Notifications: When, what, why??

[LarryJoe33]

Hello. I am new to Apple Watch. Is their a tutorial or thread out there that can take me to school on how notifications work and on what device. I understand it’s tied to what device is locked or unlocked and what you are using. But I just can’t get down the patterns. Sometimes my what makes a sound, sometimes it’s Taptic with no sound. Sometimes my phone wakes up from the Lock Screen and sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes certain notifications makes sound on the watch and others just Taptic.

Confusing. Thanks in advance.

 

[Mr.Blacky]

If your Apple Watch is in silent mode, then it should never make a sound. Check under "Notifications" in the Watch app what your settings are for each app.

 

[LarryJoe33]

If your Apple Watch is in silent mode, then it should never make a sound. Check under "Notifications" in the Watch app what your settings are for each app.

Thanks. I have. There doesn’t seem to be a rhyme or reason. I know a lot has to do with the phone and which is locked or unlocked or which I’m using. Wish there was something I could read up on.

 

[waw74]

I googled "Apple Watch notifications" the first link that came up was apple's page on how they work

About notifications - Apple Support

Customize when and how you get notifications on your Apple Watch.

support.apple.com

 

[LarryJoe33]

I googled "Apple Watch notifications" the first link that came up was apple's page on how they work

About notifications - Apple Support

Customize when and how you get notifications on your Apple Watch.

support.apple.com

Thank you. I swear, I googled it yesterday!! I think I read this too, but the inconsistency on whether I get a notification sound vs. a haptic vibrate still has me confused. Yesterday I was getting vibrations for messages on my watch and today I am getting dings. No idea why.

 

[LarryJoe33]

Question - when the watch thinks you are sleeping (or lying horizontally), does it silence notifications?

 

[waw74]

Question - when the watch thinks you are sleeping (or lying horizontally), does it silence notifications?

no

you must put on Do not disturb to get nothing. You can have it mirror your phone if you want. and also set times for it to engage automatically.

I believe the new sleep mode will also disable notifications, but I haven't used or looked into

theatre mode will silence dings and keep the screen from coming on when you raise your wrist, but it will still tap you, you can roll the crown to slowly brighten the screen, or tap to wake it full.

 

[LarryJoe33]

Thanks, so many settings. I pretty much have all my notifications set to default and for most it is mirror phone. The only exception was turning off Map Navigation on the watch. Just a little too much with CarPlay already alerting me.