iOS 26.3 Adds Notification Forwarding Option for Third-Party Wearables

[Abazigal]

Hmm, I thought the issue wasn't so much the receiving of notifications, but the inability to act on them? Is Apple finally opening up the ability to stay, respond to text messages on a third party smartwatch?

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Hmm, I thought the issue wasn't so much the receiving of notifications, but the inability to act on them? Is Apple finally opening up the ability to stay, respond to text messages on a third party smartwatch?

For me, it's getting every notification that my phone gets without the ability to disable specific apps, like you can with the Apple Watch. Weather notifications are really the only one I want on my Garmin.

 

[Abazigal]

For me, it's getting every notification that my phone gets without the ability to disable specific apps, like you can with the Apple Watch. Weather notifications are really the only one I want on my Garmin.

What I did was disable most of the notifications on my iPhone, since my Apple Watch mirrors my iPhone in that regard, and I don't want to mess that up.

 

[AppleGuy RL]

Malicious compliance.

 

[svish]

Useful for those using non Apple wearables/accessories. For me not much benefit but still a nice move from Apple to allow other wearables to function better when used along with iPhone.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

What I did was disable most of the notifications on my iPhone, since my Apple Watch mirrors my iPhone in that regard, and I don't want to mess that up.

I've done the same, but there are a few I would like to get on my phone that I don't want on my watch, texts and Doordash come to mind. It's not horrible since I don't have many notification enabled to begin with.

 

[utsava]

This framework should be expanded and allowed to connect to cars. This could go a long way towards getting decent integration into native car OSs like Rivian, etc.. Not holding by breath though.