Apple Watch not showing Text Messages when first received

Notification settings?

 

Were you actively using your iPhone or another device logged into the same messages account at the time the message was received?

 

This. It makes good sense that Apple wouldn't wake the watch and provide a notification if it thinks you're on another device. Helps preserve battery life on the watch.

 

That is exactly how it works! The beauty of full iOS integration.

 

This would make sense. If I'm at my computer and I get a text, it shows up on my computer instead of my phone. Same should be true for the watch.

 

This.

If I'm on my phone, the notification won't show up on my wrist, which makes perfect sense. I don't want to be notified if I'm on my phone already.

 

I can't agree with that. I just had a message on my iPad and replied to it and 30 seconds later it flashed up on my iPhone

 

This is a nice feature, usually. But sometimes I forget I left my Messages window open on one of my Macs, and my phone doesn't ding. It usually works very seamlessly though, to the point I take it for granted that whatever I'm using will notify me.

For those of us with tech filled work spaces, KVM switches, and ADHD, it can sometimes be hard to tell what's vying for your attention

 

FWIW i am having all kinds of trouble with Messages on the watch today. Basically won't sign into iMessage, keeps saying to enter p/w on phone which i do and i am certain its the right p/w but no iMessages coming through to watch. If i send from the watch i get a failure message 5 mins later, even to non iMessage accounts. I'm sure it'll right itself eventually though.

 

If I'm actively messaging from one device, it will usually delay the notification to the other devices.

This makes sense because there's no need to let my phone know I've received an iMessage, if I'm iMessaging on my Mac.

 

that shouldn't happen. That never happens for me. If I reply to a text on my macbook, I never see any notification on my phone, & vice versa.

 

If I reply to a text on laptop, the notification still comes to my iPhone and iPad, but they don't make a sound. However, if a text comes while I'm not actively in iMessages on my laptop, and I don't switch to iMessages, then phone and iPad ding.

Will the watch ring for FaceTime calls? Right now, I have multiple devices ringing with FaceTime calls and whatever I don't use to answer the call all notify me of a missed call even though I did pick up on another device.

 

No - it doesn't sound correct at all

 

if your phone doesn't make a sound, then its not a real notification. the message may go to your phone still, which it should, but its not actively notifying you because you already checked the message.

and yeah that would make sense for your message to notify you on all devices if you don't check the it. Your inanimate objects don't know which device you are nearest to if you don't check the notification, so the only logical thing to happen is for all devices to notify you, to make sure you actually get the message.

 

Been on the phone with support for almost an hour. Same issue no notifications — messages or reminders. I'll let you know the resolution.

UPDATE: Sending me to the Apple Store...

UPDATE: reset the watch and re-pairing with the phone seems to have worked. Just make sure it's on your wrist (not charging) when you test.

 

If you have never used imessage between a phone and ipad to relay then you're going to be lost when using the watch. The watch will get a message notification only after your phone. Unless you've been using your watch actively to respond to messages first then your watch will get all notifications first rather then your phone. It is setup this way so the dominate device your using is the one that notifies you first.