Not receiving notifications on AppleWatch

notifications on apple watch not working and I unpair it and then will be fine for like a day then it will happen again and will stop receiving notifications on my watch and my phone just lights up saying I have a notification it’s really annoying!

Posted on Nov 19, 2025 10:45 AM

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Nov 19, 2025 9:47 PM in response to Olitan25

Which Apple Watch and iPhone do you use?

Did you also force restart your iPhone?

Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

Did you try to set up you're watch as a new device after erasing and paring it again, to rule pout defective data from that backup?

In case this also does not work, let Apple Techs know directly about the issue by using the Feedback links:

Feedback - Apple Watch - Apple

Feedback - iPhone - Apple

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