Apple Watch Location Not Updating

I purchased my son an apple watch SE (and a data plan from Verizon) so we had the ability to locate him, if needed, as he walked home from school each day. His watch is fully charged when he leaves the house, yet the location almost never updates. It only updates if he texts/calls while on his way to or from school, otherwise it doesn't update the location. I'm not trying to track his every whereabouts, but this thing doesn't work at all and seems like a complete waste of money, when other (cheaper) alternatives exist that provide this same service.


I live in a very highly populated area with great cell coverage, so that isn't the issue, this thing just doesn't update unless you manually do something to make it update, which seems to defeat the whole purpose because that manual update is the same as texting your location.


Apple Watch SE (2nd generation)

Posted on Sep 3, 2024 11:37 AM

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Sep 7, 2024 04:13 PM in response to vbalzotti

A long shot, but if you haven't done to already, restart the Watch:


Restart Apple Watch - Apple Support


If that does nothing, you can try unpairing and resetting it:


Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Cell connectivity from an Apple Watch seems to be an iffy thing, possibly due to the very small size of the antennas, so even though you're in an area with good cell coverage, it still might not be getting a good signal in all areas. Since it's not your Watch it would probably be difficult to check the strength on the Watch, but here's how you would do it:


  • Open Control Center. The green bars at the top show the cellular connection status.


Regards.


Sep 7, 2024 04:15 PM in response to JameelPerkins



Jmaeel, no idea what you're on about, but if you have a question you would like help with, start a new thread with your question, including full details about your question or issue.


Regards.

JameelPerkins wrote:


hello
MattInTheUSA I'm Jmaeel Perkins asking to please test it put and feedback these two for me please so they can Listen it to it thank u have a nice weekend ?


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