Enabling Phone Notifications

You can customize how notifications from your paired phone sound and appear on your watch during normal use.

NOTE: You can configure notifications during sleep or activities in the Focus Modes settings (Focus Modes).

1. From the watch face, hold .
2. Select Watch Settings > Connectivity > Phone > Notifications.
3. Select an option:
   • To enable phone notifications, select Status > On.
   • To enable notifications for phone calls, select Calls, and select status, tone, and vibration preferences.
   • To enable notifications for text messages, select Texts, and select status, tone, and vibration preferences.
   • To enable notifications for phone apps, select Apps, and select status, tone, and vibration preferences.
   • To hide notification details until you perform an action, select Privacy, and select an option.
   • To change how long the watch displays notifications, select Timeout.
   • To add a signature to your text message replies from your watch, select Signature.

   NOTE: This feature is available only for compatible Android™ phones.

Viewing Notifications

You can view your phone notifications on your watch from several menu locations.

1. Select an option:
   • From the watch face, press to view the notification center.
   • From the watch face, press to view the notification glance.

   TIP: From the glance, you can swipe left to dismiss a notification.

   • From the watch face, press , and select Notifications to view the notifications app.
   • Hold , and select Notifications to view the notifications control.
2. Select a notification.
3. Press for more options.

Receiving an Incoming Phone Call

When you receive a phone call on your connected phone, the fēnix watch displays the name or phone number of the caller.

• To accept the call, select .
• To decline the call, select .
• To decline the call and immediately send a text message reply, select Reply, and select a message from the list.

NOTE: To send a text message reply, you must be connected to a compatible Android phone using Bluetooth technology.

Replying to a Text Message

NOTE: This feature is available only for compatible Android phones.

When you receive a text message notification on your watch, you can send a quick reply by selecting from a list of messages. You can customize messages in the Garmin Connect app.

NOTE: This feature sends text messages using your phone. Regular text message limits and charges from your carrier and phone plan may apply. Contact your mobile carrier for more information about text message charges or limits.

1. From the watch face, press to view the notification center.
2. Select a text message notification.
3. Press .
4. Select Reply.
5. Select a message from the list.

Your phone sends the selected message as an SMS text message.

Managing Notifications

You can use your compatible phone to manage notifications that appear on your fēnix watch.

Select an option:

• If you are using an iPhone®, go to the iOS® notifications settings to select the items to show on the watch.

NOTE: All notifications that you enable on your iPhone also appear on your watch.

• If you are using an Android phone, from the Garmin Connect app, select > Settings > Notifications.