lynnley177 Author

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Connecting watch to iphone

I have recently bought an Apple Watch 8 and tried unsuccessfully to connect to my iPhone. It pairs but when I go to connect it tries but unpairs. It won’t update the software on it and just goes back to pairing screen to repair. My phone has ios15 tho am now updating to 16

Apple Watch Series 8

Posted on Sep 29, 2022 11:53 PM

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Sep 30, 2022 12:40 AM in response to lynnley177

Your phone needs to be running ios16.

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Sep 30, 2022 12:07 PM in response to lynnley177

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lynnley177 Author

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Sep 30, 2022 12:05 PM in response to Community User

Thanks. Yes updated it overnight as didn’t realise it was there and now all works fine

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