I just bought a n iphone 14. Why can’t I get text notifications on both watch and phone?

I just bought an iPhone 14. Why can’t I get text notifications now on my Apple Watch?

Apple Watch Series 7, watchOS 9

Posted on Dec 23, 2022 4:00 PM

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Posted on Dec 23, 2022 5:06 PM

By design, you're NOT supposed to get notifications on both Apple Watch and iPhone at the same time. When the watch is on your wrist and your iPhone screen is locked, notifications comes to your watch, not your iPhone. If you are using your iPhone and the screen is active, notifications come to your iPhone, not your watch. This is expected behavior and as Apple engineered it to be.


Read this link --> Notifications on your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Note this at the very top of this Apple Support Article:


Where notifications appear

Notifications appear on your Apple Watch or iPhone, but not both.

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Dec 23, 2022 5:06 PM in response to 86g48

By design, you're NOT supposed to get notifications on both Apple Watch and iPhone at the same time. When the watch is on your wrist and your iPhone screen is locked, notifications comes to your watch, not your iPhone. If you are using your iPhone and the screen is active, notifications come to your iPhone, not your watch. This is expected behavior and as Apple engineered it to be.


Read this link --> Notifications on your Apple Watch - Apple Support


Note this at the very top of this Apple Support Article:


Where notifications appear

Notifications appear on your Apple Watch or iPhone, but not both.

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Dec 23, 2022 4:08 PM in response to 86g48

Do you mean the notification sounds?


If so, welcome to my world.

I believe it's courteous for office workers. It probably is if I worked in an office, lol.

Anywho, if that's what you're meaning, you'll need to suggest it to the engineers by filling out and submitting this form:

Feedback - Watch - Apple

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