Lockdown mode prevents notifications about incoming phone calls on Apple Watch to appear

When Lockdown mode is activated on my iPhone (running iOS 16.3) my Apple Watch 6 (running WatchOS 9.3) stops notifying me about incoming phone calls. Any other notification works as before just the incoming phone calls are not reported.


Disabling Lockdown mode makes the incoming calls work again on the Apple Watch.


Is this a known bug or limitation?


iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 16

Posted on Jan 26, 2023 07:59 AM

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Posted on Jan 26, 2023 11:33 PM

Thanks for the suggestion, I've now reported the issue via the feedback form. Hopefully there will be a fix or at least a Lockdown mode documentation update.


Basically the incoming call phone notifications are the only thing that is not working for me once I've activated Lockdown mode. It took awhile to connect the dots and turn it off.


The docs About Lockdown Mode - Apple Support mentioned nothing about restrictions related to incoming call notifications on other devices.

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Jan 26, 2023 11:33 PM in response to javaliga

Thanks for the suggestion, I've now reported the issue via the feedback form. Hopefully there will be a fix or at least a Lockdown mode documentation update.


Basically the incoming call phone notifications are the only thing that is not working for me once I've activated Lockdown mode. It took awhile to connect the dots and turn it off.


The docs About Lockdown Mode - Apple Support mentioned nothing about restrictions related to incoming call notifications on other devices.

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