Hard to believe it would be a series 3 only update. I mean literally no one has a series 3 these days.
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Apple Releases watchOS 8.7.1 for Apple Watch Series 3 [Updated]
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Well, I do and it is working just fine.
Thanks for the update.
Here’s one more here and it’s working perfectly fine.
And it’s not actually hard to believe it would be a Series 3-only update as Series 3 will not be getting watchOS 9 so it’s probably one of the last updates, barring any security fixes in the future.
It’s right on Apple’s site stating 8.7.1 is only for Series 3. Surprised no has has said this yet, or even mentioned in the article.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
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It's weird and I am confused. My phone shows an update is available for my Series 4. The update says 8.7. My watch says it's currently on on 8.6. So the update to 8.7 should be available. But when I go to update it says updating will resume once connected to a Wi-Fi Network. Well, I am connected to a Wi-Fi network but I cannot get the update to continue. Any ideas?
Update - So I guess I missed the Watch update to 8.7 in late July. I never got any notification of it being available on my phone. Strange. Now if I could only get the watch to finally update to 8.7 from 8.6 I'd be happy.
Update - So I guess I missed the Watch update to 8.7 in late July. I never got any notification of it being available on my phone. Strange. Now if I could only get the watch to finally update to 8.7 from 8.6 I'd be happy.
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For some reason I can't update my series 3, once it tries to verify a pop up comes up saying "Unable to verify update"
Tried restarting my watch and phone and even re paired but nothing seems to work
Tried restarting my watch and phone and even re paired but nothing seems to work
Does the Series 3 still require unpairing/re-pairing to apply updates, due to its small storage size? That is always a huge headache when updating my wife's watch, but I seem to recall that it was not necessarily with the last few updates.
Apple changed the way the S3 handles updates so that it is not necessary to manually do that anymore. Instead, it automatically manages clearing space during the update process and puts everything back when it's done.
Wow, that's great, and also frustrating that they thought it was acceptable to do it the other way initially. I hope there was at least a good reason.
No one here. Literally thought I'd just chime in indicating I just installed the latest update on my go to watch device.
Thank you macrumors for misleading me and to macrumors comment section for immediate re-leading.
You are the ONLY person I have seen report this vital fact.
Been refreshing all day, on a Series 7, and then saw this. They buried the lede.
Why does MR keep using a photo of a purple Apple Watch which of course doesn’t exist? Unless they know Apple is releasing a purple S8 and they’re trying to give us a hint???
At first I missed that this was only for the S3 and couldn't figure out why I wasn't seeing it. I need to read a little closer next time 🤣
Probably the last software update for S3 before killing its support completely.
yall didn't even read the second sentence:
"The watchOS 8.7.1 update is only available for Apple Watch Series 3 models, and those who have a newer Apple Watch will not see the update."
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Isn't it weird that they keep selling the S3 up to this day, yet they will not offer major updates for it?
Honestly, I don't get it....
I mean mine has no issues whatsoever but one would assume that if they sell a product they will provide updates for it in the near future...
Hands off the series 4! Still a great watch and a light year away from the S3. It’s essentially the same internals as the current SE, and barely behind the newer models.