watchOS/iOS 26 bugs

[Spacegray]

Since upgrading aon iOS26 and watchOS26 i have massive problems with the AppleWatch App and my customized watch faces.
The watchface on the watch (Ultra2) is still ok, though it takes more time to actualize data, e.g. the weather info.
But when starting the watch app it shows my watch faces absolutely incorrect.
When restarting the iPhone it seems to synchronize correctly but after a day ore so there is the difference again.
For example my pathfinder watchface:

As you can see, the complete definition of the mid and lower subdials is lost.
Does anyone have similar problems?

 

[goldmac2006]

Since upgrading aon iOS26 and watchOS26 i have massive problems with the AppleWatch App and my customized watch faces.
The watchface on the watch (Ultra2) is still ok, though it takes more time to actualize data, e.g. the weather info.
But when starting the watch app it shows my watch faces absolutely incorrect.
When restarting the iPhone it seems to synchronize correctly but after a day ore so there is the difference again.
For example my pathfinder watchface:

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As you can see, the complete definition of the mid and lower subdials is lost.
Does anyone have similar problems?

Same here

Since like beta 6 of watchOS 26 I saw some complications disappear

I don’t see it in public release but it mostly pertained to a third party app; I am app affirmation

 

[Devnul0]

Every morning when I wake up and take the Watch (U1) off the charger, the Messages and Reminders apps are gone, as is the Reminders complication from my Infograph face. They will reinstall on their own, but only if I open the App Store app on the phone. This also means that every day the first time I start Messages on the iPhone (16pro) I get the prompt asking if I want to allow Focus notification status to be shared, despite having that completely turned off in Settings. I can reproduce this behavior by rebooting the Watch, too.

Oops - wrong thread, sorry!

 

[mentaluproar]

my ultra2 mic stopped working during the beta. Did a clean install when I upgraded the phone yesterday, didnt restore anything from backup (still resetting a lot of crap) and the mic on my watch died again this afternoon and never came back. After a reboot, the watch went through the welcome tutorial again too.

 

[mattburley7]

only bug i have found so far is no fully charged battery notifications on watchOS 26.0.1 on ultra 3

this happened before when getting the series 10 last year with watchOS11

 

[mattrock2013]

Every morning when I wake up and take the Watch (U1) off the charger, the Messages and Reminders apps are gone, as is the Reminders complication from my Infograph face. They will reinstall on their own, but only if I open the App Store app on the phone. This also means that every day the first time I start Messages on the iPhone (16pro) I get the prompt asking if I want to allow Focus notification status to be shared, despite having that completely turned off in Settings. I can reproduce this behavior by rebooting the Watch, too.

Oops - wrong thread, sorry!

I keep having the same issues as well. Same with the weather app. The weather app disappears from the watch or loses data and when I go to the phone it askes me to set location services. It periodically drops it after setting it. What did you find out to resolve these issues?

 

[Cobalt Blizzard]

I had the Phone app crash as soon as I opened it 3 times in a row. On the 4th attempt, it launched properly though.

 

[Devnul0]

I keep having the same issues as well. Same with the weather app. The weather app disappears from the watch or loses data and when I go to the phone it askes me to set location services. It periodically drops it after setting it. What did you find out to resolve these issues?

Nothing, unfortunately. I wonder if it's related to location services because there's definitely something wrong with location services: things that should be "Always" now pop up regularly and only offer deny, when using, or once. For example, "Home Widgets". Since Reminders and Messages also use location services, maybe there's a connection, but I have no idea how to make things work again when they're popping up insufficient requests.

 

[mattrock2013]

Nothing, unfortunately. I wonder if it's related to location services because there's definitely something wrong with location services: things that should be "Always" now pop up regularly and only offer deny, when using, or once. For example, "Home Widgets". Since Reminders and Messages also use location services, maybe there's a connection, but I have no idea how to make things work again when they're popping up insufficient requests.

Same here. I'm also now getting when I go into the watch app in the iPhone and I try to edit a watch face I get the apple watch needs to be connected to the iPhone message pop up. Ironically I just tried it and now I do not get the message but that popped up all day yesterday and first thing this morning. I've done nothing to correct it. Its hard to pinpoint where these bugs are coming from. Is it WatchOS, is it IOS, is it a pairing issue, is it a syncing issue in iCloud between devices. I'm wondering if erasing and starting as new will fix or try and repairing the watch to the iPhone. I just don't want to lose any data or current activity on my activity rings for the day. Thoughts?

 

[AlecEdworthy]

I keep having the same issues as well. Same with the weather app. The weather app disappears from the watch or loses data and when I go to the phone it askes me to set location services. It periodically drops it after setting it. What did you find out to resolve these issues?

I was having this issue (see this thread), I did an erase all settings reset and set it up as a new device and it's been working perfectly since then.

 

[cubodado]

Since moving to watchOS 26 Spotify doesn’t work on watch anymore. Does anyone have the same issue? Solutions?

Didn’t experience other problems. As new features, that I didn’t see in the new features list, I like to see the seconds when on AOD, and the distance when I try to find the phone.

 

[kecinzer]

I have issue since watchOS 26 with heart rate during workouts. Very often when I start for example walk workout and waiting for press side button to start, heart rate long time shows "-". Sometime for 3 minutes. I need to start and pause/resume activity.
Anyone else mentioned this?
This not happening with external BT heart rate monitor like COROS Heart Rate Monitor.