apple watch silent mode emergency bypass

Hello. I recently purchased an apple watch SE2. I have emergency bypass set on my phone for one contact, and that worked as it should until I bought the Apple Watch. The phone would ring for the one person for calls and texts when the phone is set to silent mode. Now, if I put my watch on silent mode, the emergency bypass cannot get though on my phone or watch. Neither one rings. I have mirror my phone set and have checked the volume and reset both the phone and watch but it doesn’t make a difference. Silent mode on the watch is silencing my phone and watch and emergency bypass contact. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks.

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Posted on Jun 20, 2023 12:29 PM

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Jun 21, 2023 12:58 AM in response to Elliebelliexo

Workarounds..

if you must have silent mode on make sure prominent haptics is turned on.

Preferably don't have silent mode on, just turn the watch notification volume down to nil instead, in Settings, Sounds & haptics.

You can do the same with siri response volume in Settings, Siri, Siri responses.

Let us know if this helps you, for future reference.

Jun 20, 2023 05:13 PM in response to Elliebelliexo

This appears to be an ongoing issue between the phone and the watch for a number of years now. There are various threads here in this forum reporting the same or a similar issue.


There currently doesn't appear to be a solution to this issue.


As in all the other threads, folks are requested to give Apple feedback on this issue.

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