Apple

I am using an Apple Watch 2nd gen. with an iPhone 8

Ever since WatchOS 10 came out, my Apple Watch has been having a hard time checking for updates. Originally, I thought my watch was having issues because my iPhone 8 isn’t able to update to iOS 17, but then my Apple Watch got a small update to WatchOS 9 days after WatchOS 10 came out, which was weird (the update checker just magically worked that time, and my watch Is supposed to get WatchOS 10)

When I try to check for WatchOS updates on my phone, it says I need to update my phone before updating my watch even if there are no iOS updates available yet for my phone.

After that small WatchOS 9 update, my Apple Watch has been consistently failing at checking for updates.

I want to upgrade to WatchOS 10, but I can’t. I am also worried that my brand new Apple Watch SE 2nd gen is a lemon. What’s causing this problem, and how do I fix it?

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