apple watch Not sharing location but online.

My son has a apple watch on a cellular plan activated using my wife's iPhone. When we go to use the find my option. We can see it's online but. But it's not sharing the location. I have double checked several times that the watch has find my and sharing locations turned on. I have restarted his watch several times with no luck. Has anybody had this issue?? If so how was it resolved?

Apple Watch SE, watchOS 8

Posted on Nov 26, 2022 11:41 PM

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Posted on Nov 28, 2022 05:59 PM

Hi rvalbrecht,


Thanks for reaching out to the community. If the Apple Watch is setup under your wife's Apple ID/iPhone, she will need to share her location to have the Apple Watch show up. Have your wife follow the steps and article below for location sharing to correct the issue.


  1. "On your iPhone or iPad, open the Settings app.
  2. Tap your name.
  3. Tap Family Sharing, then tap Location Sharing.
  4. Tap Use this [device] as My Location.


Share your location with your family - Apple Support


Have a good day.


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Nov 28, 2022 05:59 PM in response to rvalbrecht

Hi rvalbrecht,


Thanks for reaching out to the community. If the Apple Watch is setup under your wife's Apple ID/iPhone, she will need to share her location to have the Apple Watch show up. Have your wife follow the steps and article below for location sharing to correct the issue.


  1. "On your iPhone or iPad, open the Settings app.
  2. Tap your name.
  3. Tap Family Sharing, then tap Location Sharing.
  4. Tap Use this [device] as My Location.


Share your location with your family - Apple Support


Have a good day.


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