No text tone sounds from Iphone when paired with Apple Watch

PlateCrafters wrote:

Meg, text messages have been around for over 20 years.

Yes, as I said, fairly recently. The phone was used for talking for a hundred years before that.

Given that Apple made a very big deal about how the Apple Watch would allow people to get notifications in a more personal way, I'm pretty sure everything they did was deliberate and not a "design flaw". You can also turn off wrist detection and you'll get your notifications on your phone.

But, the Apple Watch isn't for every one. If it's upsetting you, sell it and move on. Life is too short for that sort of aggravation.

PamN49 wrote:

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

Hope this helps

Um, the perfect solution for me is having it work exactly the way it does. In fact, it's why I bought the Apple Watch in the first place.

But thanks.

I am glad I am not the only one who would like to have my alerts still happen on the iPhone and watch. As Plate mentioned, I rely on certain tones on my phone to know if I need to look at the message right away or if it can wait. It's kind of bummer that the workaround isn't working for me either. I tried turning the sound off within the watch app for messages and they still aren't making a sound on the iPhone. The odd thing is, mail alerts me on the phone while locked with sound and vibration like it normally would without the watch on and also alters me on the watch too. I really don't want to turn off wrist detection so I am thinking of just turning off alerts for messages on the watch all together. While it may be a cool feature, I really rely on the sounds of various things for my job.

Also, saying that you want something to "work exactly the way it does" would imply that no one in the world wants any customization on any device they buy ever. That seems silly. What is normal for one person, may be annoying to the next. I can see how this "feature" of not receiving alerts may be great to some people. Perhaps instead of trolling and name calling on a forum in which the topic clearly isn't an issue for you, you could find better use of your time? Just saying....

kacooley wrote:

Also, saying that you want something to "work exactly the way it does" would imply that no one in the world wants any customization on any device they buy ever. That seems silly. What is normal for one person, may be annoying to the next. I can see how this "feature" of not receiving alerts may be great to some people. Perhaps instead of trolling and name calling on a forum in which the topic clearly isn't an issue for you, you could find better use of your time? Just saying....

You may be inferring that but you'd be wrong. I am speaking only for myself when I say I like the way it works right now. I recognize that lots of people have different opinions. Disagreeing with people doesn't mean that I'm belittling them. Why do you find it necessary to take my statement of my preference and try to make it seem like something nasty? Seems like you could find something better to do with your time than put words in someone else's mouth. Just saying.....

Also, other than a humorous reference to my luddite brother (yes, I AM calling my brother names) and what he might think of someone's idea, I don't see where I've come close to calling anyone names. The OP seemed to have found my post helpful. I can honestly say my contribution has been deemed meaningful to this thread.

I hope you've submitted your feedback to Apple.

I found a way of getting your tones back, but it means no notifications on the watch. You go in to the watch settings > notifications > messages > turn off alerts. When you hear your text tone on your iphone you have to switch to the messages app on your apple watch. This is the only fix I have found to get custom text tones back while paired to your apple watch.

Thanks xaniegirl's boyfriend. I don't like loosing apple pay, etc, but since too many notifications had gone unnoticed I needed my loud phone notifications back. On a positive note I suspect disabling wrist detection may also lengthen battery life a tad.

I also see this as a major problem. It does not alert you when using bluetooth. When I am riding my motorcycle or diving my car, I get no notification of text messages and therefore I just miss them. Many times I am waiting for a text but an never alerted that it came through! I will have to take text of my watch and then what's the point of having it?

deggie wrote:

What "mess"? I prefer the way it is set up, I don't want both my iPhone and Watch making noise.

Agreed. It's a big part of why I bought the watch. And, in much of Apple's original presentation of the Watch, they talked about how it would allow you to have just the most important notifications.

I've only had my iPhone and watch for 3 weeks, after 8 years using Android phones, tablets and a few watches. I came across the site and specific thread while searching for "iphone notification sound not working with apple watch". I am glad to discover that my phone and watch are working as Apple intended.

For me, I like that when I have my watch on and my phone in my pocket that I get vibration notifications on my watch and my phone doesn't make any sound. I can see how custom sounds for certain contacts can be very beneficial, and I used that for many years on that other platform. However, and I'm only speaking for myself, it takes a whopping what, half a second, to flip my wrist and see who's emailing or texting me? And I can then choose to reply via watch or phone. And since my state (SC) now has a hands free driving law, it's nice to reply from my watch.

I guess, again for me, the point of having the watch is to get notifications on and the phone remaining silent. I also like that the phone notification sounds will work when I take my watch off and/or place on the charger. I also like that feature.

Yes - I understand that that's how the forum software is set up. And again, that's ridiculous.

My post is not vague at all, because its not a "post" - it's a Reply to the original post that started this thread. If you'd read every message in the thread - as I have - you'd realize that.

Anyway, I posted to present a solution to my fellow users, not argue about how stupid Apple's forum software is.

Thanks, though!

Finally! A workaround that actually works!! Thank you for posting this solution! I followed what you said and I now get alerts on both my phone & watch. I no longer have to worry about missed texts on my phone when I place my watch on the charger (like I used to). Also, my watch is chiming consistently now, whereas it had stopped altogether before the fix.

I recently missed a very important notification on my phone. I could not hear the tone on the phone, and the tone on the watch is too quite, so is very important for me to have the capability of having a specific ring tones, like I have on my phone. So I placed the watch on airplane mode and the phone received all notifications, turn off airplane mode and the watch will get all notification again. Thats the best solution that I found, at least temporarily. This will not really unpair the phone with watch, just turns off the notifications on the watch, so all notifications will go directly to your phone.

HWNIII wrote:

That is fine you like it that way. This thread is for those who don't. Which begs the question, why are you even bothering with this thread?

Because he wants to be. No other reason is required.

HWNIII wrote:

This thread is for those who don't.

No, it isn't. The OP just asked the question as to why it did what it did. If you don't like what it does, then use the feedback link posted multiple times. There have also been workarounds posted here and elsewhere as to how to get notifications on the phone rather than the watch.

Guess what? I like it the way it is as well, and I'm here now, and responded to this thread earlier as well.

First the OP said she wanted to know how to make the phone make sounds as well, so she wasn't asking why it did what it did. Take brush up reading comprehension course.

Have a great day now.

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