Check your Messages settings: On your iPhone, in the Watch app, go to: My Watch > Messages. Choose Custom and check – under Alerts – that Show Alerts, Sound and Haptic are each enabled.
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Why is my Apple Watch not notifying me of texts?
Check your notification settings. Check that your Apple Watch and iPhone are set up to share notifications. Check you’re wearing your Apple Watch correctly.Switch the setting off by opening the Watch app then going to My Watch > Sounds & Haptics and toggling Cover to Mute off.
Why does my Apple Watch not alert me when I get a call?
Check your Phone settings: On your iPhone, in the Watch app, go to: My Watch (tab) > Phone. Choose Custom and select your preferred settings under each of Alerts and Ringtone, including checking that the Alert Volume is towards the centre or right hand side.
Why is my Apple Watch not dinging?
On your iPhone, in the Watch app, go to: My Watch > Sounds & Haptics: Check that the Alert Volume is towards the centre or right hand side. Check that Silent Mode is not enabled. Check that Haptic Strength is set to the middle or far right hand side of the slider.
How do I get my Apple Watch to notify me of text Messages?
Decide how to be notified
- Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone.
- Tap My Watch, then tap Messages.
- Tap Custom to set options for how you want to be notified when you receive a message.
Why is my iPhone not notifying me when I receive a text Apple Watch?
Go to General>Do Not Disturb>Mirror iPhone and turn it off. That way, your watch will not get switched to silent when your phone is. Also, go to Sounds & Haptics. Mke sure that Haptic Alerts are enabled and that you have ticked “Prominent’.
What does mirror my iPhone mean?
Mirroring Notifications will deliver the same notifications on your watch as would otherwise be delivered on your iPhone. For Do Not Disturb, Mirror iPhone means that enabling / disabling Do Not Disturb on one device will also automatically enable / disable it on the other.
How do I get notifications on both my iPhone and Apple Watch?
If you turn off Wrist Detection (on your iPhone, in the Watch app, go to: My Watch > Passcode – turn off Wrist Detection), then all notification alerts will be delivered to both devices.
Why does my Apple Watch not vibrate when I get a call?
If your Apple Watch is not vibrating, the Haptic Strength slider may be turned down all the way. Go into the Settings app on your Apple Watch and tap Sounds & Haptics. Next, scroll down to Haptic Strength and turn the slider all the way up.
How do I get my Apple Watch to ding?
Your Apple Watch can chime at different intervals, making it easy to track time without looking.
- Open the Settings app.
- Scroll down and tap Accessibility.
- Scroll down and tap Chimes.
- Turn Chimes on.
- Tap Schedule and set the chimes to play on the hour or every 30 or 15 minutes.
Why is my iPhone silent when I wear my Apple Watch?
On your iPhone, in the Watch app, go to: My Watch > Sounds & Haptics: Check that the Alert Volume is towards the centre or right hand side. Check that Silent Mode is not enabled. Check that Haptic Strength is set to the middle or far right hand side of the slider.
Why wont my phone alert me when I get a text?
Text Message Notification Settings – Android™
Tap ‘Settings’ or ‘Messaging’ settings. If applicable, tap ‘Notifications’ or ‘Notification settings’. Configure the following received notification options as preferred: Enabled when a checkmark is present or switch is in the ON position.
Can you tell if someone looked through Apple Watch?
No. There’s no logical reason why it would alert you as the watch has no idea if it’s the owner of someone else using it. If you have a passcode and someone enters a wrong password it still will not alert you as this feature does not exist anyway.
What is the red dot on my Apple Watch?
The red dot is Apple Watch’s equivalent of iPhone’s badge notifications. It works well when you get few notifications, but that isn’t the case for some people. If you get a lot of notifications, the red dot remains on the watch face pretty much all the time.
Why does my Apple Watch not ring when my iPhone rings?
You may not have sound enabled on your Phone settings. To check, open the Watch app on your iPhone and tap My Watch. Scroll down and select Phone, then, under Ringtone, make sure both Sound and Haptic are toggled on if you want your Watch to both ring and vibrate.
Why does my watch not ping my phone?
It’s possible you can’t ping your iPhone using your Apple Watch because of a Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connectivity issue.Make sure the switch next to Bluetooth is on, and that it says Connected next to your Apple Watch under My Devices. Next, tap back to the main page of iPhone Settings, then tap Wi-Fi.
Why does my Apple Watch switch to silent mode?
You have likely accidentally placed your watch into Silent Mode by using the Cover to Mute function. Cover to Mute is a feature that automatically places your watch into Silent Mode if the display is covered for 3 seconds immediately after receiving a notification alert (such as for a text message).
How do you get sound on Apple Watch?
If the watch is somewhere close (for example, if you lost it somewhere within your house), you can tap “Play Sound” to have it play an increasingly loud sound. (It will also tap against your wrist, just in case you forgot you’re wearing it.) You can then dismiss the sound using the watch once you’ve found it.