Apple Watch Wifi with iOS 12

[ILowry82]

I’ve noticed while on iOS 12, for some reason my Apple Watch won’t connect to WiFi. On iOS 11, when my phone was not within Bluetooth range but connected to the same WiFi network as my watch, the two would sync up. On iOS 12 I get no connection. Anyone have a fix for this? I noticed this on Beta 1, went back to iOS 11 and the issues still persists on Beta 4

 

[achappy]

Did you submit a bug report? I noticed this yesterday but then I thought maybe it I wasn't really connected to Wifi. I was testing it out at the pool but my watch would never connect until I got within range of my phone. I know there have been bug reports of Wifi disconnecting on PB but I hadn't seen that problem so I wasn't sure what the issue was.

But seeing your post makes me suspect it's a bug.

 

[theshoehorn]

I noticed that it sometimes doesn't do it as seamlessly as it used to. Sometimes I have to toggle airplane mode on my watch and then it picks up the Wifi...

 

[ILowry82]

I found this and it seems to have fixed the problem
https://www.igeeksblog.com/apple-watch-does-not-connect-to-wi-fi/