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Watch 7 not getting google message notifications
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07-16-2026 10:05 PM
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mesport
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My watch is not getting the notification vivibration when I get a.text message through Google messaging. I have checked all my settings on both my watch and my phone A17 and can't figure it out. Any ideaa?
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AAbbott
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07-16-2026 10:56 PM
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Only if you didn't change the watch settings to allow notifications from Google messages when you switched. It's not automatic. And turn off notifications from Samsung messages in the Wear app.
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LongHiker
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07-16-2026 10:11 PM
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@mesport The Watch 9 hasn't been released yet.
Some things to check.
Make sure the phone is not on Silent.
Go to Samsung Wearable -> Watch settings. Click on Notifications.
1) Set "Phone notifications on watch" to "Always show on both"
2) Click on App notifications. Find Messages and enable it.
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mesport
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07-16-2026 10:15 PM
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AAbbott
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07-16-2026 10:25 PM
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Make sure you have notifications allowed for the app on the watch in the Wear app. Do you have vibration turned on in the notification settings for the phone app? Make sure notification categories are turned on (settings/notifications/advanced features/manage notification categories for each app). If notification categories are turned on, go to the app notifications, select notification categories and for incoming messages, make sure that's on and then tap it to make sure the vibration indicator is on. I believe that vibration informs the watch not sure, because I've always had it on, and I always get vibration notifications on my watch. Make sure it says "alert", not "silent", as silent notifications do not vibrate on either the phone or the watch.
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mesport
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07-16-2026 10:26 PM
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AAbbott
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07-16-2026 10:56 PM
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Only if you didn't change the watch settings to allow notifications from Google messages when you switched. It's not automatic. And turn off notifications from Samsung messages in the Wear app.
mesport
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07-16-2026 10:59 PM
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AAbbott
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07-16-2026 11:06 PM
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If something I suggested helped you, please mark it as your solution. Thank you.
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mesport
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07-16-2026 10:32 PM
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AAbbott
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07-16-2026 10:54 PM
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Do you have notification categories turned on? If notification categories are not turned on, you will not see the various categories. You have to turn them on using my instructions above.
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mesport
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07-16-2026 10:55 PM
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AAbbott
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07-16-2026 11:02 PM
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Whatever notifications you allow on the phone will appear on the watch, as long as you allowed the watch to receive those notifications. As @LongHiker mentioned, you have to also allow "always show on both", not smart device selection to make sure you will get the notification on the watch, when you are not holding your phone. Otherwise all notifications will go to the phone while you are wearing the watch and connected to the phone, and only go to the watch when the phone is off or the connection is severed.
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