No text tone sounds from Iphone when paired with Apple Watch

Jbstrafuss wrote:

I found this info online just today.

Paired to an Apple Watch?

If your iPhone pairs to an Apple Watch, by design your paired iPhone does not chime when a new text arrives. Instead, it routes alerts to your Apple Watch, especially when the iPhone is locked.

As of now, there is no option to play a sound alert on BOTH your Apple Watch and your iPhone at the same time. It’s one or the other, based on the locked status of your phone. The rule of thumb is if your phone is unlocked, notifications go to the iPhone. If your phone is locked, notifications go to your watch.

Yup. That's what I explained in this very thread over two years ago.

lyndafromfl wrote:

Apple is “big” on giving Options. In Settings, there are many Options. I don’t like not having the Option to set both Iphone and Apple Watch for alerts because when my watch is on its stand, I don’t get the alerts on my iPhone = problem.

Guess you haven't spent too much time using an Android phone. Being able to change settings is not the same thing as having options to do things in a completely different way. But, regardless of what you you call it, this is not an option that Apple has provided. You are free to give them your feedback. The link has already been provided in this thread.

I just got an iWatch over the weekend for my birthday. I'm very unhappy with this issue. The sound is not loud enough and the vibrate is not strong enough. My children texted me and I missed that. Looks like i'm going to return the watch this weekend. Both the phone and watch should sound off.

I think I found a reasonable solution.

Anyway. Open you watch app on your iPhone. Then open Notifications>Messages. The default will likely be "Mirror my iPhone". Change that to "Custom", and then turn off Sound.

Now when you get a text, text notifications will only be heard from your phone, but you will still get haptic feedback and and alert will show on the watch. This will only effect Messages, so alarms phone calls, etc will still function as before.

Not the perfect solution, possibly a reasonable workaround until Apple realizes the need to rethink how notifications work.

Hope this helps

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Complaining here won't help though. This is a user to user support forum, and Apple does not participate here. If you wish to see Apple change or enhance a feature, you need to use the feedback link here, http://www.apple.com/feedback/watch.html This will get it looked at, however as stated on that page, they will not provide individual responses.

Go into the watch app on your phone and choose settings general and turn off mirror my iPhone for do not disturb. Now when you put your watch on do not disturb, all notifications come through on your phone:) this is what I do when I don't want anything coming through on my watch and just want it all coming through on my phone.

Yes, exactly. Once the watch is paired with the phone, the watch becomes the primary notification delivery device.

In the Watch app on your phone, go to General > Wrist Detection, turn it OFF.

Caveats: This will also disable the ability to lock your watch with a passcode, which in turn disables the ability to unlock your Mac with the watch. It will also disable the tracking of your standing time and automatic heart rate monitoring.

I run mine with wrist detection off and the watch muted. That means I hear custom tones on my phone and get the vibration on my wrist.

Apple is “big” on giving Options. In Settings, there are many Options. I don’t like not having the Option to set both Iphone and Apple Watch for alerts because when my watch is on its stand, I don’t get the alerts on my iPhone = problem.

Correct, I have 0 experience on android phone. We can agree to disagree. This shouldn’t be too big a request. There have been complaints about it from Apple watch’s onset and it is a major annoyance.

lyndafromfl wrote:

Correct, I have 0 experience on android phone. We can agree to disagree. This shouldn’t be too big a request. There have been complaints about it from Apple watch’s onset and it is a major annoyance.

Yes, there have been some complaints, from what appear to be a fairly small number of users. However, going back to the original keynote in which the Apple Watch was released, Apple has been quite clear about their vision of how the Apple Watch should handle notifications.

Submit your feedback.

lyndafromfl wrote:

I did submit my feedback. Just because they have “been clear” doesn’t mean it’s the way the public likes it.

And that is what I mean about Apple not being big on options. The fact that some (probably small) percentage of people doesn't like the way Apple has decided to do things rarely causes Apple to change their mind and provide another way of doing things.

I am not making any judgement about your opinion.

I’m having the same problem. While I work I have my headphones in listening to music. Since there is no dulling the music with the alert as usual it’s only coming from my watch which I can’t hear over the music. If I miss the buzz on my wrist I don’t know I have received a msg. Super annoying :(

I am having the same very annoying problem! It kinda eliminates the entire concept of “alerts.”

Users definitely, i my opinion, enjoy the ability to enable, or disable, this alert.

Eventually, perhaps Apple could eatable Choices in Contacts to receive alerts on both devices.

Apple has incredible geniuses and I believed it’s quite possible. If enough of us complain, perhaps they will do something.l...I don’t think it’s Rocket Science, do you?

LozAdam wrote:

It’s just nice to see how many others are having the same issue.

But just remember, it really isn't an issue. It is working the way it is designed. I understand that you and the others may not like it or appreciate the way it functions, but it isn't something wrong. That is the only point I'm trying to make. While your feedback helps, it may not get changed, since it has been this way since the watch was introduced. But all of you can think positive.