HT204791: Notifications on your Apple Watch

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thabutz13

Q: I just got a watch yesterday..help

Sometimes I get messages sometimes I don't.

I get it on my phone but not the watch.ANY HELP

GREATLY APPRECIATTED

Audra

macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Dec 18, 2015 7:20 PM

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Q: I just got a watch yesterday..help

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  • by Jonathan UK,Helpful

    Jonathan UK Jonathan UK Dec 19, 2015 12:40 PM in response to thabutz13
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    Dec 19, 2015 12:40 PM in response to thabutz13

    Hi Audra

     

    How notifications behave depends on the status of your devices and on how your watch is configured. 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.

     

    More information: About notifications on your Apple Watch - Apple Support

     

    If you have not yet done so, you may wish to enable Wrist Detection on your Apple Watch. After placing it on your wrist and unlocking it, your watch will then remain unlocked (regardless of whether the watch screen is asleep or awake) until you remove it from your wrist again.

     

    To check this setting:

    - On your iPhone, in the Watch app, to go: My Watch (tab) > General > Wrist Detection - enable this.