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Watch overrides audible notification alerts on iPhone

I find no way to get notifications on the watch while also preserving the audio/screen alert on the iPhone.

The watch seems to override. The screen on my phone doesn't even wake when getting a notification.

Hopefully I'm just missing a configuration option somewhere.

I like notifications on the watch, but I still want my phone act exactly as it would if the watch were not getting notifications. This is the way my Pebble works. I should be able to have the same functionality with the Apple Watch.

Apple Watch, iOS 8.3

Posted on Apr 25, 2015 12:33 PM

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Hellbus2

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Posted on Apr 25, 2015 1:20 PM

I just spoke to Apple support, and they stated that this is by design. They have apparently gotten enough feedback on this to escalate it to their engineering team. I would give them a call, or contact them at http://www.apple.com/feedback/ to make sure that they hear loud and clear that this should be an option.

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Dec 13, 2015 10:13 AM in response to the_case

Add me to the list of people providing feedback on this matter. There was just a small update to WatchOS a few days ago and it's still an issue. Kind of ridiculous this is even an issue if you ask me. But what do I know?

Jun 1, 2016 2:31 AM in response to the_case

I hope that, if they change it, they leave an option to maintain the current behaviour. Why would I need the phone to buzz when I have notifications on my wrist that no-one else is aware of, baffles me. Most people would be annoyed to get 2 things buzzing. The completely secret, un-audible and invisible notifications is the best single feature on the Apple Watch. In fact, the whole notification implementation is mostly impeccable. And about being able to identify specific tones, have you noticed that the vibration on the watch is a tactical rendition of the tone?

Jun 1, 2016 6:26 AM in response to Scottyboy99

Scottyboy99 wrote:

Add me to this list.

If you want to be added to a list that matters, submit your feedback to Apple:

http://www.apple.com/feedback

Watch overrides audible notification alerts on iPhone