I updated my Apple Watch 8 last week, and now it keeps waking me early in the morning, dinging and vibrating for no reason. Do not disturb makes no difference. How can I fix this? I like to use the watch to track my sleep, but now it’s wrecking my sleep.
Hey there judithfromyork,
We'd like to help by learning more about what's happening, along with ruling out some basics:
Cheers!
Hey there judithfromyork,
We'd like to help by learning more about what's happening, along with ruling out some basics:
Cheers!
Thanks for responding. The ding and vibration come with no notification. They just wake me up. I look at my watch, and there's nothing there.
Hello judithfromyork,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities.
Do these notifications appear to be coming from a certain app, or from an alarm? You may consider changing your notification settings, enabling a Focus, or changing your sleep schedule and alarm. The following Apple Support articles can help you change these settings on your Apple Watch.
Please reply back with more details if you need more help after this.
Cheers!
Thanks, Bruno75. I appreciate your detailed message. My watch is up to date since that update last week. I just updated my phone. (Not sure why it wasn’t up to date, since I have auto update on.) Since no visible notifications accompany the ding and vibrate, I wouldn’t know what to turn off in Notifications, but I just went in and turned off a lot of app notifications for apps from which I’ve never received notifications! I have no alarms set. Perhaps my phone update will cure the problem, though this recent OS seems to be designed to deal with security issues, not bugs like mine.
As for Focus/Do Not Disturb, I set that on my phone, not my watch. I don’t see where (if anywhere) to set it on the watch/watch app. The setting on my phone has—until recently—has applied to my watch, protected my sleep from noises and vibrations. That’s why the first ding was so surprising. And profoundly annoying.
Thanks again. I welcome any other suggestions.
Hello judithfromyork,
This article goes over how to use Focus on your watch:Use Focus on Apple Watch - Apple Support
We hope the update resolves the issue, but if not, check the settings to see if they are correct for your focus use on your watch, and see if that resolves the issue.
Cheers!
Thanks, K_Faith. I just checked in the phone settings, and the Focus settings mirror my watch. I appreciate your message. I learned a few things from exploring that link you provided, and now both my watch will automatically show the darker screens/faces during Do Not Disturb at night.
Hey judithfromyork,
Great to hear that things are set up properly. With all that's been checked and verified up to this point, it might be best to Get Support directly from Apple from here, as they may be able to delve in a little deeper.
Take care.
I just checked, and my watch is set to mirror Focus/Do Not Disturb settings on my phone.
Thanks, Brian! This is a nice community of helpful folks. I’ll do as you suggest and contact Apple.
judith
Apple Watch waking me up
