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 configure notifications for each phone app, select Apps > Connected Apps, select an app, and select an option.

   NOTE: You can manage app notifications in your phone settings. When your phone and watch receive a notification from an app, the app appears in the Connected Apps list on your watch.

   For Android phones, you can also use the Garmin Connect app to manage which app notifications appear on your watch. In the Garmin Connect app, you can select > Settings > Notifications > App Notifications.

   • 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.

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.