I own an Apple Watch SE 2 (I plan on getting the SE 3) and I decided to upgrade it to watchOS 26. When I did so, many of the complications I used on the Modular face are gone, including the various Weather complications. Did Apple remove these in watchOS26 or is my Watch just being weird?
Apple Watch SE, watchOS 26
For me, both Spotify and Timers are missing as available complications in the iOS 26 watch app. But I was able to add both by editing the face directly from the watch. Long press the face→ Edit→ swipe to Complications→ select the complication slot→ scroll to the desired complication and select.
For me, both Spotify and Timers are missing as available complications in the iOS 26 watch app. But I was able to add both by editing the face directly from the watch. Long press the face→ Edit→ swipe to Complications→ select the complication slot→ scroll to the desired complication and select.
If your issue is specifically "Certain complications not showing up in Apple Watch App". Dealing with the new iOS 26 Version, this is most appropriate place to post rather than having 20 threads with the same title.
How my problem was solved with help from Technical support:
Preface: My exact situation: upgrading from an iPhone 15 Pro (iOS 26) to an iPhone 17 Pro as well as upgrading from an Apple Watch Ultra (watchOS 26) to an Apple Watch Ultra 3. Many Complications did not show up in the Watch app, (Apple Complications as well as third party), although they did show up on the watch itself. After many hours the problem did not go away by itself.
I would only take these steps after waiting a long time to see if they come back by themselves.
NOTE: This was one of the hardest Apple Hardware upgrades I have endured, both the iPhone and Apple Watch had serious issues and both upgrades had to be restarted from scratch.
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Actually, I just fixed it. All I had to do was reset my Watch. I will close this discussion if I can.
I had the exact same issue. Restarting my Apple Watch fixed it for me.
KentuckyCryptid wrote:
Actually, I just fixed it. All I had to do was reset my Watch. I will close this discussion if I can.
It will close itself eventually unless someone perpetuates it.
Next time
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Jarring777 wrote:
I reset my new SE 3 but complications still disappear. Continually asks to allow weather to use my location. I’m using info graph with 8 complications and right now and only the phone one is showing. I just looked and now the mail and messages are showing also, but if I lower my wrist they’ll disappear. What is going on Apple??? Oh now my Calendar is back!
I would not try to restore a watch backup to a new model watch and new OS
Unpair it, set up again as new watch, recreate your faces and complications from scratch
markfromlandolakes wrote:
You are disproven. Do you honestly think we would be posting here if we didn’t have a problem?
Dah.veed proved that Alarms are not missing from OS26, however they are missing from your watch.
So, un-pair it, then set it up as a new watch without accessing the backup. That should reset the system and allow you to add a new modular face. Keeping backups fromold models old OS to new model new OS os fraught with difficulties.
Your alarms will need to be added again as well as the faces.
FYI: In order to get my complications back in the App, I had to un-pair and re-pair using the original backup from before I switched to the new watch.
I have exactly the same problem. I think it is due to the complications being removed from the application each now and then. When it disappears from the watch, I go back to the Watch app on the iPhone and the complication name is missing also from the availability list. After a few minutes, it reappears in the availability list and I'm able to insert it again on the watch and it appears again. After a while, it disappears again From the watch and so on.
Did you check the apps? ex. weather app still installed? Because my watch (series 7) deleted some apps for itself. Weather, Messages, Music ect. still don't install. I don't know what can I do.
Unless someone wanders in here, no one will see your issue.
You should create your own topic that everyone will see, describe the problem, and what you've tried to resolve it.
I reset my new SE 3 but complications still disappear. Continually asks to allow weather to use my location. I’m using info graph with 8 complications and right now and only the phone one is showing. I just looked and now the mail and messages are showing also, but if I lower my wrist they’ll disappear. What is going on Apple??? Oh now my Calendar is back!
I’m having the exact thing my watch display the correct info but the watch app is missing complications on every watch face like a bug. Trying removing the watch I reset both the watch and the phone. I try to offload watch app reinstalling the app watch and it keeps the same missing info on the watch faces on the app
The activity, weather, calendar, reminders, timer and alarms complications are all missing from the Apple Watch app. Also a third-party app called Sundial downloaded to the new watch of the complication is again missing from the Apple Watch app. These are all Apple complications from Apple apps, except one. They are all missing from the face gallery as well as the “my watch” tab in the Watch app. But the watch is working perfectly. So of the eight complications on this face. Battery percentage is available in the Apple Watch app.
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markfromlandolakes wrote:
They’re not missing from the watch they’re missing from the app. My watch is working perfectly. I just can’t create faces on the app. I have to do it now only on the watch.
My advice remains.
Certain complications not showing up in Apple Watch App
