The iPhone uses a Bluetooth connection and Wi-Fi to communicate with Apple Watch, and a problem with either of these can cause your wearable to disconnect. Here’s what to do if your Apple Watch won’t connect to your iPhone.

The first thing to check is if the Apple Watch is disconnected from the iPhone. If it is, then it is possible that there is an issue with the Apple Watch that resembles not pairing with the iPhone.

You can check your watch’s connection status by pressing the side button to open the Control Center. In addition to having a bunch of great shortcuts, this area shows the watch’s connection status at the top of the screen.

It’s not always a software bug or hardware glitch that causes your Apple Watch to disconnect from your iPhone. An Apple Watch not connecting to iPhone could be caused by something as simple as a setting on your watch or your phone, so we’ll take a look at a few of these that could be causing issues.