Are you seeing a iPhone and Watch animation or a red exclamation point ‘!’ on your Apple Watch’s screen? Then keep reading as we have the perfect solution for this issue.
When Apple Watch displays an iPhone and Watch on its screen or a red “!”, it usually means your Apple Watch needs to be updated or restored. This happens because your Watch has ran into problems and needs restore to fix them.
Thankfully it is very easy to solve the iPhone and Watch issue or to fix red “!” issue on an Apple Watch. You can do this at home without taking your device to Apple Store or a repair service provider.
When you see iPhone and Watch on your Apple Watch screen
Follow these instructions when your Apple Watch is showing an iPhone and a watch on its screen.
Step 1. Make sure your iPhone is running iOS 15.4 or later and connected to a Wi-Fi network. Bluetooth should also be turned on.
Step 2. Put your Apple Watch on its charger.
Step 3. Unlock your iPhone and bring it closer to your Apple Watch that is displaying the iPhone and Watch animation.
Step 4. Press the Side button of your Apple Watch two times and follow the instructions that appear on your iPhone’s screen.
Apple Watch Showing red “!”, here’s the fix
If your Apple Watch is showing the red “!” on the screen, then you can follow the steps below.
Step 1. Double press the side button of your Apple Watch.
Step 2. Connect your iPhone to a Wi-Fi network and make sure its Bluetooth is turned on.
Step 3. Put your Apple Watch on its charger.
Step 4. Unlock iPhone and bring it closer to your Watch that is displaying the red “!” on its screen.
Step 5. Double press the side button again and follow the instructions displayed on your iPhone’s screen.
There you have it folks, this is how you can easily fix iPhone and Watch error on your Apple Watch.
We also showed you how you can fix the red “!” issue on Apple Watch.
If you have any questions, then let us know in the comments below.
Crazy that my watch plays a stupid animation instead of an error message in English. Hard to describe the cartoon and get a hit that isn’t something about iPhone apps that do animation. By the way, intrusive ads make this site very hard to read from an iPhone.