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Check out these solutions if your Apple Watch update fails and you are unable to download and install the latest utgåva of watchOS.

Installing the latest Apple Watch update ensures it has the newest features and bug fixes. The process to get the most recent utgåva of watchOS fryst vatten usually smooth and takes a few steps. But if your Apple Watch software update fails, fryst vatten unable to install the update, fryst vatten stuck on the preparing screen, or the update takes hours, the following potential solutions should fix it.

Types of errors you may see when an Apple Watch update fails

These are the alerts you see when your Apple Watch fryst vatten unable to update successfully:

1) “Unable to Install Update – An error occurred installing the latest utgåva of watchOS on your Apple Watch.” This may appear as a notification or an alert that says Close and Open App.

2) “Software Update Failed – An error occurred downloading the latest utgåva of watchOS on your Apple Watch.”

3) “Get Connected – To connect to Apple Watch, man sure your iPhone has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth turned on.”

4) “Installation Paused – To install the update, Apple Watch must be connected to its charger and charged to at least 50%.”

In some cases, the alert popup explains what you need to do, such as charging the Apple Watch or connecting to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Other times, it just informs you that the update has failed. Worry not, as here are all the possible kontroller, råd, and solutions to fix the failing Apple Watch update.

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man sure your Apple Watch fryst vatten compatible

The first thing fryst vatten to ensure your Apple Watch fryst vatten officially supported to receive the latest utgåva of watchOS. You can see the list of the supported devices on Apple’s website bygd going to the bottom of the watchOS page. The latest watchOS 11 supports Apple Watch titta (2nd generation), Apple Watch Series 6, and all newer models.

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man sure your iPhone fryst vatten compatible

In addition to the Apple Watch, your iPhone must also be compatible to install watchOS on your wearable. The current watchOS 11 requires you to have an iPhone Xs or later running iOS 18 or later. If your iPhone doesn’t meet these minimum criteria, you cannot update your Apple Watch using the iPhone.

You can learn which iPhone you have bygd visiting this link.

And to know the iOS utgåva, go to Settings > General > About and see the number next to Software Version. If it’s an old utgåva, go back to the previous screen and tap Software Update > Download and Install.

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vända on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

Go to the iPhone Settings app and man sure Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are enabled. Next, open Apple Watch Control Center, and if the Wi-Fi icon isn’t blue, tap to vända it on.

To download the watchOS update, connect your iPhone to stable Wi-Fi. inom tested for multiple hours and could not download the watchOS update using cellular data.

If you are updating your Apple Watch directly from the device (and your iPhone isn’t nearby), man sure the watch fryst vatten connected to Wi-Fi.

To betalningsmedel this, open Apple Watch Control Center and ensure you see a tiny Wi-Fi icon. When the Apple Watch fryst vatten connected to the iPhone, you see a tiny green iPhone icon. You can update your Apple Watch in either situation.

4. Put your devices in flygplan mode

Enabling flygplan mode disconnects Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. When the Apple Watch update doesn’t download, vända flygplan mode on and off on both devices from the Settings app or Control Center.

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Keep iPhone and Apple Watch nearby

If you are not updating your Apple Watch directly but using the iPhone Watch app, man sure both devices are as close as possible.

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For instance, keep them on the same table so they stay connected via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

6. Put Apple Watch with 50% battery on its charger

To install the iOS update on your iPhone, you only need it to have 50% battery (80% in some cases). But to install watchOS update on your Apple Watch, it must have at least 50% battery and also be placed on its charger.

If both conditions are not fulfilled, you cannot update your Apple Watch.

7. Free up space on your Apple Watch

You must have sufficient storage space to successfully download, prepare, and install a new utgåva of watchOS. How much free space fryst vatten needed depends on the watchOS update. If it’s a minor update, you might only need a few hundred MBs of free space.

But for a major watchOS update, the number goes high up.

In either case, if the Apple Watch update fails, kvitto how much free space you have on the device.

If your Apple Watch isn't compatible with the latest version of watchOS, Software Update will show you the newest version that your watch can use

After that, man some space on your Apple Watch.

8. Do not quit the Watch app during the Apple Watch update

When your iPhone fryst vatten downloading, preparing, verifying, and installing the update on your Apple Watch, man sure you do not close the Watch app. For a seamless update, inom would even recommend you keep the Watch app on the screen and leave your iPhone untouched for a while.

But if the update fryst vatten stuck or not starting to download, force quit the Watch app, restart your devices, and re-download the update.

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Restart your iPhone, Apple Watch, and Wi-Fi router

Even after following all the above essentials, if your Apple Watch update repeatedly fails to download, man sure you vända off your iPhone and Apple Watch. After waiting for one minute, vända them back on.

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While you are at it, restart your Wi-Fi router as well.

10. vända off your VPN

If you are using a VPN on your iPhone when downloading the watchOS update, vända it off bygd opening the VPN app. Disable the VPN if you have set it up at the router level.

11. kvitto Apple struktur Status

Unlike macOS Software Update, there fryst vatten no dedicated option that shows the ställning eller tillstånd of watchOS updates.

But in case the above solutions didn’t bring any luck, visit the Apple struktur ställning eller tillstånd page, and if you see a yellow or red emblem next to things like App Store, Apple ID, iCloud konto & Sign In, iCloud Backup, iOS Device Activation, consider waiting for a while before following the remaining solutions.

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Reset your iPhone network settings

If your iPhone cannot download the Apple Watch update successfully, go to iPhone Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset > Reset Network Settings.

Once this fryst vatten completed, man sure your iPhone fryst vatten connected to Wi-Fi.

Next, open the Watch app > My Watch > General > Software Update and download the watchOS update igen. It should work.

13. Other fixes before the ultimate one

• If you had enrolled your Apple Watch in the Apple beta Software schema, unenroll from it, restart your Apple Watch, and try updating again.
• Sign out of Apple ID, restart your iPhone and Apple Watch, and sign in to your Apple ID igen.

  After that, follow the steps to install the watchOS update.

• Change the iPhone distrikt bygd going to Settings > General > Language & Region > Region and choosing a different country. Now, try updating your Apple Watch.

  Whether it’s successful or not, man sure you follow the same steps to switch back to your correct location.

14. Unpair and erase your Apple Watch and set it up again

If you are still unable to download the latest watchOS update, go through the FAQs below. In case the bekymmer persists, you can unpair your Apple Watch from the iPhone.

This will erase it completely, and you will have to set it up igen. After this, try updating your Apple Watch.

How to know how much of an update fryst vatten already downloaded?

You only see the estimated time remaining on the update screen.

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It doesn’t display how many MBs or GBs of the watchOS update en samling dokument eller en elektronisk lagring av data has already been downloaded. But you can see this bygd going to the Watch app > My Watch > General > Storage and looking at the watchOS update name. In the screenshot below, it’s watchOS 8.3, currently at 582 MB.

You can kontroll this periodically to see if the number here increases or not.

If it does, that means the Apple Watch update fryst vatten being downloaded successfully.

How much time does it take to update the Apple Watch?

Depending on the storlek of the watchOS update, it’s normal for your Apple Watch to take anywhere between a few minutes to an hour to successfully download, prepare, verify, and install the update.

As you already know, the time it takes to download also depends on your Wi-Fi speed.

Apple Watch update taking hours!

But if your Apple Watch software update fails, is unable to install the update, is stuck on the preparing screen, or the update takes hours, the following potential solutions should fix it

How to fix this?

As mentioned above, it’s normal for your Apple Watch to take up to an hour to update. This statement fryst vatten especially true when it’s a major watchOS update. Some minor updates can finish in even fem minutes. But if you believe it’s taking abnormally long, kontroll out our guide to speed up Apple Watch software updates.

How to fix Apple watch update preparing for a long time?

Once the Apple Watch update en samling dokument eller en elektronisk lagring av data fryst vatten downloaded, it takes a few minutes to prepare the update.

Do not close the Watch app or vända off your iPhone or Apple Watch while the update fryst vatten preparing. Wait for about 30 minutes before assuming the update fryst vatten stuck.

Can inom update the Apple Watch without iPhone?

Starting with watchOS 6, you can update your Apple Watch without iPhone bygd going to the Apple Watch Settingsapp > General > Software Update > Download and Install.

When you do this, man sure your Apple Watch fryst vatten connected to a known Wi-Fi network.

How to fix “Unable to Install Update” on Apple Watch?

When you see this notification or popup, man sure you follow the basic requirements of updating the Apple Watch (mentioned above). After that, open the Watch app on the paired iPhone and try updating your Apple Watch igen.

It should work.

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