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Apple Releases watchOS 8.4 With Fix for Apple Watch Charging Bug

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Apple today released watchOS 8.4, the third major update to the watchOS 8 operating system that launched in September. watchOS 8.4 comes over a month after the release of watchOS 8.3, an update that added support for the Apple Music Voice Plan.

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‌‌watchOS ‌8.4 can be downloaded for free through the dedicated Apple Watch app on the iPhone by going to General > Software Update. To install the new software, the Apple Watch needs to have at least 50 percent battery, it needs to be placed on a charger, and it needs to be in range of the ‌‌‌‌‌iPhone‌‌‌‌‌.

The watchOS 8.4 update is compatible with the Apple Watch Series 3 and later like all ‌watchOS 8‌ updates.

According to Apple's release notes, watchOS 8.4 fixes a bug that could cause some Apple Watch chargers not to work as expected with the Apple Watch.

Since the watchOS 8.3 update, there have been complaints from Apple Watch Series 7 users who have noticed that their third-party chargers (and in some cases, Apple-branded chargers) are not able to charge their Apple Watches.

In some situations, the Apple Watch would not charge at all with an affected charger, and in other cases, it would charge for a few minutes and then stop. Today's update should fix both issues.

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56 months ago
Security information:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213059
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56 months ago
I'm glad to hear that the charging issues have been fixed.
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nintendoswitch
56 months ago
My moms Apple Watch series 7 still has the charging bug after updating.
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Piotr Kummer
56 months ago
My watch charger is still not working, this update did not fix the issue.
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56 months ago
Thankfully this update also seems to have cleared out deleted shortcuts that were stuck on my watch.
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Lucas Curious
56 months ago

Obviously 6.3 on Watch2, that aren’t yet vintage products as S0 and S1, won’t be upgrades ‘cause this f***ed company need to broke retrocompatibily to sells bug new products, but Watch3 that are the same old product of Watch2, but this f***ed company don’t stop to sell from 2017 to 2022 (5 yrs old crap hw) ‘cause it doesn’t know shame and can’t create a crap new poor watch instead of selling S3 and SE, it will be updated.
I hope governments are heavier with taxes and fines as much as they can, so iOS is already a cullender and the company doesn’t deserve better.
This is why I use the watch 3 only for workouts and got used to not wearing it. Less distraction is better. I prefer to fight Apple on this by not buying or using their future products unless I absolutely need it’s utility. It would at least be nice for Apple to warn users that the new OS will choke up your watch so that you can remain on the older version. The W3 was fast but now it’s been slow for the last 2 years
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