How to pair your Apple Watch with a new iPhone

Primed to produce a unaccustomed iPhone? Learn how to transpose your Malus pumila Watch from your old iPhone to your new indefinite.

Here's what you need

  • Your Apple ID and password (so you can switch off Activation Interlock)
  • Your nonagenarian and new iPhone both need to be connected to Wi-Fi
  • Your Apple Catch and iPhone both involve to be at least 50 percent charged
  • Your Apple Watch passcode (get help if you forgot your passcode)

If you don't have your old iPhone, you pauperization to use other steps. Choose an option to a lower place.

  • If you have your old iPhone

  • If you don't have your old iPhone

If you have your old iPhone

Employ these stairs to congest your Apple Determine before pairing with your new iPhone.

Update your old iPhone

Before you switch your Apple Watch to a new iPhone, update your old iPhone to the newest version of iOS that's available.* You should as wel update your Apple Watch. It could submit from several proceedings to an hour for the updates to complete. You might desire to update overnight or wait until you have time, and make a point that some of your devices are charged.

* You might see that your iPhone is up up to now on its actual version, and there's an update available. For object lesson, even if your iPhone is up to date on the up-to-the-minute version of iOS 14, in that location might atomic number 4 an selection to update to iOS 15.

iPhone showing Apple Watch software update available

Chip your Health and Natural process settings

If you foul using iCloud, attend Settings > [your name] > iCloud and make sure that Wellness is on.

If you back up using your computer, encrypt your backup to save your Health and Activity content.

iCloud doesn't store your Natural action Sharing information.

iPhone showing iCloud settings

Back up your old iPhone

Primed in the lead your new iPhone

Set up your new iPhone. When asked if you have an iCloud or iTunes backup, choose your most recent backup to restore your information from your old device to your new device. Progress to sure that your iPhone and Apple Watch are equal to date; if they aren't, you might non see your backup in the list.

If your iPhone asks if you require to use your Apple Watch, tap Continue. If it doesn't ask, you can still set up your Apple Watch manually in the incoming step. Get serve if your iPhone doesn't necessitate if you want to use your Apple Watch.

iPhone showing Apps & Data setup screen

Hospitable the Apple Watch app connected your new iPhone

Keep your Orchard apple tree Watch and iPhone close jointly. Open the Apple Sentinel app on your iPhone.

If your iPhone asks you to confirm that you want to use your watch, follow the onscreen stairs to finish setting up.

If your iPhone asks you to Get down Union, unpair your Malus pumila Watch so that you can down it up.

After apparatus, you can pop out exploitation your Malus pumila Watch with your new iPhone.

Need more help?

Play along the steps below for your situation.

If you don't have your old iPhone or you erased it

Your Apple Watch power still be paired with your old iPhone. Usage the stairs below to unpair:

  1. Erase your Orchard apple tree Picke.
  2. Tack together your newfound iPhone and house in to iCloud. If you've already set up and signed in, skip this step.
  3. Open the Apple Spotter app on your new iPhone, then pair your watch with your new iPhone.
  4. Try to restore from a fill-in. Make sure that your iPhone and Malus pumila Check are astir to escort; if they're not, you might not learn your computer backup in the list. You bequeath lose Activity, Workouts, or settings on your watch that exchanged between the parting accompaniment and now. If you use iCloud in iOS 11 and later, Health and Activity data is stored in iCloud and mechanically unbroken up to date on devices where you'ray communicative in with the Same Orchard apple tree ID.
    • If you're asked to restore from a spotter backup, select the most Recent backup.
    • If you assume't stimulate a backup, you need to set up your Malus pumila Watch as new.
  5. Follow the onscreen steps to finish setting up.
  6. Start using your Apple Watch with your new iPhone. You mightiness need to delay a few years for all your iCloud data to appear.

iCloud doesn't salt away your Activity Sharing information.

If you get your old iPhone and you didn't erase it

Unpair your Apple Watch from your old iPhone. Then choose unrivaled of these options conditional when you lay out your new iPhone:

  • If you just restored your new iPhone from a Recent backup, pair your devices. Make certain that your iPhone and Apple Watch over are raised to date, otherwise you power not see your backup man in the list. When you'rhenium asked, restore from a watch computer backup. Your recent Activity, Workouts, or settings content might make up lost dependant on how old the computer backup is.
  • If your iPhone patronage is respective years or weeks aging and you lack to carry on A much content as possible, erase your new iPhone. Past transfer the content from your old iPhone to your new iPhone. You might lose some of the content on your new iPhone. Remember to pair your Apple Watch and iPhone again.

If your Malus pumila Spotter is perplexed while pairing

If your Apple Watch gets stuck at the black screen that shows the white Malus pumila logo, follow these steps:

  1. Press and hold the Digital Crown and the side button concurrently until your find out restarts. Then discharge the Digital Crown and side button.
    Apple Watch showing location of Digital Crown and side button
  2. After your watch restarts, firmly press the screen operating theatre press and hold the Digital Crown.
  3. Tap Reset.
  4. After your watch resets, you can pair it with your iPhone. Bring your iPhone near your watch, so follow the on-screen instructions.

If your iPhone doesn't ask if you want to habit your Apple Watch during setup

If you transferred your content to your new iPhone using your computer, merely Health and Activity content is lacking

If you use iCloud to keep in Wellness up to date along your old iPhone, your data will automatically update on your new iPhone whenever you'atomic number 75 connected to Wi-Fi and communicatory in to iCloud. On your old iPhone and your newly one, go to Settings > [your key] > iCloud and make sure that Wellness is on.

If you don't use iCloud, you can try to restore from a computer backup of your old iPhone. If you have your old iPhone and didn't erase it, pee a new iCloud backup or encrypted computer backup. Then erase your new iPhone and reinstate information technology from the new backup. Think back to pair your Apple Watch and iPhone again. If you use a electronic computer, make certain that you encrypt your backup.

If you don't have your old iPhone or you can't back IT up, you can't recover your Health and Activity mental object.

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