Notification Management on iPhone and Apple Watch

I've submitted two requests, one recently and the other was a few years ago (whenever the Series 3 was 'new').

I'm totally baffled by the fact that it hasn't ever been added.

My concept is that even a one size fits all hat, doesn't fit everyone :-/

The "Prominent" vibration setting was added a few updates after my first request. It has helped well enough that I hadn't been stressing about it for several years.

I'm a laborer in the true sense! I weld, I run power tools, swing hammers, and... like right now, because I own the business, I also find myself at a desk in my office. For all the other times, I'd like to hear and feel my phone and I wouldn't mind if both are going off at the same time all the time. The hard labor creates lots of vibrations and my phone is a lot louder.

I would recommend two things:

1. Set your watch to Prominent
2. Eliminate unnecessary notifications that don't really need to go to your watch (i.e. a personal e-mail that is constantly being buzzed with spam). The fewer number of notifications going to your watch, the less chance your wrist will become "used to" the vibrations. Not sure if I explained this one quite right. You and your wrist will get to a point that you don't feel the vibration because it happens so often.

It's how Apple designed notifications to work with a paired watch (doesn't matter what brand of watch).

The notifications will happen on only one device.

If the phone screen is active, the notification will happen on the phone.

If the phone screen is locked (or inactive), the notification will happen on the watch.

There is a workaround but it's not a good workaround - turn off wrist detection.

You're best bet is to join the crowd, fill out and submit this form requesting that they add a user selectable notification setting:

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