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JHP392093 Author

Level 1

50 points

Reminders app not working for kid's "family setup" watch

Kid has an apple watch that has "family setup" through my iPhone. No matter what I do, notifications for reminders do not show up on the kid's watch. Notifications for reminders DO show up on kid's iPad. But the watch gets no notification at all - no sound, no haptic, and not even a record of the missed notification when you swipe down on the watch to see old notifications.

I went in to "notifications" in settings, and "Reminders" doesn't even show up there, so there's no way to toggle notification settings for the Reminder app.

Any help would be appreciated. Thx.

Apple Watch SE

Posted on Jun 11, 2023 5:00 PM

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CoCo_Tasker

Level 1

8 points

Posted on Sep 4, 2023 10:00 AM

This is an issue that a lot of families wish that Apple would address. Currently, a watch that is a “family device”, like a stand-alone watch for a child that is set up through a parent’s iPhone does not have access to the same settings menu in the Watch app that the parent’s watch has in that same menu.

Yes, I verified this through Apple support.

I see this an Apple pressuring everyone to have a dedicated iPhone attached to every watch. What Apple is refusing to accept is that families could simply want watches for their children instead phones, until they are old enough, responsible enough, etc.

The functionalities that we’re looking for, to help our children succeed, are not available to us, simply because of this limitation with Family Devices.

So the Reminders app will not the send the notifications that our children badly need, because we don’t have access to the Notification settings.

Apple really needs to fix this.

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Jmart244

Level 1

8 points

Aug 7, 2023 11:30 AM in response to JHP392093

Thank you, I really appreciate the explanation. That really sucks as this is one of the reasons I went with the Apple Watch for my son. I hope this bug gets fixed soon!

treymix

Level 1

4 points

May 14, 2024 7:49 AM in response to JHP392093

Has anyone heard anything on this? It's been months and I still can't find a way to turn on notifications for my kid's watch. Absurd.

Jul 15, 2024 11:32 AM in response to JHP392093

Is now July 2024 and this bug is still bugging us all. I bought an Apple Watch for my son, and we have the same issue. Come on! Let's fix it!

Aug 18, 2024 6:05 AM in response to treymix

Yes, but you can probably silence them on your phone if you don’t want them

treymix

Level 1

4 points

Aug 18, 2024 8:42 AM in response to coyfox320

I still can't find the setting to turn on the notifications on the watch though - the setting itself still seems to be missing

Aug 17, 2024 2:08 PM in response to JHP392093

I've found a work around for this, while its not intuitive, you can share a reminder's list that you've created with your child's watch via messaging. That list will be added to their reminders list. It will be added as a collaborative list so you should both be able to make edits.

Sep 4, 2023 12:53 PM in response to turingtest2

Oh yes, Apple feedback got my opinion on the matter alright! Hopefully everyone is suggesting that this is addressed. So ridiculous on Apple’s part.

treymix

Level 1

4 points

Aug 17, 2024 10:31 PM in response to coyfox320

Did this activate notifications for you??

Sep 15, 2024 5:51 PM in response to coyfox320

I did this, and I'm able to add reminders from my daughter's watch, but they don't alert her still. Did you do anything additionally? Thanks!

Leellio

Level 1

8 points

Oct 27, 2024 5:49 AM in response to coyfox320

I tried this this morning and it didn’t show up on my kids watch. Was there something else you did besides clicking it in the text message?

Dec 4, 2024 6:42 PM in response to JHP392093

Wow. This is literally the only reason I bought my kid a Watch and it doesn’t work?! And they have fixed it in years! Unbelievable.

Dec 5, 2024 9:32 AM in response to JHP392093

Filed a Radar here:

https://openradar.appspot.com/radar?id=EhAKBVJhZGFyEICAgKak-f8J

Reminders app not working for kid's "family setup" watch