Q: No text tone sounds from Iphone when paired with Apple Watch
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May 16, 2015 10:07 AMby stevejobsfan0123,This is by design, and at this point there is no way to change a setting to accomplish it. I don't like it either, and I suggest you submit feedback at http://apple.com/feedback/watch.html.
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May 16, 2015 10:19 AMby Smiledrs,Thanks for the reply. That really limits the watch considerably. I keep my phone when I'm working on patients in my office about 20 feet away and can hear the text tones from it. Was hoping to still hear it and know who was texting so I can determine if I wanted to look at the message or not on my watch while away from my phone. I will submit it to the feedback for sure.
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May 26, 2015 5:19 PMby Meg St._Clair,Helpfulbhalmi wrote:
I don't think it is by design. I am having the same problem which lead me to this thread - however, my wife still gets text tone alerts on her iphone when paired to her watch.
The determining factor isn't whether the watch is paired to the phone (the watch is going to be paired with the phone most of the time) but whether or not the phone is locked. If the phone is unlocked, you'll get the notifications on the phone. If the phone is locked, the notifications will go to the watch.
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Jun 18, 2015 3:39 AMby Scottyboy99,Yep I submitted feedback on this. Not apple's greatest idea here. I like both devices to alert, not just the watch. Plus I have many custom tones setup which are now for the most part useless. If I didn't want to hear my phone I'd just put it on silent. We really should have a choice on how this works.
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Aug 15, 2015 11:16 AMby Mama Kanu,I thought I was going mad until I found this thread. It took me forever to find the CAUSE of what seemed to be random text tones... I finally nailed it down, then found this thread. I have just submitted feedback to Apple and hope that eventually enough people do so to cause them to make a change in the settings. Thank you Meg St Clair and Steve Jobs fan! You are very helpful
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Dec 20, 2015 3:08 PMby xaniegirl,Has this problem been fixed yet? I just got a Watch a few days ago and I'm SUPER disappointed about this. I either need to hear the text tone on my phone or the Watch needs to play the same tones as my phone does. I would prefer for both to make a noise though. Also, sometimes I would like to make the watch silent and have my phone on loud so that I'm not drawing attention to my Watch when I'm with people. I just need some options.
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Dec 20, 2015 3:26 PMby xaniegirl,Actually, it is a problem by definition because it is something that people do not like and would like it to be addressed. And I already submitted feedback before I replied on here because I read through all the comments first. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing something since the latest post was in August.
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Dec 20, 2015 7:29 PMby Meg St._Clair,xaniegirl wrote:
Actually, it is a problem by definition because it is something that people do not like and would like it to be addressed.
The watch is working as Apple designed it to work. Apple may not agree with you that it's a problem to be fixed. And they are under no obligation to do so. Apple is well known for providing the interface they've decided people should be using rather than the one people ask for. It means that Apple products aren't for everyone. Personally, I like the way it works.
