No text tone sounds from Iphone when paired with Apple Watch

Beg to differ. Up until last week I was getting text sounds and watch taps, so in my opinion, this is a "new" setting. Something has changed and I am missing text messages now because I don't always feel the tap or react to it because sometimes it is that ridiculous "breath" message (like I really need to be reminded of that).

There are other ways to mute the sound which I do as a courtesy to others when appropriate. As a matter of fact I'm in a meeting right now and have turned off the sound on my phone so you won't have to ask me to be quiet.

In the first Watch there was sometimes a pairing error where both would sound. It was not intended to be that way. There is also a kludge to do so. The only items I've found that sound on both are incoming phone calls and alarms.

Chetter0404 wrote:

Beg to differ. Up until last week I was getting text sounds and watch taps, so in my opinion, this is a "new" setting. Something has changed and I am missing text messages now because I don't always feel the tap or react to it because sometimes it is that ridiculous "breath" message (like I really need to be reminded of that).

This thread is more than two years old. So no, not a new thing.

I meant to reference this post. Any solution?

"OK, answer me this - I am "OK" with it the notifications only going to my Watch 2 (OS 4.1) vs. my 8+ (11.1). My issue is that there is no SOUND coming from my watch when I get a text. It is mute, silent, nothing. I get the haptic "tap" and that is it. No matter what I try in this thread none of that works either.

I get sounds from Mail and using the Google Allo text app along with ringing if I get a call. I get no sounds at all from the Message app for incoming messages, just the tap.

I have contacted Apple support and spent 5-1/2 hours over 3 days with them trying to fix it and Engineering is supposed to get back to me but they didnt sound hopeful. This is my first iPhone since the 4, I've been a diehard Android fan since then. I got away from Android after the bugs I was having with Oreo 8 on my Pixel. I had hoped it would be smoother sailing with Apple..."

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.

Exactly, and another reason this would be useful is that the watch just plays that "chime" regardless of who is texting, whereas on my iPhone, I have custom tones for each contact so I know who's texting without looking at anything.

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.

bhalmi 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.

Ahhh - indeed.

Thanks!

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.

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

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.

It has not been "fixed" because it is not a problem, it works that way by design. If you want to leave feedback to Apple, the link has been posted in this thread.

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.