Just got my Fenix 8 and all my notifications are working and coming through to the watch except text messages. Have checked notification settings and it is toggled to on and tried a bunch of stuff i found online and nothing seems to fix it.
Just got my Fenix 8 and all my notifications are working and coming through to the watch except text messages. Have checked notification settings and it is toggled to on and tried a bunch of stuff i found online and nothing seems to fix it.
Hello. I am sorry to hear you are having this issue. There are a number of settings that can impact smart notifications. Here are some recommendations.
Update September 9, 2025:
Our engineers are rolling out the Live Public software update, version 17.30. This included a fix for a potential issue that may prevent notifications from alerting on the watch…
Ok, for anyone else that has the issue, I finally solved it (after HOURS!!!!!!!!) and it was a different solution than I have read elsewhere. I have an iphone. I must have reset everything 10 times. I…
So am now on 20.19 and I still can not get texts on my watch. This is INFURIATING. I get every other notifications, but not the one I really care about. Garmin.get you act together!
The setting recommendations under this step are required by Apple to display notifications on a Bluetooth® paired device.
From the iPhone Settings, select Notifications.
