[Bug?] iPhone keeps wanting to 'set up' already set up & paired Apple Watch!

[thewiccaman]

In the last couple of days, seemingly since I updated my iPhone 15 Pro Max to iOS 17.5 and my Watch S9 auto-updated to WatchOS 10.5, my iPhone keeps asking me to 'set up my Apple Watch' - I only have one, this S9, it's already set up, connected to BT and is syncing fine with my phone!

I've restarted both my Apple Watch & my iPhone and it makes no difference

What's going on? A bug, surely? Any ideas?

 

[Kwarner1970]

In the last couple of days, seemingly since I updated my iPhone 15 Pro Max to iOS 17.5 and my Watch S9 auto-updated to WatchOS 10.5, my iPhone keeps asking me to 'set up my Apple Watch' - I only have one, this S9, it's already set up, connected to BT and is syncing fine with my phone!

I've restarted both my Apple Watch & my iPhone and it makes no difference

What's going on? A bug, surely? Any ideas

Mine is doing the exact same thing. I already tried to pair the watch and it still does the same things periodically