Updating watchOS takes forever

[Tex-Twil]

Hi,
I've been trying to update my Apple Watch series 4 from watchOS 5.x to 6.0 using an paired iPhone X on iOS 13.0 but it never completes. The estimated time to send the update from the phone to the watch is showing 5 days.

I've already tried to:

- leave the process overnight
- restart both iPhone and watch
- disable the bluetooth on the phone as suggested by some sites

Both devices are connected to the same wifi, the watch on its charger and close to iPhone.

Any tips?

 

[akash.nu]

It took like 15 mins for me. Something is not right. Have you tried unpair and repair?!

 

[BillGates1969]

Also, try the trick of turning off bluetooth on the iPhone (not from control centre but from settings on the iPhone). It will moan, but download the update to the watch over WiFi and take a fraction of the time

 

[jbachandouris]

Took forever for me, but it did work so, not sure why it's not working at all.

 

[CobraPA]

Restart your router? Move the devices farther away from each other (on WiFi, no need for them to be close together, it’s rare, but sometimes WiFi devices interfere with each other.)