Should I pair my new cellular Watch before unpairing the old one or vice versa?

[edswife1970]

I’ve done it before when I went from series 3 to series 4, but I can’t remember how exactly it worked! Should I pair the new watch first or unpair the old watch first?

I am pretty sure Verizon will just transfer my cellular plan to the new watch because I don’t remember having to do anything special.

 

[Tartarus]

Transfer cellular to new watch

It’s best to unpair the old, wait for it to finish and then pair the new watch to the iPhone.
When you unpair a watch it gets backed up to your iPhone.
That way you’ll be sure to have the most recent backup of your Watch on your new watch.

 

[edswife1970]

Re: Transfer cellular to new watch

It’s s best to unpair the old, wait for it to finish and then pair the new watch to the iPhone.
When you unpair a watch it gets backed up to your iPhone.
That way you’ll be sure to have the most recent backup of your Watch on your new watch.

Thank you

 

[tcuprof]

Re: Transfer cellular to new watch

Another data point...

I did not unpair my AW4 because I intended to keep it as a sleep watch / backup. When I was adding my AW6, the setup asked me if I wanted to keep the cellular on the AW4 or transfer it to the AW6.

 

[edswife1970]

Re: Transfer cellular to new watch

Another data point...

I did not unpair my AW4 because I intended to keep it as a sleep watch / backup. When I was adding my AW6, the setup asked me if I wanted to keep the cellular on the AW4 or transfer it to the AW6.

Yeah, I had already decided that’s what I was going to do! I probably won’t unpair my series 4 until I’m ready to sell it. Of course that means I’ll have 4 Apple Watches paired to my phone LOL.

 

[djg21]

Re: Transfer cellular to new watch

Another data point...

I did not unpair my AW4 because I intended to keep it as a sleep watch / backup. When I was adding my AW6, the setup asked me if I wanted to keep the cellular on the AW4 or transfer it to the AW6.

I unpaired my old AW4 and was asked this question after pairing my new AW6. It was pretty seamless.

 

[tcuprof]

Re: Transfer cellular to new watch

:yes: