How to connect Apple Watch to Xcode?
I haven't used Apple Watch for ages but it used to work fine. Today after adding changes to one of my apps Watch extension I wanted to test it on my Apple Watch but I'm not able to get Xcode to discover my Apple Watch.
Apple watch has both Bluetooth and Wifi on. It's connected to the same Wifi as my Mac mini. Watch is paired with iPhone and the iPhone is connected to Mac mini via USB cable. Deploying to iPhone works fine, but I Xcode doesn't see as Apple Watch. iPhone sees Apple Watch. I tried Xcode 16.2, and Xcode 26.0 and Xcode Version 26.1 beta 2.
I updated Apple Watch to Watch OS 26 but it didn't help.
iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 26.0
Apple Watch Series 8 (GPS), watchOS 26.0.2
Mac mini 2025, Apple M4 Pro, macOS 15.6
Please advise. It's so frustrating! I wasted 2 hours on that already. In the past (years ago) I used to manage 3 apps with Apple Watch extensions and connection were finicky but it wasn't so bad!