It seems like when I mute the sound or turn off sound in notification, I don't get the tap either. Is there a way to get the tap notification, but no sound?
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How to get tap notification but no sound
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Don't have this problem. Do you happen to have vibrate on silent in iPhone settings, as several apps mirror the iPhone?
Also, do you have prominent haptic to on in Watch settings?
Also, do you have prominent haptic to on in Watch settings?
I turned up the notification to max and have no issues when I mute the watch. Maybe you just aren't noticing it?
You should get taps even when the sound is off. I have seen others mention a bug that I've experienced where haptic feedback stops working completely. You can confirm this by force touching to customize a watch face and ensuring you feel it. Luckily a simple watch reset restores it.
Just one other note. Kind of a "doh" moment on my part. I was checking for notifications a lot the day I got my watch--kind of running tests from my other phone and PC. What I did not figure out for a while was that if my linked iPhone was not asleep, the notifications were on the phone only. Dumb mistake on my part, but just mentioning it in case anyone thinks they are having a problem.
Forgot to mention, when I turned the sound all the way down on mine, I stopped getting taps. So maybe there's a bug there? Try turning the sound up and putting the watch on silent mode.
I've also noticed there's a disconnect between the phone showing mute (silent mode is controlled by the mute button in the watch app) and the watch actually being in silent mode. My app often shows the mute as being off, but if I take the watch out of silent mode and then put it back in while looking at the button in the app, it will change to show mute is on.
I had this problem and it was my phone silent setting causing the issue.
To fix...
Go into the Apple watch app and select the thing you want to be notified of. Say messages. Change the setting from Murrow iPhone to custom then select what you'd like via the switch options.
If you have vibrate on silent off then this bypasses that just for the watch.
The other option is to turn vibrate on silent back on.
To fix...
Go into the Apple watch app and select the thing you want to be notified of. Say messages. Change the setting from Murrow iPhone to custom then select what you'd like via the switch options.
If you have vibrate on silent off then this bypasses that just for the watch.
The other option is to turn vibrate on silent back on.