Q: How do you have notifications still pop up on watch while you are on the phone?
So apple did one of the stupidest things I think they could have done and they don't say how you can have the watch notification pop up while using the phone. After the update, they thought it would be a great idea to send the notification to what device you are using so you can see it quicker. If your phone is on, they will send to your phone and not watch. They will send to your watch, if your phone screen is off. But when I am playing a game on my phone, i get a text notification vibrate on my phone, and it doesn't trigger on my watch (since i'm using the phone). This is super aggravating. I don't want to mirror my watch and phone notification because I don't like the pop-ups on my phone. Can anyone help?
Posted on Sep 1, 2016 7:48 PM
Hi,
You can customize or mirror your notification settings
By default, your Apple Watch notifications are set up to mirror your iPhone settings. For example, If you set your iPhone Mail app to notify you only of VIP emails and your watch notifications mirror your iPhone, you'll see only VIP email notifications on your Apple Watch.
For built-in apps, you can customize the notifications on your Apple Watch:
- Open the Watch app on your iPhone, tap the My Watch tab, then tap Notifications.
- Tap an app.
- If you want the app's notification settings to mirror settings on your iPhone, tap Mirror my iPhone. If you want to use different notification settings just for your Apple Watch, tap Custom.
For third-party apps, you can turn off notifications. Scroll down to the Mirror iPhone Alerts From section and turn off the setting next to the app.
Posted on Sep 2, 2016 12:06 AM