Apple Watch silences iPhone notification please help!

[jabingla2810]

If I get a message and I'm on my iPad I still get the message lighting up and ringing on my iPhone and mac. Not with the watch I don't. This is my point.

But the watch IS different, because it's always on your wrist.

Without the watch, all iOS devices light up and beep, because they aren't aware of where you, the user, is in relation to them.

The watch is on your wrist, so logically, that's where you will look at the notification. In these cases, its a good thing that all the other devices don't light up and start beeping at you, because it would be redundant.

Should there be an option to override this behaviour? Perhaps?

But I think it has been designed to be better than that.

 

[papbot]

I understand that this is intended but people on here keep saying it work just like Apples other devices i.e. iPad, Mac, When in fact it doesn't.

If I get a message and I'm on my iPad I still get the message lighting up and ringing on my iPhone and mac. Not with the watch I don't. This is my point.

I have two other iOS devices besides my phone. When an alert/notification pops up on my watch they also sound off on those other devices including my mac, just not the phone. That's the way I want it. I bought the watch so that I wouldn't have to dig the phone out to check what the alert was for.

I can see why some might not want the phone to ring when the watch is "ringing" with a phone call but I don't see it as a problem because more than likely my phone would be buried in a pocket or bag and I might not hear it anyway. In situations such as being at a movie both devices would be placed on mute/vibrate.

For me the watch does act as any other iOS device in that notifications go off on all of them except for the phone, which is exactly why I bought the watch - to not have to fumble with the phone.

 

[Jlpirozzi]

I don't understand why people want this. It's not better. It's an annoying waste of battery. Your watch will only give you notifications when you're wearing it, and if you're wearing it, you're getting notifications. Why do you need your phone to chime and light up too?

None of this is new - this is how Apple has always done things. If you're using an ipad, the notifications go to the ipad. When you stop using the ipad, the notifications go to the phone. Well, you're "using" your watch when you're wearing it, so...that's where the notifications go.

The phone and watch will ring because Apple assumes calls are important and you really, really need to know about them. It's the same as when you have multiple Apple devices set to ring - they ALL ring when you get a call.

Messages will ping your watch, and then those do the same as when you have multiple Apple devices - if you don't interact with the message on your watch, it will ping your other devices (phone, ipad, computer, etc.)

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They're actually the same - the written notifications for everything (messages, emails, third party apps, whatever) all DO go to your phone, the phone just doesn't light up, make a sound, or vibrate (which is all good for battery savings). If you dismiss them on your watch, they are dismissed everywhere (same as if you dismiss them on your ipad or ipod touch or whatever). If you don't dismiss them on the watch, they'll still be on the iphone screen.

 

[Newtons Apple]

For the last three days my Black AW does NOT stop my phone from it regular notifications. I get the notification on my phone and watch at the same time. Have unpaired and repaired. Also did it as a new watch and it still,does the same. The AW goes in the drawer now, had a gut full of this cr^p

 

[tptools]

I don't understand why people want this. It's not better. It's an annoying waste of battery. Your watch will only give you notifications when you're wearing it, and if you're wearing it, you're getting notifications. Why do you need your phone to chime and light up too?

None of this is new - this is how Apple has always done things. If you're using an ipad, the notifications go to the ipad. When you stop using the ipad, the notifications go to the phone. Well, you're "using" your watch when you're wearing it, so...that's where the notifications go.

The phone and watch will ring because Apple assumes calls are important and you really, really need to know about them. It's the same as when you have multiple Apple devices set to ring - they ALL ring when you get a call.

Messages will ping your watch, and then those do the same as when you have multiple Apple devices - if you don't interact with the message on your watch, it will ping your other devices (phone, ipad, computer, etc.)

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They're actually the same - the written notifications for everything (messages, emails, third party apps, whatever) all DO go to your phone, the phone just doesn't light up, make a sound, or vibrate (which is all good for battery savings). If you dismiss them on your watch, they are dismissed everywhere (same as if you dismiss them on your ipad or ipod touch or whatever). If you don't dismiss them on the watch, they'll still be on the iphone screen.

[doublepost=1512410212][/doublepost]An IPAD is not even slightly comparable to a watch, that is only capable of a small ping note-barely audible. Or is anything Apple makes, in the minds of some, all used for the same purposes? I don't think so. It is imperative that the iPhone ring and be allowed to, if one is wearing or using a watch (apple or otherwise) for many common sense reasons. And this is a fact for a huge scope of users. I work in Public Safety (not the only one) and when I get a text (in today's age used as a primary source of paging), I need to hear it and respond to it immediately and many times it is a matter of "Life and Property" that I do. I can easily see EMT's, first responders, emergency services, fire fighters, police, FBI, law enforcement, doctors, nurses, surgeons, and a plethora of many.. many others being required to have their phones ring/sound on a text coming in, and loudly... This is very narrow minded to have a WATCH suspend a tone, from coming through on a phone. In my opinion you are vastly limiting your market Apple on this one. I recently purchased an Apple Watch, and if this is not corrected soon, it will be going back.. As with a large and notable percentage of the population, I cannot afford to miss a text though our paging systems, and the public in general should not be able to afford that as well.

 

[Starship67]

[doublepost=1512410212][/doublepost]An IPAD is not even slightly comparable to a watch, that is only capable of a small ping note-barely audible. Or is anything Apple makes, in the minds of some, all used for the same purposes? I don't think so. It is imperative that the iPhone ring and be allowed to, if one is wearing or using a watch (apple or otherwise) for many common sense reasons. And this is a fact for a huge scope of users. I work in Public Safety (not the only one) and when I get a text (in today's age used as a primary source of paging), I need to hear it and respond to it immediately and many times it is a matter of "Life and Property" that I do. I can easily see EMT's, first responders, emergency services, fire fighters, police, FBI, law enforcement, doctors, nurses, surgeons, and a plethora of many.. many others being required to have their phones ring/sound on a text coming in, and loudly... This is very narrow minded to have a WATCH suspend a tone, from coming through on a phone. In my opinion you are vastly limiting your market Apple on this one. I recently purchased an Apple Watch, and if this is not corrected soon, it will be going back.. As with a large and notable percentage of the population, I cannot afford to miss a text though our paging systems, and the public in general should not be able to afford that as well.

Very long winded post to say one thing. But it’s not gonna happen anytime soon defeats the purpose of the watch, so better just return it.

 

[tptools]

Some what narrow minded to have the opinion of "Long Winded" when it obviously had to be a bit more detailed for the short sighted like the previous comments such as "I don't understand why people want this. It's not better"..

Have a nice narrow minded day .

 

[abercrombie]

New to the Apple Watch but the SMS notifications not vibrating or heard on my iPhone when using my Apple Watch might be a deal breaker.

Has anybody come up with a reasonable solution? My business relies on my phone notifications, and I've missed quite a few this week due to it going to my watch and being silent with no vibration on my iPhone X.

I may have to just disable SMS notifications on my Apple Watch, which kind of defeats that purpose of being notified in both areas.

 

[papbot]

New to the Apple Watch but the SMS notifications not vibrating or heard on my iPhone when using my Apple Watch might be a deal breaker.

Has anybody come up with a reasonable solution? My business relies on my phone notifications, and I've missed quite a few this week due to it going to my watch and being silent with no vibration on my iPhone X.

I may have to just disable SMS notifications on my Apple Watch, which kind of defeats that purpose of being notified in both areas.

That’s the way it works. Only phone calls sound off on both devices at the same time. If the sms notifications have gone to your watch then you haven’t missed any. If you don’t want to see them on your watch and only on the phone then you will have to turn off those notifications on the watch. I have the watch so that I don’t always have to have my phone with me to see and respond to such notifications.

 

[abercrombie]

Thanks for the response. I figured it out. Only used the "Turn off Wrist Detection"...

https://www.payetteforward.com/not-getting-notifications-on-apple-watch-heres-solution/

 

[papbot]

That’s a work around for a defective wrist sensor. If it’s only Messages you don’t want on the watch, why not just turn off those notifications? I don’t know if that also turns off sms messages, I assume it does.

 

[abercrombie]

It's a solution that works for me, for notifications on both my iPhone and watch.

Also, I like counting my steps so that still works too.

I'm happy.

 

[QuarterSwede]

New to the Apple Watch but the SMS notifications not vibrating or heard on my iPhone when using my Apple Watch might be a deal breaker.

Has anybody come up with a reasonable solution? My business relies on my phone notifications, and I've missed quite a few this week due to it going to my watch and being silent with no vibration on my iPhone X.

I may have to just disable SMS notifications on my Apple Watch, which kind of defeats that purpose of being notified in both areas.

I don’t understand how anyone can miss the haptic feedback on the watch if it’s set to strong and prominent feedback. There are only few jobs where it would be an issue, like a construction worker using a jack hammer or a factory worker always handling machinery with vibrations. I’ve never missed one. I have missed them on my phone in my pocket however.

If you want them to add the option then send them feedback at bugreport.apple.com as an enhancement.

 

[DeepIn2U]

New to the Apple Watch but the SMS notifications not vibrating or heard on my iPhone when using my Apple Watch might be a deal breaker.

Has anybody come up with a reasonable solution? My business relies on my phone notifications, and I've missed quite a few this week due to it going to my watch and being silent with no vibration on my iPhone X.

I may have to just disable SMS notifications on my Apple Watch, which kind of defeats that purpose of being notified in both areas.

Thanks for the response. I figured it out. Only used the "Turn off Wrist Detection"...

https://www.payetteforward.com/not-getting-notifications-on-apple-watch-heres-solution/

Is he Apple Watch set to “Do No Disturb”, aka silent mode? From home screen slide up from the bottom and the moon icon is it on?

 

[Shirasaki]

prominent haptic should get the job done

I tried prominent feedback, and find it too much for me lol. It is too strong. I am only walking or taking public transport though.

FWIW, you really shouldn't be checking any notifications while driving.

That's a good point. I cant agree more. Driver needs to drive distraction-free.

Your only contribution to this thread is to whine at me whining. lol

LOL.

 

[MJ22]

I was kinda mad about this phenomenon at first but eventually I got used to it, and now can’t imagine going back. I love that my phone doesn’t light up constantly. Nosy people can’t see my wrist, lol.

 

[Shirasaki]

There are only few jobs where it would be an issue, like a construction worker using a jack hammer or a factory worker always handling machinery with vibrations.

In my experience, these workers should not even wear the Apple Watch during working because dust could scratch the watch like crazy. Strong vibration may also damage watch internals.

I have missed them on my phone in my pocket however.

Yes. I missed a large number of notifications on my phone because my phone was not nearby.

 

[spears.jimmy]

I've read all of this and it kills me how some people get so frustrated when their opinion, knowledge or advice isn't shared by everyone. Instead of trying to tell people why they shouldn't be trying to get THEIR phone/watch to do what THEY want it to do, just tell them you don't know or don't reply. I'm having the same issues. I have my watch notify me with haptic feedback, but no sound. I have my phone notify me with a "ding" for a text message. Sometimes, if I'm really busy, I might not notice the haptic feedback. So the simple "ding" from my phone would be great to hear. Sorry if you don't agree, but it's MY phone and that's what I'd like for it to do. I agree 100% with the folks who said Apple should allow us the option. That's my story and I'm sticking to it and I'm off my soapbox now. Thanks!

 

[papbot]

I've read all of this and it kills me how some people get so frustrated when their opinion, knowledge or advice isn't shared by everyone. Instead of trying to tell people why they shouldn't be trying to get THEIR phone/watch to do what THEY want it to do, just tell them you don't know or don't reply. I'm having the same issues. I have my watch notify me with haptic feedback, but no sound. I have my phone notify me with a "ding" for a text message. Sometimes, if I'm really busy, I might not notice the haptic feedback. So the simple "ding" from my phone would be great to hear. Sorry if you don't agree, but it's MY phone and that's what I'd like for it to do. I agree 100% with the folks who said Apple should allow us the option. That's my story and I'm sticking to it and I'm off my soapbox now. Thanks!

Apple may not be able to make it work for the hundred different ways people can up with for a function. Yours though seems simple. You want a ding but you’ve turned the ding off that you would get from the watch. I don’t understand that but that’s not relevant. Why not allow the message ding on your watch and turn all the other notification sounds off. You’ll have your ding and you’re more likely to notice it when it’s on your wrist than when your phone is across the room or buried in a pocket. That’s the precise reason I got my watch in the first place.

 

[spears.jimmy]

Yeah I probably should have put that in my post. I don't have my watch ding because I'm often in meetings and can't have it dinging and don't want to have to worry about silencing it before a meeting. I did that a few times right after getting the watch. I didn't get very friendly looks from upper management so I've just turned off all sounds from the watch.

 

[papbot]

Actually I’ve found that the new theater mode works very well for that. No sound and the screen remains dark but the vibration is more noticeable than usual. I use that frequently.

 

[spears.jimmy]

Interesting. I'll give it a shot and see how it works.

 

[babetteflix]

This is an instance where Apple have assumed users would want the watch to take over the role of notifications, and thus they have designed it to suppress notifications on the iPhone when the watch is on your wrist.

Personally I'd prefer it if Apple didn't make these decisions for us and instead gave us the choice within user settings, but that's typical Apple.

I would suggest you provide feedback requesting they add a user setting for notifications - you can do this at http://www.apple.com/feedback/watch.html

There's no certainty they'll take any notice, but you never know!

Yes, please submit a feature request. The more people do that, the more likely Apple is to change it. And, yes, it’s typical Apple to decide to delete a beloved feature.

 

[Chaos215bar2]

What a ridiculous theead.

The whole point here is that people want the option not to silence notifications on the phone when you’re wearing a watch.

As for why? Well, why do you care? Simply providing the option isn’t going to change the “intended” behavior so many want to preserve.

But, if you must know, personally I wear the watch under a jacket with gloves a lot of the time. And when phone notifications are silenced, it’s impossible to tell which app is notifying me without sound, because my watch is on my wrist but I’m not going to take off my glove just to look at the screen.

And, as many have already mentioned, it’s easy to miss notifications when you’re active. (Like people tend to do outdoors with jackets and gloves on. Novel concept for some, I know.)

Why does this have to be an argument? It would be so easy to make everyone happy here with a single setting.

 

[sporkme]

necro #2, because I came here searching for the same thing and it's just wild how people will flat out give you the whole "you're holding your phone wrong" sort of response in this day and age... Grow up! People, believe it or not, are different! There's a wide, wide range of neurological diversity. Just because *you* can't conceive of someone missing haptic feedback doesn't mean there isn't a sizable population that can sleep right through that, or miss it while distracted by something else. Apple is far from perfect, can we stop pretending it's the 90's?

All I want is if someone rings my doorbell and I'm asleep, don't just "ding" my watch once, make my phone (which is louder) go nuts so I can answer my damn door. Better, just give me a simple toggle for "show alerts on phone + watch". If you don't want/like that option, *don't turn it on*. Christ..