Apple Watch update issues

I bought an Apple Watch 3 and to set it up I have to update it to watchOS 8.7.1. Every time the update gets close to finishing it tells me it was unable to verify update on my phone because I’m not connected to the internet even though I am connected. Why?

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Posted on Oct 12, 2022 02:16 PM

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Posted on Oct 12, 2022 02:19 PM

If you see not connected to internet

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Oct 12, 2022 02:19 PM in response to Joshuajack5

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