Managing messages on your HUAWEI WATCH 3 Series/HUAWEI WATCH 4 Series/HUAWEI WATCH 5 Series
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Managing messages on your HUAWEI WATCH 3 Series/HUAWEI WATCH 4 Series/HUAWEI WATCH 5 Series

When your watch is linked with the Huawei Health app and message notifications are enabled, messages that are pushed to your phone's status bar can be synced to your watch.

Enabling message notifications

  1. Open the Huawei Health app, go to the device details screen, touch Notifications, and toggle on the switch for Notifications.
  2. Go to the app list and toggle on the switches for the apps that you would like to receive notifications from.
 
  • Go to APPS to view the list of apps that you can receive notifications from.
  • HUAWEI phones: When Smart notifications is enabled, the phone will intelligently select which device to notify based on phone usage. When you're using your phone, notifications will be muted on your watch. It'll still receive the notifications, but it won't vibrate or ring. When you aren't using your phone but keeping your watch on your wrist, you will be notified of messages via your watch and your phone won't vibrate or ring.
  • Android phones: When Mute notifications when using phone is enabled, notifications will be muted on your watch if you're using your phone. The watch won't vibrate or ring.
  • The Smart notifications and Mute notifications when using phone features are not available when the device is paired with an iPhone.

Viewing unread messages

Your watch will vibrate to notify you of new messages pushed from the phone status bar.

Unread messages will be kept on your watch. To view them, swipe up on the watch home screen to enter the message center.

 
  • If you haven't activated the eSIM standalone service and your watch is disconnected from the phone, you will not be able to receive or reply to SMS messages or messages on your watch.
  • Messages will be stored on your watch after you view them in the message center. You can swipe left on the message center or touch the delete button on the details screen to delete them.

Replying to SMS messages

 
  • This feature is not supported on iPhones.
  • You can reply to SMS messages directly on your watch once the eSIM Standalone Number service is enabled.
  • The quick reply feature is only supported when replying to an SMS message using the SIM card that has received the message.
To reply to a new SMS message or a message from an app such as WhatsApp, Messenger, or Telegram on your watch, you can reply to it in the following ways:
  • You can touch the emoticon button below the message to select an emoticon for quick reply.
  • You can touch the keyboard button below the message to customize the reply content. The reply content can be entered using the keyboard or emoticons.
  • You can also swipe up on the message notification screen and select a quick reply.

To reply to a new SMS message on your watch, you can use quick replies or emoticons. Supported message types are subject to actual use.

Customizing quick replies

This feature is not supported on iPhones.

You can customize a quick reply as follows:

  1. Once your watch is linked with the Huawei Health app, open the app, go to the device details screen, and touch the Quick replies card.
  2. You can touch Add reply to add a reply, touch an existing reply to edit it, or touch next to a reply to delete it.

Deleting unread messages

Swipe up on the home screen of your watch to enter the unread message center, and touch at the bottom of the message list to delete all unread messages.

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