My partner and I got a new Apple Watch SE for my partner’s sister and turns out it won’t connect because her phone isn’t updated to the latest iOS system?

She has the iPhoneX which only has up to ios 16 available and we cannot get this watch to connect. My Apple Watch SE connects to her phone but it is at watchOS 9.3.1. Any help or support for this would be appreciated!

  • rr196BEnglish
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    1 year ago

    WatchOS 10 is only compatible with iOS17 and up. Since your SE is still on 9 it’s still compatible with iOS 16. WatchOS 10 removed the legacy support for past iOS versions.

    • drippinqueen98OPBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thank you! Is there a way to force update ios 17 on iPhone X?

      • rr196BEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Nah no longer supported outside of security updates going forward.