Apple’s new support page does offer a few disclaimers, however, as your iPhone needs to be running iOS 15.4 or later, while the Apple Watch needs to be running at least watchOS 8.5. Thankfully, this is no longer the case as you can finally restore Apple Watch from iPhone yourself.

But gone are the days where you needed to reach out to Apple Support to try and get the problems fixed. Others have found that you might see a red exclamation point appear on your Watch if something has gone awry. “There is a problem with this Apple Watch that requires it to be updated or restored”. Some users have found a new “Recover Apple Watch” animation, that offers the following description: Obviously, this isn’t a great solution as not everyone lives near an Apple Store, meaning that you would have to ship it off. In the “old days”, if you had a major problem with your Apple Watch and couldn’t restore it, you had to take it to the Apple Store. You can finally restore your Apple Watch from iPhone, something that was not possible with previous releases. One major limitation has just been solved with the release of iOS 15.4 and watchOS 8.5.

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Unfortunately, for as wonderful and seamless as the Apple Watch experience is, there are quite a few limitations. Even those on Android have tried to figure out ways to use the Apple Watch, but have been unsuccessful so far. The Apple Watch is undoubtedly the best smartwatch available on the market today.

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