Apple Suggests Potential Fixes for Weather Complication Bug on Apple Watch

[MacRumors]

Apple on Tuesday offered two potential fixes for the recently reported Apple Watch issue where watch face Weather complications fail to load data.

Apple Watch owners have been complaining of malfunctioning Weather complications since the launch of watchOS 10, with both the initial launch and watchOS 10.0.1 affected. Those impacted are seeing a blank reading where the weather data should be, but tapping into the Weather app shows the expected information.

In a new support document titled "If the Apple Watch Weather complication isn't working," Apple suggests users affected by the issue try the following:
Reset iPhone Settings

1. On your iPhone, open the Settings app, then tap Privacy & Security -> Location Services.
2. Scroll down and tap Weather.
3. Under Allow Location Access, tap Never, then tap your original setting.
4. Check whether the issue is resolved.

If weather data still doesn't load, Apple suggests trying these steps:

1. On your iPhone, open the Settings app, then tap General -> Transfer or Reset iPhone.
2. Tap Reset -> Reset Location & Privacy.
3. If prompted, enter your passcode and reset.
4. Check whether the issue is resolved.

Apple on Tuesday also released a new watchOS 10.0.2 update, which was initially thought to resolve the Weather complication issue, but it seems that a number of users did not see any permanent resolution after updating.

Did either of Apple's suggested fixes work for you? Let us know in the comments.

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[vegetassj4]

POTENTIAL fixes? We don’t really know what’s going on, so throw some 💩at the board and see if it sticks.
Wow, just wow.

 

[WiiDSmoker]

Why does Apple have so many issues with Weather?

 

[MayaUser]

We want an permanent fix Apple plz...not a potential walk-around

 

[Velin]

POTENTIAL fixes? We don’t really know what’s going on, so throw some 💩at the board and see if it sticks.
Wow, just wow.

Does this merit a double "wow"? They're working on it.

 

[G.Gleeson]

The second set of steps worked for me.

 

[headlessmike]

I've been using Carrot Weather's complications for years. It works great and I still get a day and a half of battery life out of my old Series 6 with original battery.

 

[bydandie]

The second one worked for me, just a shame that it's been reported during the betas and they ignored it. That is the entire point of the betas to feedback and they waited until public release?

 

[ersan191]

WOW never expected this kind of jank from an Apple support article. Do better Apple.

 

[contacos]

1st one didn’t work for me. Not gonna attempt 2nd one while on vacation. I manually selected a city now, seems to work so far.

 

[ersan191]

I've been using Carrot Weather's complications for years. It works great and I still get a day and a half of battery life out of my old Series 6 with original battery.

Yeah, for $20 $15/year

 

[sguser]

I bought Ultra 2 today. Transferred settings from v8. The Ultra is on 10.0.2, and I just ran into the complications issue. It is, for sure, not resolved by the v 10.0.2

 

[Expos of 1969]

Yeah, for $20/year

No, for free as well.

 

[Lancer]

My 3yo SE is still not working with weather and 10.0.2 isn't coming up, I'm on 10.0.1 and it says its up-to-date. Also the battery has taken a nose dive since the new OS, and a few times its not waking up with the alarm.

 

[Tres]

POTENTIAL fixes? We don’t really know what’s going on, so throw some 💩at the board and see if it sticks.
Wow, just wow.

It’s possible for the same issue to have multiple possible causes, so the same workaround may not work for all users.

Also, bugs that only occur for a subset of users can be an absolute nightmare to confirm and resolve.

This is nothing more than a visual bug and would have been at the bottom of the dev team’s priorities during beta.

 

[ersan191]

No, for free as well.

Carrot weather complications are not free, they require a subscription.

 

[F23]

Carrot weather complications are not free, they require a subscription.

exactly

 

[Musashi3052]

I just downloaded AccuWeather and switched my complications to that. Been working fine ever since and it's free.

 

[StudioMacs]

No, for free as well.

The watch app is not free, and I found the forecasts to be surprisingly inaccurate compared to Apple‘s own app.

 

[MrGimper]

Go to settings > Privacy & Security > Locations Services. Tap the switch at the top to turn off ALL location services, wait a minute, and turn it back on.

Did this 2 days ago and my weather is all sorted. Even travelled to different locations and it’s all working fine.

 

[andreagrandi]

None of the above methods worked: Apple Watch 7 (10.0.1 because the 10.0.2 is not available for me yet 🤷🏻‍♂️) and iPhone 15 with latest iOS

Update: it worked for a few minutes and then it went back as before

 

[Expos of 1969]

The watch app is not free, and I found the forecasts to be surprisingly inaccurate compared to Apple‘s own app.

My mistake. Having the free one working very well on my phone, I foolishly assumed it would be free on the watch as well.

 

[Expos of 1969]

Carrot weather complications are not free, they require a subscription.

My error. Free on my phone so I made an incorrect assumption.

 

[Motawa]

put it in rice

 

[willchris]

Does this merit a double "wow"? They're working on it.

They should have worked on it before releasing the product.