Is the Apple Watch 3 compatible with iPho… (2024)

Ben_Z1

User level: Community Specialist

Hi there taffypy,

Your Apple Watch Series 3 should be able to be paired with iPhone 15. Per Set up and pair your Apple Watch with iPhone:

To use your AppleWatch Series3 or later with watchOS8, you need to pair your AppleWatch with an iPhone 6s or later with iOS15 or later.

That article walks you through the rest of the pairing and setup process as well. If you run into any issues pairing your Apple Watch Series 3 with iPhone 15, please provide more details and if you are getting an error message of some kind so that we can continue to assist.

Cheers!

Juliaj77

8 points

I can’t get my Apple Watch 3 to connect with my iPhone 15 pro. I keep getting the error message “Unable to check for update: checking for software update failed because you are not connected to the internet.” I am indeed connected to the internet. I have tried:

• Restarting my watch and iphone
• resetting my watch back to factory settings
• uninstalling the Apple Watch app and reinstalling
• choosing a different language when loading the Apple watch
• forgetting my WiFi network, resetting internet and reconnecting
• signing out of my Apple ID on my phone and singing back in
• clicking “try again” on the error message 100 times

Nothing is working to get past this message!!