Notifications on Apple Watch and not on iPhone while listening to music come through Apple Watch not iPhone.

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Notifications on Apple Watch and not on iPhone while listening to music come through Apple Watch not iPhone.

Basically I am listening to music using my iPhone and AirPods and normally without using my Apple Watch the notification sounds come out my AirPods but ever since I connected my Apple Watch the notifications play out of the Apple Watch which isn’t useful because I can’t hear them if I’m listening to music with AirPods. For example if I’m walking outside listening to music. A text tone will sound my Apple Watch and not through the AirPods. How do I get the notification sounds to come out the AirPods again whether my Apple Watch is connected or not.

Posted on Mar 31, 2021 12:52 PM

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IdrisSeabright

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Mar 31, 2021 1:21 PM in response to L-o-u-i-s

Keep the phone screen from locking. Or, lock the Watch (take it off and put it back on and don't enter the passcode). Otherwise, the notifications will only sound on the Watch. But, you should be able to feel them on the Watch.

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Apr 12, 2021 7:01 AM in response to L-o-u-i-s

L-o-u-i-s wrote:

I know this is how the notifications work. It just doesn’t seem logical for the notifications to sound the watch if I have noise cancelling AirPods in and I would reply on my phone not watch.

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Apr 5, 2021 5:22 AM in response to L-o-u-i-s

L-o-u-i-s wrote:

Keep the phone screen from locking? That sounds so stupid. Do you expect my phone to be unlocked 24/7 or not enter the passcode on the watch incase I get a text haha. Seems so flawed.

I'm explaining to you how notifications work when you have both a Watch and an iPhone. Just to be clear:

iPhone locked/watch locked - notifications sound on iPhone

iPhone unlocked/watch unlocked - notifications sound on iPhone

iPhone locked/watch unlocked - notifications sound on watch

This is the way it has always worked.

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Mar 31, 2021 1:07 PM in response to L-o-u-i-s

Make sure that you have haptic alerts turned on and set to prominent. Watch App> Sounds & Haptics>Prominent.

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L-o-u-i-s Author

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Mar 31, 2021 1:18 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Is there no way to have the sounds come through my AirPods otherwise I won’t be able to hear the notification?

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L-o-u-i-s Author

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Apr 5, 2021 4:46 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

Keep the phone screen from locking? That sounds so stupid. Do you expect my phone to be unlocked 24/7 or not enter the passcode on the watch incase I get a text haha. Seems so flawed.

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L-o-u-i-s Author

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Apr 10, 2021 10:39 AM in response to IdrisSeabright

I know this is how the notifications work. It just doesn’t seem logical for the notifications to sound the watch if I have noise cancelling AirPods in and I would reply on my phone not watch.

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Notifications on Apple Watch and not on iPhone while listening to music come through Apple Watch not iPhone.

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