i see that it's a quite common problem. I don't think we're doing anything wrong, so i'm just trying to find a workaround, hoping that Apple will fix this in a future update. I'll let you know if I find something.

Exactly! I Wouldn't be so upset if it had never worked but the fact that it worked originally with no set up has me confused. The watch doesn't seem to communicate anymore with the tv, it's showing up briefly as available to pair then disappears before I even get to try pairing.