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iPhone 12 and series 8 watch stuck in pairing updatel oop

I have an iPhone 12 and a series 8 Apple Watch and it’s getting stuck in the updating loop. It has previously been synced with this phone. I went in and made sure in the settings to delete all previous information about the watch and previous up dates and backups. I deleted the whole watch app and re-downloaded it. I’ve made sure to hard reset the watch. I reset the network settings I tried the Bluetooth trick where you turn off the Bluetooth while it’s downloading. I’ve tried using different Wi-Fi. I’ve tried turning off my cellular data. I don’t know what to do.

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Your Apple Watch 8 cannot use watchOS 27. It cannot be updated beyond watchOS 26.6.


There have been numerous issues reported pairing watchOS 26 Apple Watches to iOS 27 iPhones. Apple is almost certainly aware of the issue. If you wish, send them feedback here.

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