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Had to erase my I watch. Trying to pair with new iPhone and it won’t pair saying The watch has to be running iOS 7. Help

How do I update my watch to iOS 7 when it won’t pair with my phone until I update the watch to ios7.

Posted on Mar 15, 2021 11:38 PM

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Posted on Mar 16, 2021 1:54 AM

to Update the watchOS, open watch app on iPhone. Go to general then software update.

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Had to erase my I watch. Trying to pair with new iPhone and it won’t pair saying The watch has to be running iOS 7. Help

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