This page can help if:
- Your watch doesn't vibrate when you receive a notification.
- You're not seeing notifications at all.
- On your iPhone, open the settings app.
- Tap Bluetooth.
- Under 'My devices', tap on your Wear OS device Share system notifications.
If your watch is in Cinema mode, notifications won’t appear and your display will be turned off.
Here’s how to turn off Cinema mode:
- If your watch has a power button: Press it.
- If your watch doesn't have a power button: tap the screen twice quickly.
Learn more about Cinema mode.
If your phone is set to 'Do Not Disturb' mode, your watch won’t receive notifications from your phone. Make sure that 'Do Not Disturb' mode is turned off.
- On your iPhone, open the settings app.
- Tap Do Not Disturb and then turn it off.
- On your iPhone, open the settings app.
- Tap Notifications.
- If the app that you want is listed as 'Off', tap the app name, and then turn on Allow notifications.
If you receive a notification on your phone but with no sound or vibration, you'll still see it on your watch, but it won’t vibrate.
Your watch only gets notifications that also appear on your phone’s lock screen.
You can check this in your iPhone’s settings app.
- On your phone, open the Wear OS app .
- Scroll down and tap Notifications.
- Turn on the apps that should send you notifications.
Try opening a website on your phone, such as news.google.com, to make sure that you are connected.
Make sure that your iPhone’s Bluetooth is turned on and that it is in range of your watch. If your watch disconnects from your phone, tap the 'Tap to reconnect' card.
For more help, find out more about how to pair your watch to your phone, or try some steps to troubleshoot pairing.
Tip: You won't see the disconnected icon if your watch is in aeroplane mode. If your watch isn't paired, on your watch's screen, you may see the disconnected icon .
If none of these steps work, try to reset your watch to factory settings.
Important: When you reset your watch to factory settings, all apps, settings and data on your watch are erased.