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My wife is getting Messages on her Watch but when she goes to find them on her iPhone they are not there. She is missing messages because they go to her watch and if she checks later they are not on her phone.
She Has an iPhone 6plus, latest updates installed, Apple Watch with all updates installed.
Apple Watch, iOS 9.1, Messages
Hi Dave - try this:
On your wife's iPhone, go to: Settings > Messages - turn off iMessage at the top of the screen, pause for a few moments, then re-enable it.
It may also then help to restart both her iPhone and watch. Turn both devices off together first, then restart the iPhone before the watch:
- To turn the watch off: press and hold the side button until you see the Power Off slider; drag it to turn off;
- To turn it on: press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo.
Hi Dave - try this:
On your wife's iPhone, go to: Settings > Messages - turn off iMessage at the top of the screen, pause for a few moments, then re-enable it.
It may also then help to restart both her iPhone and watch. Turn both devices off together first, then restart the iPhone before the watch:
- To turn the watch off: press and hold the side button until you see the Power Off slider; drag it to turn off;
- To turn it on: press and hold the side button until you see the Apple logo.
I have one that just started doing this also but it does not appear to be my phone, ( i have a iphone6 and apple watch) when my son text me or my wife we do not recieve his messages on our phones, my watch does how ever get them. If i text him, (iphone 7), from my phone or my wifes phone he they sometimes go thru but as a standard message (green), but if i text from my watch they go thru as an imessage. My phone sees my watch messages to his phone, but nothing on his side on my phone
If you are referring to notifications rather than to the messages themselves being missing on the iPhone, note that how notifications behave depends on the status of your devices. In order to bring notifications to your attention as soon as possible:
- If your iPhone is unlocked, you will receive notifications on your iPhone instead of on your watch.
- If your iPhone is locked or asleep and your watch is unlocked and on your wrist, you will receive notifications on your watch.
- If your watch is locked or has Do Not Disturb enabled, notifications will go to your iPhone.
messages showing up on apple watch but not iphone
