My Apple Watch thinks I am someone else

Hi

After checking that your Apple Watch has been set up with your Apple ID, try the following steps:

• On your iPhone, in the Contacts app:
  • Check that your contact card contains your name, Apple ID email address and phone number. Remove any of your son's information that may appear in your contact card.
  • Check that a separate contact card exists for your son and that it does not include any of your contact details.
• On your iPhone, go to: Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > in the Contacts section, check that My Info is using your contact card.
• On your iPhone, go to: Settings > General > Siri > My Info - check that your contact card is selected.
• On your Apple Watch: ask Siri "what is my name?"

After making any changes:

• On your iPhone, in the Watch app, go to: My Watch > General > Reset > tap on Reset Sync Data.
• Nothing will seem to happen, but the process will run in the background / invisibly to the user, so allow a minute or so.

It may then also help to restart both your iPhone and your watch. Turn both devices off first, then restart your iPhone before restarting your watch:

• To turn your watch off: press and hold the side button until you see the Power Off slider; drag the slider to turn off.
• To turn it back on: press and hold the side button until you see the logo.

Thank you Jonathan for the detailed instructions. My Apple Watch now identifies me by my name instead of my husband's when I reach my activity goals. 2 calls to Apple support took me through a few but not all of the steps you described resulting in no success.

Which AppleID is the watch.app on your iPhone showing in "General"? Is it your AppleID or your son's?

You're most welcome - glad to have helped! 🙂