Does anyone know how to get the happy new year notification to go away. The message to me is particularly disturbing as it contained identifiers on who the message was sent to but the sender is not identified.
Apple Watch SE, watchOS 10
WatchOS does that fireworks stuff and all, all by itself. It’s not an indication of any issues, or any malware.
Here is a writeup about this from two years ago:
Reportedly a YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDuwuQCiCME
To request Apple permanently remove it, send them feedback: Product Feedback - Apple
WatchOS does that fireworks stuff and all, all by itself. It’s not an indication of any issues, or any malware.
Here is a writeup about this from two years ago:
Reportedly a YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDuwuQCiCME
To request Apple permanently remove it, send them feedback: Product Feedback - Apple
tallmanjack wrote:
Does anyone know how to get the happy new year notification to go away. The message to me is particularly disturbing as it contained identifiers on who the message was sent to but the sender is not identified.
IF it is a group message, you can hide the alerts. Open the thread click at the top icon - maybe info - enable hide alerts.
Hi Razmee,
Thanks for your reply. I tried your suggested solution but no avail. Other Apple Watch users reported a similar issue; this indicates a software issue. I suspect the offending notification was sent by Apple somehow.
It’s creepy that the sender could not be identified.
If you click on the Happy New Year message from an unknown sender (I should have known better), the message displays fireworks on my Simple watch face, and disappears from Messages. I figured it was from my wife.
Googling this issue, it seems that similar messages for New Years have been associated with covertly installing malware used to siphon data (Contacts, passwords, etc) from accounts. Erasing all content and settings from my apple watch and iPhone have not helped - the message reappears when I restore the watch from a pre-new-years-day backup... and appears to open automatically by itself.
Any help permanently removing this would be much appreciated.
Dismiss Happy New Year notification from unknown sender
