Apple Watch and Emergency bypass problem

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Apple Watch and Emergency bypass problem

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I have a number of contacts set up with emergency bypass, on the phone I have these contacts set within each focus option to allow notifications.

This works fine when I do not have my Apple Watch turned on but once I have the watch switched on, I no longer get notified on the iPhone, all I get is a single bleep on the apple watch.

I have wiped the watch and reset but that still doesn't solve it.

I also recently updated both the watch and phone to the latest OS, I am sure this is when the problem started.

Apple Watch Series 7

Posted on Oct 5, 2022 9:49 AM

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SravanKrA

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Oct 5, 2022 9:56 AM in response to Mark1851

Where notifications appear

Notifications appear on your Apple Watch or iPhone, but not both.

If your iPhone is unlocked, you get notifications on your iPhone instead of your Apple Watch.

If your iPhone is locked or asleep, you get notifications on your Apple Watch, unless your Apple Watch is locked.

Some apps, such as the Noise app, are only on your Apple Watch. Notifications for these apps don't appear on your iPhone.

The red notification icon appears at the top of your watch face when you have unread notifications. If you want to hide the notification icon, open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap Notifications, then turn off Notifications Indicator.

When you read or dismiss notifications on your Apple Watch, they’re also dismissed from your iPhone.

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Oct 5, 2022 11:35 AM in response to SravanKrA

Thanks for the reply, I am sure this feature worked prior to the latest update though. OK on locking the watch, that isn't ideal as it prevents various other useful features from working. Looks like my only option is to turn off the watch at night which is a shame as I like the sleep monitor options

Perhaps Apple will add the ability to mirror the alerts on both devices as that would make sense or at least the ability to have the same alerts on the watch rather than just a single ping that in sleep mode would not raise the dead as they say.

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Apple Watch and Emergency bypass problem

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