Can I stop these messages?

[nnc]

Why does c*** like this go to my watch, with high pitched sound and a vibration? This one didn’t even show up on my iPhone.

Conversely, texts from one of my Favorites almost never make it to my watch.

Any advice?

 

[KniteRider_YT]

Your number might be on a list of targets for spam. You can either block the sender, or register your number for the Do Not Call List, which you can do on the FCC government website. This is all I can really offer, since this doesn't happen to me, but I hope this helps!

 

[nnc]

Thanks. I am getting a lot of spam calls lately. Of course I never answer; I have Silence Unknown Callers enabled. I’m trying T-Mobile Scam Shield Premium and blocking numbers in that app and in the phone app. The Watch doesn’t give me the option to block the sender.

 

[Night Spring]

On the iPhone, open Settings app, Notifications > Messages > scroll all the way down to Customize Notifications, turn Allow Notifications from Unknown Senders off.

Then go into the watch's Notification settings, and make sure it's set to mirror your iPhone.

Hopefully that'll prevent you from getting notifications for spam messages.

As for not getting notifications from your Favorites, Message has always been hit and miss about showing up on all devices. My mom complains that messages from me show up on her watch, instead of on her iPad, which she prefers. We never did figure out how to get Message to prioritize the iPad. 🤷‍♀️

 

[nnc]

Thanks, Night Spring. I did not have Allow Notifications from Unknown Senders turned off; it is now!

 

[waw74]

I've also found the repeated alerts helps on watch, if you miss the first time, it will repeat every couple minutes until you've read it. You get to set the number of times it will repeat.