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Apple Watch setup

The iOS on my phone is 15.5 and I have an iPhone 7+ but I cannot set up my Apple Watch 3 ~ what are some steps I can take when the alert tells me my iOS needs to update to 15 or later or an iPhone 6 or better?

Posted on Jun 4, 2022 12:45 PM

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Posted on Jun 4, 2022 12:53 PM

The apple watch 3 GPS only has only 8GB of internal storage, most of that is taken

up by the operating system and other critical software with not much space left for the

update.So installing or even pairing to an ios15 phone is proving nearly

impossible for just about all the watch 3 users on this forum.

same applies to Apple watch 1 and 2 they are almost impossible to either pair or

update with an ios 14 or ios15 phone.


Your best course of action is to call in at an apple store and ask them to pair/update it for you.

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Jun 4, 2022 12:53 PM in response to JJGolden01

The apple watch 3 GPS only has only 8GB of internal storage, most of that is taken

up by the operating system and other critical software with not much space left for the

update.So installing or even pairing to an ios15 phone is proving nearly

impossible for just about all the watch 3 users on this forum.

same applies to Apple watch 1 and 2 they are almost impossible to either pair or

update with an ios 14 or ios15 phone.


Your best course of action is to call in at an apple store and ask them to pair/update it for you.

Apple Watch setup

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