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Apple Watch "pinging function "

I have a 6 month old apple watch and phone and the ping function has worked perfectly until today.


The watch will NOT ping the phone today.


Any suggestions on a setting that may have accidentally gotten changed?

Apple Watch, watchOS 4

Posted on Mar 27, 2020 3:28 PM

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Posted on Mar 27, 2020 6:04 PM

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


The next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup:

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support


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Mar 27, 2020 6:04 PM in response to Queenviar

The first (and simplest) thing to try if something isn’t working right is to restart your Apple Watch and its paired iPhone. If necessary (device not responding), try a forced restart. Both methods can be found here:

How to restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Restart your iPhone - Apple Support


The next steps would be to unpair and pair your watch again and restore from the backup:

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Apple Watch "pinging function "

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