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Moving Apple Watch family to independent phone (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by andyring@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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My son has an SE watch and uses it a lot. He loves it. I have it set up as a family Watch from my phone.

If I were to acquire a separate iPhone for him, how can I move his Watch from my phone to his own phone? His Apple ID would still be part of our overall family setup of course.

If I simply un pair it from my phone and pair it with a different phone, will that work without wiping his Watch? That’s my main concern, I don’t want the Watch to end up being wiped in the process.

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[–] Sylvurphlame@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Good question. As soon as you begin unpairing a Watch, it performs a backup to the iCloud associated with that Apple ID. That should be your son’s account. But in any case, all he is likely to loose is any Faces he had saved or any specific settings. Things like activity awards are saved to the iCloud, not the Watch itself. And you would be setting up his iPhone before pairing the Watch to it.

Double check with Apple Support.