Email Notifications on Apple Watch not working since IOS upgrade

Same problem here, iPhone x and Watch 3 LTE, iOS 12 and WatchOS 5

All notifications are working well, only no Email notifications. All settings are correct

See also here:

https://forums.developer.apple.com/community/beta/watchos-5-beta

Thanks! This was driving me crazy!

These steps fixed my problem.

William_Wang: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8551081?answerId=250228471022#250228471022

So frustrating that the native apple mail app on an apple watch doesn't work correctly to display native apple notifications. This stuff should all be well baked into the devices and software.

I have exactly the same problem. iPhone X and Apple Watch 3 fully up to date, email notifications have stopped working on the watch, exactly as Bestro007 describes. Everything else is fine. Mine stopped working with the iOS 12.0.1 and WatchOS 5.0.1 updates.

I had this issue as well, for 2 weeks i couldnt notice any email - notification... it almost made me return my Watch ( because i need emails for my work a lot!!)

This highly annoying problem did not solve by re-pairing or restarting both devices, but,....it did solve my issue by restoring my iPhone (X) ...

SInce then, i get all my emails on my watch.. sometimes i do notice a bit of a delay (easily tested by sending emails to myself, but its much much better now.. it works! Hook up onto iTunes, make a backup, restore your phone and watch them e-mails dropping in 🙂

Same issue. iPhone X, Apple Watch 4. Both up to date.

Notifications/e-mail alerts have been VERY sporadic since the latest Watch OS update. Notifications will sometimes appear but with no sounds or haptics, other times they are on the phone but not on the watch.

I've rebooted both devices, un-paired and re-paired the watch. Nothing seems to work. Can anyone else confirm whether the backup/restore mentioned previously has been effective for them?

Do you have multiple emails set up on your phone (even if it’s your personal email and iCloud)? If so this can be fixed with a work around.

What you have to do is allow notifications on all email accounts or you won’t be able to get notifications for your main email account. You might get alerts on the watch face but you won’t be able to get the red dot Notification Center notifications unless every email account is set up to receive notifications/alerts.

I’ve found that enabling just the banners notification on the other email accounts is enough to get Notification Center to work again on the Series 4.

Hope this helps you.

Do you have multiple emails set up on your phone (even if it’s your personal email and iCloud)? If so this can be fixed with a work around.

What you have to do is allow notifications on all email accounts or you won’t be able to get notifications for your main email account. You might get alerts on the watch face but you won’t be able to get the red dot Notification Center notifications unless every email account is set up to receive notifications/alerts.

I’ve found that enabling just the banners notification on the other email accounts is enough to get Notification Center to work again on the Series 4.

Hope this helps you.

Hi. Same problem - no mail preview, haptic or sound notification - just the red notification ‘spot’. Tried everything - an hour or two of my life I’ll never get back. Eventually Apple Support did say it’s a ‘known problem’ and ‘engineers’ are working on it. Guess it’s just a question of waiting for a software update.

Same issue. Day old Series 4 running OS 5.1 and an iPhone 6s running iOS 12.0.1. No email notifications and nothing showing in the Notification Center but all emails present and correct when I open the email app on the watch!

Fix please!!

I spent a long time on the phone with Apple support on this. I have an iPhone X and Watch Series 4 both are up to date on the OS.

Bottom line was they acknowledged this was a bug and details had been sent to the Engineers. I was told to expect a fix in the next Watch OS update.

FWIW, I tried resetting the watch and setting it up as a new watch, creating custom notifications for Mail (instead of mirroring the phone) and a whole bunch of other stuff that didn't work before I called them. The Tier 1 tech I spoke to just sent me a whole bunch of support links, none of which were relevant, and did not seem to understand that you should see new mail alerts no matter what you are doing on the watch or phone (tried convincing me that they would only show up when the watch is active and not locked, if you use Apple Pay on the watch a passcode is required by default). Eventually I got hold of someone in Tier 2, who seemed to know what she was doing and quickly acknowledged that this is not expected behavior. She said that details from my call had been forwarded to the Engineers with a request to identify and confirm this as a bug.

Hope this helps someone.

If you have multiple emails or calendars set up on your phone (i.e. a Gmail account and an iCloud account) this can be fixed with a pretty easy work around.

What you have to do is allow notifications on ALL email accounts and calendars on your phone or you won’t be able to get notifications for your main email/calendar account. You might get alerts on the watch face but you won’t be able to get the red dot Notification Center notifications unless every email account or calendar is set up to receive notifications/alerts.

I’ve found that enabling just the banners notification on the other email accounts and calendars is enough to get Notification Center to work again. You can also set the sounds and vibration to “none” on the other accounts you don’t use to limit their “noise”.

Hope this helps you.

If you have multiple emails or calendars set up on your phone (i.e. a Gmail account and an iCloud account) this can be fixed with a pretty easy work around.

What you have to do is allow notifications on ALL email accounts and calendars on your phone or you won’t be able to get notifications for your main email/calendar account. You might get alerts on the watch face but you won’t be able to get the red dot Notification Center notifications unless every email account or calendar is set up to receive notifications/alerts.

I’ve found that enabling just the banners notification on the other email accounts and calendars is enough to get Notification Center to work again. You can also set the sounds and vibration to “none” on the other accounts you don’t use to limit their “noise”.

Hope this helps you.

If you have multiple emails or calendars set up on your phone (i.e. a Gmail account and an iCloud account) this can be fixed with a pretty easy work around.

What you have to do is allow notifications on ALL email accounts and calendars on your phone or you won’t be able to get notifications for your main email/calendar account. You might get alerts on the watch face but you won’t be able to get the red dot Notification Center notifications unless every email account or calendar is set up to receive notifications/alerts.

I’ve found that enabling just the banners notification on the other email accounts and calendars is enough to get Notification Center to work again. You can also set the sounds and vibration to “none” on the other accounts you don’t use to limit their “noise”.

Hope this helps you.

If you have multiple emails or calendars set up on your phone (i.e. a Gmail account and an iCloud account) this can be fixed with a pretty easy work around.

What you have to do is allow notifications on ALL email accounts and calendars on your phone or you won’t be able to get notifications for your main email/calendar account. You might get alerts on the watch face but you won’t be able to get the red dot Notification Center notifications unless every email account or calendar is set up to receive notifications/alerts.

I’ve found that enabling just the banners notification on the other email accounts and calendars is enough to get Notification Center to work again. You can also set the sounds and vibration to “none” on the other accounts you don’t use to limit their “noise”.

Hope this helps you.