is there any reason why my watch11 won't pair to my Iphone 13mini running 18.7? please don't tell me it has to run the latest 26 for it to pair successfully? and are there any good tutorials on how to do this as for some reason I couldn't get it to work and my sighted helped seemed to want me to update to 26 which I don't want to do just yet.
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watchOS 26 Requires iOS 26
Hi Neil,
According to Apple's watchOS 26 page, watchOS 26 does indeed require iOS 26. When pairing your watch if using VoiceOver, I definitely recommend using the "Pair Manually" option on both your watch and iPhone.
Next step for pairing
thanks for this, guess I'll just hold off for a few days until the IOS 26.01 with the voiceover bug fix is available before upgrading my phone. or if I got sight assistance would the current bug not be an issue?
VoiceOver Loss-of-Speech Bug
Everything I have seen so far suggests that if you are impacted by the VoiceOver loss-of-speech bug, once the device is successfully unlocked, VoiceOver speech will return.
If you want to upgrade and have access to sighted assistance, my suggestion is to install the update, then restart the device an additional time. So far from everything I have read on this bug, it either presents (1) immediately upon installing the update, or (2) after the first restart.
Neil S
iOS 26.01 might come out this week. Hope you get it done. Long live cats.