Excuse me, but my phone is NOT too old.

[Trevor Harris]

Hey all,

I'm trying to pair an apple watch 6 with my iPhone. I get the error "iPhone is out of date". Clicking the the learn more (linked below), it claims I need an iPhone 8 with iOS 16 or later. The attached screen show shows that I have an iPhone 11 with iSO 16.1.1. So why am I getting this error? How do I fix this?

Set up your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Learn how to use your iPhone to set up your new Apple Watch.

support.apple.com

 

[Hudzilla95]

Try updating your phone to the latest iOS (16.5 I believe) and it should work!


Edit: Just looked at the attached link and under the "Before you begin" section it says make sure your iPhone is up to date.

 

[daneoni]

You're not running iOS 16.5

 

[Trevor Harris]

But the website says iSO 16 or later... not 16.5.

 

[Howard2k]

But the website says iSO 16 or later... not 16.5.

From the page you linked:

Before you begin​

• Update your iPhone to the latest version of iOS.

 

[Night Spring]

I think the iPhone needs to be as or more up to date as the watch. So if the watch is on 9.1 and the phone is on 16.5, you'll be able to pair them, but if the watch is on 9.5 and the phone on 16.1, it doesn't work and you need to update the phone.

 

[fs454]

But the website says iSO 16 or later... not 16.5.

Compatibility sometimes moves faster than documentation, but that link does cover this by asking you to update to the latest iOS. It takes like 10 minutes to do so...?