Watch doesn't automatically install iPhone apps
I got a refurbished SE 2nd generation 44 mm watch yesterday to go with my iPhone. I am most interested in getting Dexcom G6 readings on the watch, but can't find a Complication that offers it. But even more troubling is that I can't get any of the iPhone apps to "automatically" load onto my phone, despite having the phone set for Automatic App Install. The apps are listed with spinning circles that have gone on ever since I started trying to use the phone. (In trying to get the apps onto the phone, I shut off both the phone and the app. Now the watch seems to want to be paired with the phone again, although the phone shows it is paired.) I could go on explaining problems, but I need someone to talk with. I've used Facebook advice and Youtube advice over and over today, but any suggestions they made were useless, even though they got my hopes up from time to time.
iPhone 11, iOS 17