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Message notifications not working consistently

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gowanis

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Sep 22, 2007
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sometimes i get a notification, sometimes I don't. Very disappointed so far, this thing is not working well.
 
ddoyle777 said:
I've found out that mail notifications at least won't come over if your phone is on. Fooled me for a while.
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I think notifications go to the device your using first just like they do when your on a iPad or mac. people who don't have many apple devices might not be used to this
 
So you're saying that the message app on my Mac is superseding the watch ?
 
Do you have messages open on the iPhone iPad or Mac ?

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gowanis said:
So you're saying that the message app on my Mac is superseding the watch ?
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I think if your staring at your messages app on the Mac , the watch won't tap you

But I don't have a watch to test this

But that's how it works if the iPhone messages app is open
 
jjlannoo said:
I think notifications go to the device your using first just like they do when your on a iPad or mac. people who don't have many apple devices might not be used to this
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if I'm using messages on my mac and get a new one it doesn't ding my phone unless I ignore it. Same on most apple devices and vice versa I would think. if you ignore it, it starts dinging everything.
 
So I actually think this might be a feature, when I would be texting or doing something wearing my pebble and getting messages my wrist with just constantly vibrate. If the screen is on with the iPhone I don't get a buzz on the watch which actually I prefer
 
ocrane said:
So I actually think this might be a feature, when I would be texting or doing something wearing my pebble and getting messages my wrist with just constantly vibrate. If the screen is on with the iPhone I don't get a buzz on the watch which actually I prefer
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correct it just dings what you are currently using. if you ignore it and don't read it, it will then ding other devices after a bit.
 
jjlannoo said:
correct it just dings what you are currently using. if you ignore it and don't read it, it will then ding other devices after a bit.
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That's perfect. If I'm on computer or phone I don't need my watch to tell me the same thing I'm looking at. If they've got that worked into the whole continuity that's great. I wondered why I wasn't getting everything at first and figured out I was in the same app on laptop.

I gave up on Pebble early on because it was like drinking from a firehose.
 
I understand that when you're on your Mac using Messages, if you ignore the incoming message, a short while later your iPhone and/or iPad will get the notification. That is not happening with the watch. It seems random when a message comes through (or not)
 
gowanis said:
I understand that when you're on your Mac using Messages, if you ignore the incoming message, a short while later your iPhone and/or iPad will get the notification. That is not happening with the watch. It seems random when a message comes through (or not)
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That just worked for me. I was responding to a message in iMessage and another message came in from someone else. I didn't go to it immediately and it then went to my watch.

My problem is that there is at least one mac, iPhone, iPad around and with continuity I get a lot of pings all over....phone calls can get annoying when they all start ringing.
 
I think its setup to start the convo with a notification and not keep notify you of an on going message convo. that would drain the battery faster
 
TEBnewyork said:
That just worked for me. I was responding to a message in iMessage and another message came in from someone else. I didn't go to it immediately and it then went to my watch.

My problem is that there is at least one mac, iPhone, iPad around and with continuity I get a lot of pings all over....phone calls can get annoying when they all start ringing.
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lol yup i have 2 iPads the watch a mac and the phone. if i ignore a message they all start pinging
 
Still not working properly for me. Phone was not in use in my pocket and incoming messages are not pinging me on the watch.
 
gowanis said:
Still not working properly for me. Phone was not in use in my pocket and incoming messages are not pinging me on the watch.
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Same. Notifications on the watch are so broken it's easier for me to use my phone.
 
If you're on your phone why do you need the watch to go off and let you know you got a mail or a message. You can see that because you're on your phone!

I think some of you want it going off for the sake of it to justify your purchases.
 
I thought mine was doing the same as well. To make sure I turned the watch off then back on. Not noticing any issues now.

Another thing to note---The vibration is light to me esp wearing a milanese band even when set on Max. So now I have on the hepatic heavy vibration and sound. Everything seems to be coming through when phone is off..


FYI I made the same mistake about the emails not coming through when phone is on. That led me to the turning off/on. I prefer apple do it this way. With samsung got too many beeps or vibrates even while on my phone to the watch
 
Anyone figure this out? Just got mine and message notifications don't seem to ever work and email notifications are spastic at best. This is the primary reason I bought the watch and it doesn't work?
 
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