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    ItnStln511
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    I've had an Apple Watch for several months now, and I just noticed something yesterday. I've noticed that my iPhone won't give me an audio notification to messages. Is this normal?Is there a way to get audio notifications on the iPhone?
    03-10-2017 10:27 AM
  2. thejasonhowell's Avatar
    thejasonhowell
    Originally Posted by ItnStln511
    I've had an Apple Watch for several months now, and I just noticed something yesterday. I've noticed that my iPhone won't give me an audio notification to messages. Is this normal?Is there a way to get audio notifications on the iPhone?
    If your iPhone's screen is on notifications will only appear there. If it's off and in your pocket then notifications only appear in the watch
    Last edited by thejasonhowell; 03-10-2017 at 08:30 PM.
    03-10-2017 10:37 AM
  3. ItnStln511's Avatar
    ItnStln511
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    Originally Posted by thejasonhowell
    If you're iPhone's screen is on notifications will only appear there. If it's off and in your pocket then notifications only appear in the watch
    Is there any way to get notifications on both?
    03-10-2017 10:41 AM
  4. thejasonhowell's Avatar
    thejasonhowell
    Originally Posted by ItnStln511
    Is there any way to get notifications on both?
    There is not.
    03-10-2017 08:30 PM
  5. bamf-hacker's Avatar
    bamf-hacker
    Originally Posted by ItnStln511
    Is there any way to get notifications on both?
    Possibly in a future release of the OS. As of now though getting notified in multiple places is not something that is possible.
    04-05-2017 08:25 AM
  6. John Yester's Avatar
    John Yester
    Pretty sure you can turn off wrist detection, but you will lose additional features.
    Lee_Bo likes this.
    04-05-2017 08:55 AM
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    ItnStln511
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    Originally Posted by bamf-hacker
    Possibly in a future release of the OS. As of now though getting notified in multiple places is not something that is possible.
    That's a shame because if I'm moving my hands then I don't always feel the vibration even with it turned to high.
    edswife1970 likes this.
    04-05-2017 10:00 AM
  8. ItnStln511's Avatar
    ItnStln511
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    Originally Posted by John Yester
    Pretty sure you can turn off wrist detection, but you will lose additional features.
    Will that allow me to get notifications on my phone?
    04-05-2017 10:10 AM
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    Lee_Bo
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    Originally Posted by ItnStln511
    Will that allow me to get notifications on my phone?
    Confirmed. I just turned wrist detection off and had a friend send me a text message. I got audio and vibration alert on both my iPhone and Apple Watch. However, I use the health app and in particular Pedometer++ so I'll turn wrist detection back on now.

    Hope this helps.
    John Yester likes this.
    04-05-2017 10:39 AM
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    ItnStln511
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    Originally Posted by Lee_Bo
    Confirmed. I just turned wrist detection off and had a friend send me a text message. I got audio and vibration alert on both my iPhone and Apple Watch. However, I use the health app and in particular Pedometer++ so I'll turn wrist detection back on now.

    Hope this helps.
    That helps a lot, thanks!
    04-05-2017 01:49 PM
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