Managing messages on your HUAWEI watch/band

Enabling the Notifications feature

1. Open Huawei Health, navigate to the device details screen, tap Notifications, and toggle on Notifications.
2. In the app list below, toggle on the switches for the apps you wish to receive notifications from.

On the Notifications screen, the APPS section shows the list of apps that you can receive notifications from.

Push notifications settings

To receive notifications on the wearable based on the phone usage status, open Huawei Health, navigate to the device details screen, tap Notifications, and toggle on Smart notifications or Mute notifications when using phone (This switch is toggled off by default.).

• HUAWEI phones: Enable Smart notifications.

  Notifications will be muted on your wearable while you are using your phone. The wearable will still receive the notification, but it won't vibrate or ring.

  When you aren't using your phone and wearing your wearable, you will be notified of messages via your wearable and your phone won't ring or vibrate.

• Other Android phones: Once Mute notifications when using phone is enabled, notifications will be muted on your wearable while you are using your phone. The wearable will still receive the notification, but it won't vibrate or ring.

 

• The Smart notifications or Mute notifications when using phone feature is not available when the wearable is paired with an iPhone.
• These settings are only available on certain wearable models.

Viewing and deleting unread messages

1. When being worn, your wearable device will vibrate to notify you of new messages pushed from the status bar of your phone.
2. Unread messages will be kept on your wearable. To view them, swipe up on the home screen to enter the message centre.
3. To delete a message, do as follows:
   • Swipe left on a message that you wish to delete, and tap to delete it.
   • Tap at the bottom of the message list to clear all messages.

 

• Automatic screen-on for incoming messages (when the device is worn) works only on certain wearable models. To check if your device supports the feature, go to Settings > Notifications and toggle on Wake screen if it's available. If you can't find such a switch, you can view messages by raising your wrist or pressing the button to wake the screen.
• Messages that you've read on your phone will be automatically cleared from the message list on your wearable. On the other hand, messages that you've read on your wearable will still be kept in the message list on your wearable, and you'll need to tap the Deletion icon to remove them.
• Certain watch models do not support the deletion of an individual message.

Replying to SMS messages

1. To reply to a new SMS message or a message from WhatsApp, Messenger, or Telegram on your wearable, you can use quick replies or emoticons. Supported message types are subject to actual use.
2. To customise quick replies, open Huawei Health, navigate to the device details screen, and tap Quick replies.
3. You can tap Add reply to add a reply, tap an existing reply to edit it, or tap next to a reply to delete it.

 

• This feature is only available on certain product models.
• This feature is unavailable when your wearable is paired with an iPhone.
• Quick SMS replies only work with the SIM card that has received the SMS message.
• Text reply is available on certain models.