Watch Ultra Action Button no longer starting shortcut for timer
After updating to OS26 the shortcut I have created to start a 2 minute timer is no longer working.
- Create Timer Shortcut
- On iPhone 16 Pro --> New Shortcut --> Clock -->Start Timer --> Add the number of minutes
- Click the info button (bottom of screen with i in circle)
- Toggle "Show on Apple Watch"
- Click check at top right of app
- Click < arrow on top left of screen
- Set Action Button to use newly created Shortcut
- Open the settings app on the watch
- Select "Action Button"
- Select "Shortcut"
- Select the timer shortcut created on the iPhone
- Click the < arrow on the top left of the screen
- Click the Action Button
Upon doing those steps the watch shows it attempts to run the selected shortcut timer however only errors are displayed. Either "Could Not Run 'shortcut timer name' An unknown error occurred" "OK" or "shortcut timer name" failed. "OK/Open Settings"
I have attempted multiple restarts of both the phone and the watch without any improvements. The shortcut function was working prior to recent OS upgrades (OS26 --> 26.2). I was not able to validate the shortcut between the OS26 and OS26.2 updates to these devices.
[Edited by Moderator]
Apple Watch Ultra, watchOS 26