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[Lee_Bo]

Good morning all.

First of all, I've only had my iPhone and Apple watch 12 days, so my apologies if this sounds like a noob question. Coming from 8 years of Android I'm finding that features on both platforms don't work the same, but I'm liking the Apple platform a lot better.

I understand that when my iPhone is on my desk and I get an email/text/etc., the phone does vibrate (it could stand to be a little stronger, but I'll look into that later) as does my watch. If I have Outlook on my laptop open (work) and get an email, the phone still vibrates as does my watch. Now, if I'm using my phone for whatever reason (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, games, text, etc) and get an email or other notification, as far as I can tell the watch does not vibrate, which I like. Why notify the watch if I'm using the phone, right? My question is, is this normal operation?

Thanks in advance.

 

[andyh.67]

Yes when your phone is in use the watch does not get notification only when the phone is locked

 

[Ledsteplin]

Good morning all.

First of all, I've only had my iPhone and Apple watch 12 days, so my apologies if this sounds like a noob question. Coming from 8 years of Android I'm finding that features on both platforms don't work the same, but I'm liking the Apple platform a lot better.

I understand that when my iPhone is on my desk and I get an email/text/etc., the phone does vibrate (it could stand to be a little stronger, but I'll look into that later) as does my watch. If I have Outlook on my laptop open (work) and get an email, the phone still vibrates as does my watch. Now, if I'm using my phone for whatever reason (Facebook, Twitter, Google+, games, text, etc) and get an email or other notification, as far as I can tell the watch does not vibrate, which I like. Why notify the watch if I'm using the phone, right? My question is, is this normal operation?

Thanks in advance.

HI, Lee! As a new iPhone user, you might like these guides.
This is the official iPhone guide. It's in PDF form.
https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf

This is the official iOS 9.3 guide. You download it from the App Store and it goes in iBooks.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/iphone-user-guide-for-ios-9.3/id1035373510?mt=11&at=10l3Vy

This is the official Watch guide:
https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1708/en_US/apple_watch_user_guide.pdf

 

[Lee_Bo]

Yes when your phone is in use the watch does not get notification only when the phone is locked

Excellent, thanks.

 

[Lee_Bo]

HI, Lee! As a new iPhone user, you might like these guides.
This is the official iPhone guide. It's in PDF form.
https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1565/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf

This is the official iOS 9.3 guide. You download it from the App Store and it goes in iBooks.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/iphone-user-guide-for-ios-9.3/id1035373510?mt=11&at=10l3Vy

This is the official Watch guide:
https://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/1000/MA1708/en_US/apple_watch_user_guide.pdf

Very much appreciated, thanks 1000 times.

That has to be the nicest "read these manuals, NOOB!" reply I've ever received.

The above line was an attempt at humor.