How do I set up notifications on my watch?

Hi

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 (regardless of whether the watch screen is asleep or awake) 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

It is also possible to customise app notifications, including choosing which apps do / don't mirror notification alerts to your watch:

On your iPhone, go to: Settings > Notifications > configure options for each app.

On your iPhone, in the Watch app, go to: My Watch > Notifications:

- For built-in apps, tap on the app name to configure your preferred settings.

- For other apps, turn on or turn off the setting for mirroring iPhone alerts.