Originally Posted by
amzi160586 Unless I'm having a brain fog, this never used to be the case.
Fortunately, it's just a brain fog and not a brain cloud. The latter is usually fatal, and the only thing to do is head for a volcano.
Your Watch has to be on your wrist and unlocked to get Notifications. This keeps a thief or unauthorized personnel from seeing them. If you remove the passcode then the Watch is unlocked. If your phone is unlocked it doesn't send notifications to your Watch. You also want to make super your Watch and phone aren't set to Do Not Disturb.
When all is working properly, and you've properly configured your apps and Mirror or Custom settings in the Watch App, data for apps should update when your phone is locked. You should get notifications, email, etc., but your Watch has to be unlocked. When locked my Watch will only display the time and the padlock. If I try to do anything else with it, the keypad appears.
I'm curious as to why you would keep your Watch while wearing it. Even if it showed everything when locked, why lock it if you're wearing it? If it locks on it's own, then you're wearing it too loosely. Or it's defective.