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My Apple Watch doesn’t pair with my iPhone

The Apple Watch series 5 said that any device with iOS 12.0 or above will work but it doesn’t work with my iPhone 6 which is iOS 12.4.4, it said my phone is out of date. Can you help me with this?

iPhone 6

Posted on Jan 18, 2020 6:17 PM

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BobHarris

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Posted on Jan 18, 2020 6:32 PM

The current shipping Apple Watch Series 3 and 5 models require an iPhone 6s, SE, 7 or newer running iOS 13. It will Not pair with the iPhone 6 or older.

Suggest your return your Apple Watch for a refund. Check with your retailer. If it was Apple then you have 14 days

https://www.apple.com/shop/help/returns_refund

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