I was an Android/Samsung user for years before switching back to Apple/iOS in the last year. I’ve had my iPhone 14 Pro Max for almost a year, but my Dad just got me an Apple Watch SE thinking he was getting me the newest Watch a month ago. I haven’t gotten a data plan or anything for my Watch since he didn’t buy it through my carrier, I didn’t want the hassle or the extra $10-15 tacked on my bill, so I just paired it with my iPhone. I didn’t have any issues the first few weeks, or if it made such a notification, I didn’t notice it. Yet, for the past week or two, I’ve been getting such notifications every day or every other day. I’m not technologically savvy or intuitive, so I thought at first, maybe my Watch battery was dying, but then I learned how to check it. In the beginning, I was taking off my Watch like a moron, trying to stick it to the back of my phone. Yet always, my Watch and iPhone are within either a few feet of one another, usually my iPhone is in my hand, or at least in my house or my purse, so it’s not ever far away. I have noticed that whilst other notifications such as texts and apps are still coming through, the delay is somewhat longer than it was when I first got my Watch. I know it says using a Bluetooth connection, there’s going to be a delay, but it can be several minutes now. Also, when I’m attempting to skip songs for example in Apple Music, my Watch shows that it’s either not connected at first, taking again, several minutes to pull up, or sometimes even not at all.
I only have the watch for crash and fall detection, as I have brain cancer and epilepsy, so getting to easily access my tunes was just an added bonus. The last smart watch I had was a Galaxy Watch Three, so this is light years ahead of what I’d been used to for years. I can’t complain too much, I’m not really sure even how or who to complain to. However, I don’t want there to be an issue, Lord forbid, if I hit the floor again alone, and my Watch doesn’t work properly to alert my emergency contacts.
