I recently upgraded to an Apple Watch 11 with a iPhone 17 pro, both running iOS 26. For the past few days, I’ve been using the Apple Watch widget on my watch face. It shows my strain, recovery, and sleep scores. The issue is that the widget displays a recovery and sleep score consistently 1-5 points lower than my iPhone app is showing. If I tap the widget and open the app on my watch, the scores match the phone app, but the widget itself never updates.
Here are my stats for the day:
iPhone app:
15% strain, 47% recovery, 55% sleep
Apple Watch app:
15% strain, 47% recovery, 55% sleep
Apple Watch widget on watch face:
15% strain, 46% recovery, 52% sleep
This has been an issue for the past few days. My daily scores for recovery/sleep will not change, even if I pair/unpair the watch, restart both the phone and watch, or uninstall and reinstall the app on my watch.