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What’s the best/easiest/quickest way to update multiple watches? Anyone have any tricks?
 
What’s the best/easiest/quickest way to update multiple watches? Anyone have any tricks?
I have three watches currently paired to my phone, and I call it the "update merry go round". You can't really wear one watch while updating another, because if the phone switches from the watch that's updating to another, it will pause the update. So I typically just start one, then the next when the first finishes, and then again with the third. They each have their own charger, so it's not too much of a hassle.
 
I have three watches currently paired to my phone, and I call it the "update merry go round". You can't really wear one watch while updating another, because if the phone switches from the watch that's updating to another, it will pause the update. So I typically just start one, then the next when the first finishes, and then again with the third. They each have their own charger, so it's not too much of a hassle.
That changed at some point (I assume already with OS7). You can update them independently of the phone connection by starting the update directly on the watch. Tried this a couple of times, works nicely :)
 
Make sure you turn off "auto switch" in the watch app. My iPhone gets confused if I don't do that and sometimes pauses the upgrade.
 
That changed at some point (I assume already with OS7). You can update them independently of the phone connection by starting the update directly on the watch. Tried this a couple of times, works nicely :)
You know, I knew that.....but apparently I forgot. That's how I will do it next time! :D
 
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