- Has anyone else experienced missed Android notifications on their Forerunner 245 recently, seemingly at random?
For example, I'll get two notifications from the same Android app a few seconds or minutes apart. One will pop up and vibrate on my watch, and the other one won't.
I don't think it's a configuration issue, because nothing in my environment (that I can identify) changes between the successful and missing events. Specifically:
- Phone and watch are nearby in both cases (e.g. in my pocket, on my desk)
- App is enabled for notifications in Garmin Connect > Settings > Notifications > App Notifications
- On watch, Do Not Disturb mode is disabled
- Problem persists after rebooting watch and phone
For whatever reason, some notifications just don't show up. I notice this most with Messages (i.e. default Google SMS app), but it's probably just because that app generates the most notifications for me. I also observed this with the Amazon and UPS apps today after some packages were delivered, so it appears to be a generic notification issue, not specific to one app.
I've had this watch for 2.5 years, and the notification behavior has been stable until... a few weeks ago? a month or two ago? It's subtle and sporadic, though, so it might have taken me a while to realize what was happening. I haven't changed anything on the watch recently (other than the band). The phone, being a phone, updates something every day, so the problem could be due to a Google/Samsung/etc. update. I'm currently running 11.60 on my watch.
Anyway, I appreciate your feedback if you're experiencing the same thing - especially if you have a solution :) Thanks!