Series 4 Alert tones quieter than Series 3

[Rodzp]

Has anyone else noticed this? My Series 3 watch I had to turn the volume down some but on my Series 4 I have the volume all the way up and it is still hard to hear at times. The haptic feedback is not as strong either so I am missing notifications if i am in a some what nosier area. This is my only complaint otherwise I really like everything else about it.

The speaker seems to be working fine and it does seem to be loader than the Series 3 with Siri's responses

 

[TylerLV76]

Has anyone else noticed this? My Series 3 watch I had to turn the volume down some but on my Series 4 I have the volume all the way up and it is still hard to hear at times. The haptic feedback is not as strong either so I am missing notifications if i am in a some what nosier area. This is my only complaint otherwise I really like everything else about it.

The speaker seems to be working fine and it does seem to be loader than the Series 3 with Siri's responses

Exact opposite for me. I had to turn the volume way down and in alot of cases I mute it because the haptic is much stronger.

I switched from GPS to LTE and the dont like the LTE ringtone but thats my only complaint.

 

[Rodzp]

Hmm, what you are saying is what I expected to experience. Both of mine are the LTE version but I doubt that makes a difference with this issue.

 

[TylerLV76]

Hmm, what you are saying is what I expected to experience. Both of mine are the LTE version but I doubt that makes a difference with this issue.

You might want to take it to an apple store and compare it with one of the sales persons gen 3 and see if maybe somethings going on with yours. When Im in my warehouse Inhewr it loud as can be over the machines. The Gen 3 I couldnt hear at all.

 

[Rodzp]

You might want to take it to an apple store and compare it with one of the sales persons gen 3 and see if maybe somethings going on with yours. When Im in my warehouse Inhewr it loud as can be over the machines. The Gen 3 I couldnt hear at all.

Thanks I still have the series 3 my wife took it when I got the 4.
Since what I was experiencing did not seem to be normal I started messing with it some and I might have fixed it. When I paired it the volume in the watch app was all the way up, so I never touched it. I turned it down and back up and it seems to be a lot loader and I have not missed a notification. I am still not sure it is loader than my 3 for alerts, but it is usable. I need to test more when I have time but if it’s not I will run to the Apple store to compare to another 4.

 

[bamf-hacker]

Opposite for me as well. I tested last night with both watches next to one another and the s4 was noticeably louder.

 

[doogald]

The reviews of the S4 that I read all mentioned that both the notification volume was higher and that haptics were much better. That the stainless S4 was as good as the S3 and earlier aluminum haptics. I don’t have an S4 so I can’t compare, but it would be unusual to hear that somebody had one that was quieter with lesser haptics than before, from all that I read about the S4.

 

[tcuprof]

I can’t compare to the S3, but my S4 is significantly louder than my S2.

 

[mumfoau]

I'll have to check for that. I typically always keep my watches on silent so as not to offend.

 

[bamf-hacker]

I can’t compare to the S3, but my S4 is significantly louder than my S2.

Ha I tested the s2 vs s4 also and yup... much louder. The s4 speaker is loud enough for me to actually use it to make a call.

 

[Rodzp]

It seems like the adjusting the volume down and backup fixed it