I get a message tone when I am away from my phone on my watch but I do not if 
the watch is in range of my phone.

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> On Nov 18, 2020, at 2:00 PM, Chris Chaffin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
>>  
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>>  
>> 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. The knack lies in 
>> learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
>> --Douglas Adams, from Life, The Universe and Everything, p.59
>>  
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