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Scott6666

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My airpods are not showing on my new Watch 3 even though they are on my phone. Tried a erase and re-pair but still nothing. If I go to Bluetooth it just searches in vain.

Are your airpods connecting to your Watch 3? Maybe bluetooth is not functioning on my watch.
 

patrickdunn

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Apr 16, 2009
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St. Louis, MO
I had the same issue. I had to put them in pairing mode - hold the button on the back until the indicator light blinks white. Then my watch found them and paired. See if that works.
 

Scott6666

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Worked. Thank you so much! Saved me a genius bar appointment.

Hope this does not mean my W1 chip is not working (if the watch even has one).
 

Jgibb26

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Sep 24, 2017
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One thing I do if they are not connecting is to go to the airplay icon on the pull up menu on the watch face screen and select AirPods I don’t know if that will help anyone or not
 
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