Pairing the iWatch - Pairing Smartwatch and iPhone

The iWatch is an Apple smartwatch that you need to pair with your iPhone in order to have all of its features available to you. What steps are necessary to pair the two devices and what helps if it is not possible to establish a connection, you can read here.

iWatch: How to pair the smartwatch with a mobile device

In order to use all the features of the iWatch, it is necessary to pair the smartwatch with a mobile device beforehand. Since the Apple Watch is only compatible with other Apple devices, this is currently only possible with an iPhone.

1. To begin pairing, first place the iWatch on your wrist and turn on the watch by pressing the side button.
2. Now pick up your iPhone and hold it close to the iWatch until the pairing screen appears on it.
3. Tap then on "Continue" and align the camera viewfinder of the iPhone so that the Apple Watch is visible on the iPhone display.
4. The pairing is then performed and you can then set up the iWatch by tapping "Configure Apple Watch".

This helps when there are problems when pairing the iWatch

Sometimes there may be problems when pairing the iWatch and iPhone. If you can't pair the devices in the above way, please open the iWatch app on iPhone instead and select "Pair new watch". On the other hand, if the pairing does not work because your iWatch is already connected to another iPhone, you need to delete the Apple Watch first and then try to pair it again.