Why are my iPhone notifications arriving without sound?


Hello. A few days ago, I stopped receiving notifications on my iPhone with sound, and the screen lights up (the watch vibrates as usual). If I accept the Apple Watch, notifications come as usual with sound, vibration, and the screen lights up. Nothing has changed in the settings, but when everything broke, I went into the settings, there all notifications are turned on, both on the phone and on the watch. I tried to tear apart a couple of watches and the phone, completely, this also did not help (I set it up as a new watch). I also installed the latest OS updates on both the watch and the phone, but after the sound disappeared, this also did not help. And I also reset the settings on the phone itself, it also did not help. Please help solve this problem



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iPhone 11, iOS 18

Posted on Apr 9, 2025 10:13 AM

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Posted on Apr 9, 2025 12:42 PM

If you are wearing Apple Watch and your iPhone screen is locked, notifications will be delivered to your watch, NOT your iPhone. If your iPhone is open, notifications will be delivered to your iPhone, NOT your Apple Watch. This is how Apple designed notifications to work. Notifications will be delivered to your watch or your phone, but NOT to both at the same time. It's been this way since Apple Watch was first launched.


Read this to learn more --> Notifications on your Apple Watch - Apple Support


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Apr 9, 2025 12:42 PM in response to KseniA0204

If you are wearing Apple Watch and your iPhone screen is locked, notifications will be delivered to your watch, NOT your iPhone. If your iPhone is open, notifications will be delivered to your iPhone, NOT your Apple Watch. This is how Apple designed notifications to work. Notifications will be delivered to your watch or your phone, but NOT to both at the same time. It's been this way since Apple Watch was first launched.


Read this to learn more --> Notifications on your Apple Watch - Apple Support


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