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I am trying to pair my Apple Watch but my iPhone is saying I need to do a phone software update before. When I go to my settings to check for any updates it says my phone is up to date but the Apple Watch app won’t let me pair my watch until “I need to first update the software on my iPhone”
What model of phone is it and what version of ios is it running?
What model of watch is it and what version of WatchOS is it running?.
What troubleshooting steps have you tried?.
What errror messages are you receiving?.
Has this watch ever been paired to another phone?(Very important).
-IPhone 13
-IOS 15.5
-Series 3
-I am unsure what watchOS it’s running on
-I tried to restart my phone to make sure there aren’t any updates I am missing
-Yes, my watch was paired with a previous iPhone that I no longer have but I completely reset the watch.
The apple watch 3 GPS only has only 8GB of internal storage, most of that is taken
up by the operating system and other critical software with not much space left for the
update.So installing or even pairing to an ios15 phone is proving nearly
impossible for just about all the watch 3 users on this forum.
same applies to Apple watch 1 and 2 they are almost impossible to either pair or
update with an ios 14 or ios15 phone.
Your best course of action is to call in at an apple store and ask them to pair/update it for you.
Update;
With the announcement by Apple of ios16 and watchos9 later in the year,it was revealed that the minimum spec for these upgrades is Iphone8 and Apple Watch 4.
So the watch 3 will NOT be receiving those updates.
I appreciate all of your help, thank you!!
Apple Watch Pairing and Software Updates
