Richard, the watch does make a ding sound when it gets a text message. if yours is not, then check the souns and haptic settings in the watch app. Make sure the alert volume is not turned down.
Chris > On Nov 18, 2020, at 2:50 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi, > I just figured out that if I turn off message notifications on the watch, > then I get them on the phone. > IN my case, since I won’t likely ever be anywhere without the phone, I prefer > it that way. > Sometimes, the subtle vibration isn’t catching my attention. > If the watch played a sound rather than just the vibration, that might have > been OK. > > > > Richard > "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of > flying. > There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in > learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." > --Douglas Adams, from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59 > > Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com > > *I’m not the card shark > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mary > Otten > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2020 11:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Text message alerts after getting the Apple watch > > Yes, I am not getting my text message tone on my phone anymore. Weirdly, I’m > getting it on my old phone, to which the watch is not paired, and which does > not have a Sim card, although it is on the same Wi-Fi network as the watch > and my phone that has a Sim card. But my real phone, the one I actually text > with, no more message sound. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 18, 2020, at 11:26 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Since I got my watch, when I receive a text message, I get a vibration on the > watch, but absolutely nothing out of my phone. > Email sounds, ringtone, both work on the phone, anyone else finding that the > message alerts go silent on the phone because of the watch? Any solution? > > > > Richard > "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of > flying. > There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. 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