clarity on pairing watch11

By Neil S, 22 September, 2025

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watchOS and Apple Watch Apps

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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By Michael Hansen on Monday, September 22, 2025 - 21:14

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

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.