Watch faces not syncing/updating

[djr7572]

Anyone else having this issue? I wouldn't say it's chronic, but it's happened several times already in the past few weeks.

I'll change the watch face from the Watch app on my phone, then select "Set as current Watch Face", but the change doesn't show up on the watch. Powering the watch off and then powering back on fixes the issue, but it's annoying.

Obviously a bug/glitch, but would like to know if it's happening to anyone else.

 

[TheSkywalker77]

Is your phone in low power mode when you try this? I've noticed when my phone is in low power mode it doesn't communicate with the watch as well, that's likely because the watch and phone communicate through Bluetooth and I'd imagine low power mode would do something to Bluetooth to attempt to save power.

 

[djr7572]

Is your phone in low power mode when you try this? I've noticed when my phone is in low power mode it doesn't communicate with the watch as well, that's likely because the watch and phone communicate through Bluetooth and I'd imagine low power mode would do something to Bluetooth to attempt to save power.

Nope, phone is in normal mode.

 

[TheSkywalker77]

Nope, phone is in normal mode.

Odd. I know you mentioned restarting the watch and that temporarily fixing it, but have you tried restarting your phone too? If I'm having an issue with communication between my watch and phone and low power mode isn't the problem then I'll restart both devices and that usually fixes it.

Another thing you could try is turning on Airplane Mode for a few seconds and then turning it off (on both devices). That sometimes fixes network and Bluetooth issues I'm having.

 

[djr7572]

Odd. I know you mentioned restarting the watch and that temporarily fixing it, but have you tried restarting your phone too? If I'm having an issue with communication between my watch and phone and low power mode isn't the problem then I'll restart both devices and that usually fixes it.

Another thing you could try is turning on Airplane Mode for a few seconds and then turning it off (on both devices). That sometimes fixes network and Bluetooth issues I'm having.

No, haven't tried restarting the phone but I'll do that next time. Thanks!

 

[TheSkywalker77]

No, haven't tried restarting the phone but I'll do that next time. Thanks!

Best of luck!!

 

[djr7572]

Now it is chronic. Frustrating. Do you suppose this is an issue with the watch or my iPhone? Bluetooth issue maybe? I restarted my phone, that didn't do anything.