Enabling Phone Notifications

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

NOTE: You can customize 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 and alert options.
   • To enable notifications for text messages, select Texts, and select status and alert options.
   • To enable notifications for phone apps, select Apps, and select status and alert options.
   • To view app notification permissions, select Apps, and scroll to view the list of apps.

   NOTE: Using your phone, you can manage which app notifications appear on your watch.

   On iOS® phones, when your phone and watch receive a notification from an app, the app appears in the Connected Apps list on your watch. In the Garmin Connect app, you can select > Settings > Connected Apps, select an app, and select what data to share. You can also select Disconnect to disconnect the app from your watch.

   On Android™ phones, in the Garmin Connect app, you can select > Settings > Notifications > App Notifications, and select which app notifications to enable. On your watch, the Blocked Apps list shows apps that do not send notifications to your watch.

   • 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, swipe down to view the notification center.
   • From the watch face, swipe up to view the notifications 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.
4. Scroll to the top of the notifications, and select Dismiss All to dismiss all notifications.

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.