Update before pairing issue

Trying to pair to my new phone, keeps telling me to click update watch software before pairing..then when I click update and pair, it says Apple Watch software up to date, and doesn’t pair to my phone.. any thoughts ?

Posted on Aug 11, 2018 8:01 AM

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Posted on Aug 11, 2018 1:49 PM

MOTV8 wrote:


Trying to pair to my new phone, keeps telling me to click update watch software before pairing..then when I click update and pair, it says Apple Watch software up to date, and doesn’t pair to my phone.. any thoughts ?

Update the software on your iPhone before you try to pair or update the watch. The watch update requires the latest version on the iPhone before it will load to the watch.

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Aug 11, 2018 1:49 PM in response to MOTV8

MOTV8 wrote:


Trying to pair to my new phone, keeps telling me to click update watch software before pairing..then when I click update and pair, it says Apple Watch software up to date, and doesn’t pair to my phone.. any thoughts ?

Update the software on your iPhone before you try to pair or update the watch. The watch update requires the latest version on the iPhone before it will load to the watch.

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