Choose Notification Indicator and Privacy Settings
Take control of your watch’s Notifications settings by choosing the apps you want notifications from and the kind of notifications you get. None of the steps required to manage notifications on your Apple Watch occur on the watch. Instead, all notification settings are handled on the iPhone in the Watch app.
Apple Watch Notification Settings for Built-In Apps
After you choose the settings, control the notifications your iPhone sends to your Apple Watch from the built-in apps. These are the apps that come with the Watch, which you can’t delete.
Apple Watch Notification Settings for Third-Party Apps
Scroll down to the last section of the Watch app Notifications screen to see the third-party apps installed on your iPhone that have Apple Watch components. The choices here are to either mirror the iPhone’s notification settings on the Apple Watch or get no notifications on the watch for that app at all.
Move the toggle next to an app to the On/green position if you want to receive notifications on your Apple Watch mirrored from the iPhone.Move the toggle next to an app to the Off/white position to prevent all notifications from that app from appearing on the Apple Watch.
The more apps you move to the Off/white position, the fewer notifications you receive on the Apple Watch.
The Apple Watch-iPhone Notification Connection
Forget having to pull out and unlock your phone to see your text messages, Twitter mentions, voicemails, or sports scores. With the Apple Watch, all you need to do is glance at your wrist. Even better, the haptic feedback on the Apple Watch means you feel a vibration when there’s a notification to check. Otherwise, you can focus on whatever else you need to do. If you are overwhelmed with notifications, your Apple Watch doesn’t have to vibrate every time something happens on Twitter or a text message arrives. You’ll still get these notifications on the iPhone if you have iPhone notifications set up.
