Can my Apple Watch Notify me when my iPhone is out of range

For what it's worth, my experience with Lookout was annoying the extreme. It repeatedly told me my phone was moving out of range despite the fact that neither the watch nor the phone had moved and were less than two feet from each other. I can't say if it worked very well for its intended purpose as I couldn't leave it installed for long enough.

Hopefully, they will update the app to resolve some of those issues.

You might also want to submit feedback to Apple suggesting that they make this a native feature:

http://www.apple.com/feedback

Unfortunately every recommendation for the Lookout app implies that it enables your Apple Watch to alert you when your iPhone is almost out of range, which is false (at least in my usage). Only your iPhone receives an alert, which is not the functionality you were asking for.

Unfortunately it appears to be a false claim or inferrence that this app enables your Apple Watch to alert you when your iPhone is almost out of range, at least in my usage. Only your iPhone receives an alert, which is not the functionality being inquired about.

The last time I tried Lookout, it did, indeed, show an alert on my Apple Watch saying the phone was out of range. Sadly, it kept saying this every 10 minutes even though neither the watch nor the phone had moved.

I would be interested to know when you tried it. I just downloaded it today and have the latest watchOS. Perhaps Lookout removed that feature do to inconsistency or unreliability? Their current app description of the alert feature seems non-specific

I don't recall precisely. Did you turn on Watch notifications in settings in Lookout? It doesn't appear to be turned on by default.

The Lookout app on my watch is recognizing when I put the phone in airplane mode but not sending me an alert. Without going outside in the cold, I don't, at present for seeing if going out of range will trigger an alert on the Watch.

On the plus side, in the couple of minutes since I installed it, I haven't gotten an erroneous notification.

Best of luck.

I spoke too soon. I put my watch in my right pants pocket and almost immediately got an alert on my watch from Lookout telling me my phone was almost out of range. I have, once again, eliminated this piece of drake from my phone and watch.

But, yes, alerts do sound on your watch when (the app thinks) your phone has moved out of range.

Sorry to hear that.

Is there some special setting or add-on to enable what you're talking about? I get no such alert on my watch regardless of what a set the sensitivity to. Only my phone gets a notification.

I just made sure to turn on the Apple Watch Notifications in the Settings on the phone app and made sure that notifications for Lookout were enabled for the Watch in the Watch app. If you can't get the app to work as advertised, I'd suggest contacting Lookout with your concerns.

However, in my opinion, the app isn't really even worth the trouble to download it. Even if it did, as it's supposed to, send you alerts on the Watch, my experience is that they won't be accurate. If the alert goes off every time you put your phone in your pocket, it's eventually going to get pretty annoying and you're going to tend to ignore it.

The rest of the features of the app are redundant or plain unnecessary.

I have this app on my iphone, and it is on my apple watch. there is no setting in the settings menu for "watch", and it does not notify me when I am out of range of my iphone. Is this a premium only feature?

Hi

Apple Watch does not presently offer audible or haptic alerts if it is taken out of Bluetooth range of the paired iPhone. When the devices have become disconnected via Bluetooth, if the watch is also unable to connect to a known Wi-Fi network at that time, it will show the Disconnected icon at the top of the watch face:

However, you may find this third-party app helpful:

Lookout – Security, Backup and Missing Device

- "Shows you the distance between your iPhone and Apple Watch, and notifies you if they’re about to lose connection."

- https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lookout-security-backup-missing/id434893913?mt=8

Meg St._Clair wrote:

For what it's worth, my experience with Lookout was annoying the extreme. It repeatedly told me my phone was moving out of range despite the fact that neither the watch nor the phone had moved and were less than two feet from each other. I can't say if it worked very well for its intended purpose as I couldn't leave it installed for long enough.

Hopefully, they will update the app to resolve some of those issues.

Meg's experience was before an updated version of Lookout was released.

The update included:

"You can now adjust the sensitivity of the Apple Watch connectivity notifications in the Settings section of your Lookout iPhone app."

So, Jonathan, are you saying you've tested your solution and it works well for you? I'd be interested in hearing your experience.

Hi Tony

If you have not already done so, it may help to adjust the app's sensitivity:

- On your iPhone, in the Lookout app: open Settings via the the gear icon (upper-right corner) > scroll to Apple Watch > adjust the sensitivity bar leftwards.

If the app is still too sensitive, you may wish to advise the developer via support@lookout.com

More information:

https://faq.lookout.com/en/topics/218324967-apple-watch-out-of-range