Contact names not showing on apple watch

my Apple Watch messages app is showing contacts by number only & not name, this only applies to contacts using iPhone . All other contacts are fine. The watch & phone have both been restarted but no joy. Any suggestions please?

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Posted on Aug 3, 2017 1:52 PM

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Aug 4, 2017 12:27 AM in response to punkyfsh

Hi


The following steps may help:


On your iPhone, in the Contacts app, check that there is a single contact card for each of your contacts and that each card contains that contact's full name and phone number.


Having made any changes in the Contacts app, on your iPhone, in the Watch app, go to: My Watch > General > Reset > tap again on Reset Sync Data.

  • Nothing will seem to happen, but the process will run in the background / invisibly to you, so allow some time afterwards for it to complete.


Restart both your iPhone and your Apple Watch, turning both off together, then restarting your iPhone first:

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