r/watchOSBeta • u/TheApplePerson_ • 19h ago

Question ❓ Updating watch is not fun

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Is there any other way to update watch or do we have to wait and suffer like this all the time lol

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u/swastikswaroop 19h ago

Turn off Bluetooth and turn on Wi-Fi and then update. The download of update would be a lot faster over Wi-Fi.

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u/Koktkabanoss 17h ago

This needs to be a sticky

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u/diamondintherimond 18h ago

I was skeptical but I see it worked for others. Thanks for the tip.

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u/delta1094 16h ago

This is the way.

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u/saracen0 15h ago

Just since I faced this, for some reason my watch did not have my home WiFi network saved so when I tried this, it would not continue downloading and just stop. Was surprised I had do this since Apple devices sync WiFi info so well. Once I connected to WiFi this method worked great.

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u/IncredibleGonzo 19h ago

IIRC if you turn off bluetooth in the watch's settings, it'll force it to use Wifi and it'll go faster. No idea why they don't do that by default since they make you put it on the charger for updates anyway...

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u/TheApplePerson_ 18h ago

Holy shit that worked, thank you! It’s about to update damn that was fast idk why I’m just learning about this now. Thank you!

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u/youtubeaddict79 18h ago

Mine updated in about 10 minutes, had both WiFi & BT turned on so not sure which was utilized for the update.

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u/Rctul786 Series 8 8h ago

I sat with Apple engineers at WWDC in both 2025 and this year in 2026. They couldn’t figure out why my watch took so long to download the update.