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Help with watch only notifications while wearing.

Hey all, I switched to iPhone a little over a year ago, and just moved to the Apple Watch 6. I thought this feature was default and it is not, and here is a problem I'm trying to solve.


I have Emergency Bypass on for a number that I must answer for work. I was told that when wearing the Apple Watch, it would send notifications there, even when sound was on for the phone. And Emergency Bypass ALWAYS has sound.


The problem I'm trying to solve is I want the emergency bypass for overnights, but during meetings or church, I don't want audible alerts. I don't want to have to remember to silence my phone, because I'm in fear of forgetting to remove silence overnight, LOL.


I'm looking for a solution that allows a number to ring on my phone when I'm not wearing the watch, but go to the watch in vibrate when wearing it, so emergency calls don't BLARE during meetings, etc.


Ideas? Thank you for any ideas!

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Posted on Apr 6, 2021 6:23 AM

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Posted on Apr 6, 2021 7:20 AM

There is no way to automatically do what you want.

You can turn the sound off on both and leave haptics


You might be able to create shortcut based on location to turn things off or on.

I have heard of people changing watch faces based on location using this.

But I have not played with this on the iPhone or watch myself.


https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/shortcuts/welcome/ios


https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/watch/apd99050d435/watchos


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Apr 6, 2021 7:20 AM in response to x_Sambora_x

There is no way to automatically do what you want.

You can turn the sound off on both and leave haptics


You might be able to create shortcut based on location to turn things off or on.

I have heard of people changing watch faces based on location using this.

But I have not played with this on the iPhone or watch myself.


https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/shortcuts/welcome/ios


https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/watch/apd99050d435/watchos


Apr 6, 2021 6:40 AM in response to Community User

Thank you, I did go through this. Specifically what I'm trying to find is a way to prevent the phone from playing audible notifications for calls or text messages while wearing the watch, even for Emergency Bypass numbers. Hoping someone has a solution. Or one that will allow me to ensure specific numbers will definitely ring through if I forget to take the phone off of silent, but only to the watch while wearing it.

Help with watch only notifications while wearing.

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