How to Repeat Text Message Alerts on an Apple Watch

One of my favorite interactions between the Apple watch and my iPhone is how text messages are handled. The ability to glance down at your watch and read a text message when you feel the watch vibrate is incredibly convenient, and really minimizes the amount of times that you will need to check your phone for notifications during the course of a day.

But sometimes you may not feel the watch vibrate, meaning that you aren’t getting the information from the text message until the next time you check your watch or the Messages app on your phone. Fortunately you can increase the number of times that these alerts repeat on the watch, allowing you multiple opportunities to read the message.

 

How to Adjust the Number of Times Messages Notifications Repeat on Apple Watch

The steps in this article were performed in the Watch app on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 10.3.3. The watch being affected by these changes is an Apple Watch 2 using the 3.2 version of WatchOS. By adjusting these settings you will change the number of times that you receive alerts from the Messages app on your watch. This will not affect the notification settings for the Messages app on your iPhone.

Step 1: Open the Watch app.

open the watch app

 

 

Step 2: Select the My Watch tab at the bottom of the screen.

choose the my watch tab

Step 3: Scroll down and touch the Messages option.

select the messages settings

 

 

Step 4: Touch the Repeat Alerts button.

open the repeat alerts option

 

 

Step 5: Tap the option that indicates the number of times that you want your message alerts to repeat on your Apple Watch.

how to repeat message alerts on apple watch

 

 

Getting the correct settings for your Apple watch notifications is an important part of making the watch as useful for you as possible. Learn how to turn off the reminders from the Breathe feature of the watch if you aren’t using it.