Apple Watch 8 blood oxygen not working

I just got the watch a couple days ago. It’s enabled but when I click on it, it states “open blood oxygen on your phone” I have checked and double checked everything and nothing is working.

Apple Watch Series 8

Posted on Oct 19, 2023 06:40 PM

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Oct 20, 2023 01:52 PM in response to marainda86

Hello marainda86,


We would like to see how we can help you with the Blood Oxygen app. Are you unable to open the app on your connected iPhone? If you don't see a prompt to set up, tap the Browse tab, then tap Respiratory > Blood Oxygen > Enable. We see you are coming from the perfect link for setting this up. If you have it enabled on the iPhone, we encourage you to reach out to Apple directly at: Get Support - Apple


Cheers!

Dec 20, 2023 09:07 AM in response to marainda86

I just tried this and it worked. I turned the watch off. Then I

turned my iPhone off. Then I turned the iPhone back on and then I

turned the watch back on. I started over with the pairing instead of

from my backup. I got the message on my watch again when I opened the

blood oxygen app but then suddenly it changed to me being in the app,

and i was able to successfully take a reading!

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