Several apps keep asking for permissions on the iPhone and complications disappear from the Apple Watch redux

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Several apps keep asking for permissions on the iPhone and complications disappear from the Apple Watch redux

"Several apps keep asking for permissions on the iPhone and complications disappear from the Apple Watch"

I have stolen the title from a thread in July 2025 that is now closed but without a useful answer

I didn't experience this until update to iOS 26.1. Now I;m constantly asked for permission to use map location and focus status. I've reset everything from settings and no dice. The consequence is that anything that has location is not working (including Maps in CarPlay which is particularly galling) and won't display on watch.

Anybody have any thoughts or answers please

Posted on Dec 4, 2025 3:04 PM

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Dec 4, 2025 9:37 PM in response to Dave W RI

Take a look at the picture below — it should make the whole thing much easier to understand. I’ve included two examples using Apple Maps and Apple Weather to show exactly how it works.

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Dec 5, 2025 2:46 PM in response to SravanKrA

Thanks SravankaRa for the detailed answer… the pictures were indeed of great help. Especially for trouble shooting to make sure I was not doing something dumb. Here is what I experienced today

05 Dec 2025 07:38: Panel 4: The toggle button “Content & Privacy Restrictions” was OFF so I turned it ON to enable the next steps

Panel 6: There was no entry for MAPS so I skipped to Panel 9 WEATHER and it worked fine.

Then I went to MAPS app and was bombarded with the same questions (allow when using, allow widgets, etc) which I set and then immediately went back through your instructions to Panel 6 and now Maps does appear and with all the correct settings.

05 Dec 2025 10:19: Problem issues are back: keep being asked about location services, CarPlay won’t show maps until I authorize and complications on watch for calendar and temp are gone.

05 Dec 2025 17:26: Repeated the steps in the diagram… panels 1-4 are fine and as shown BUT panels 6 and 9 there are NO entries for maps or weather.

Selected the Weather app and “allow while using” now Panel 9 does now have weather entry but still no Maps. So Selected the Maps app and “allow while using” and “allow maps to be improved by learning my routes” now Panel 5 shows the Maps app.

Now I looked at my watch, the complication for temperature is working but the one that used to show my next appointment just shows the date… so I went to the Watch app and looked…. The calendar ONLY shows the option of the date, so I can’t select appointment. The Weather complication (for temperature) is flashing between on and off but after a few minutes went to off and I cannot turn it back on so..

05 Dec 2025 17:33: Back to the diagram for permission… an entry for Maps (panel 6) and weather (panel 9) are now absent once more

So the issue for location and weather related widgets/complicatons seems to be that the settings keep being deleted . I still have no clue why the Callendar widget isn’t working.

I seem to have the “Groundhog Day setting” activated. But ONLY since updating to iOS 26.1. Does anyone have any thoughts as to what I should try next?

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