Unable to unlock Big Sur with Apple Watch

[Simon89]

Hey,

Currently on the latest developer beta and I'm unable to check the box which will allow my Apple Watch unlock my MbP 15".

When I click in the box I get a progress wheel next to it and eventually a message of not being able to communicate with the watch and to try again.

Has anyone else had this issue?

 

[sosiskin]

Look in this thread - https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...rk.2250819/page-2?post=28904426#post-28904426
The method described in it worked for me.

 

[Simon89]

Thanks - I gave it a go but still get this message.

 

[Simon89]

Okay....I'll admit my phone wasn't unlocked.

All working now - Thanks @sosiskin

 

[kamus]

Look in this thread - https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...rk.2250819/page-2?post=28904426#post-28904426
The method described in it worked for me.

Thanks dude, it really helped!

 

[Ansath]

FYI, today's WatchOS 7.1 RC should resolve the issue for any that still have it

 

[appleuser181]

Just upgraded to Big Sur and now have this problem with my AW6 (7.1). Tried the keychain solution (worked on Catalina) but no longer working with Big Sur (MBP 2018 15").
Any suggestions?

 

[JagsDI]

i just upgraded to Big Sur this morning.. and have the same issue. Any suggestions ?

 

[faxao]

Same problem here on Big Sur

 

[appleuser181]

Same problem here on Big Sur

Changing my Apple ID password fixed the issue somehow (found this on other forums)

 

[adamob]

For those who have updated: sign out of icloud, reboot and sign in again
This fix for me: unlock by watch, handoff, sidecar

 

[faxao]

For those who have updated: sign out of icloud, reboot and sign in again
This fix for me: unlock by watch, handoff, sidecar

Worked perfectly here ! Thanks very much for your hint

 

[movieator]

Everything works for me except notes.

 

[sprucemoose]

Changing my Apple ID password fixed the issue somehow (found this on other forums)

This also worked for me — which seemed less of a pain than signing in and out of iCloud (i.e. re-syncing all content). Pretty annoying to have to do that after months of Apple Watch unlock working flawlessly.

As mentioned, unlocking secure notes remains broken.

 

[Easttime]

Changing my Apple ID password fixed the issue somehow (found this on other forums)

Brilliant, that worked for me too. Due for that PW change anyway.

 

[Laai]

The step from another thread did not work for me. Changing my appleid pw did. Thanks 😃

 

[patearrings]

I got it working! Used this page:

Wnreal.com

I followed the first guide of deleting all my stuff in keychain access etc, i then rebooted. That didn't work.

After that, i signed out of icloud, rebooted, signed back into icloud. That fixed it!

YMMV

Good luck!

 

[twanj]

I just started getting this after updating to 11.1 and WatchOS 7.2

 

[Apple_Robert]

With the latest update, watch unlock isn’t working for me, even though the box is ticked in system preferences. Because of this bug, I can no longer open 1Password or Strongboxsafe with watch.

edited to add: I just tried again, and it worked. In total, it took about 6 attempts.