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 Middle-left button.
  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 Menu > 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 Menu > 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.
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August 2026