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App that alerts when Watch disconnects from iPhone?
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If it can be done, Phone Buddy will probably be the ones to add it to their app, which is very good by the way.
I can’t understand why Apple doesn’t make a full fledged “Find My” Apple Watch app. If someone knows, please enlighten me lol. Works for tracking people with Apple devices. The Apple Watch is the one device that’s least likely to be lost and should be used to track your iPhone, AirTag items, etc. I don’t feel comfortable asking a stranger to use their Apple device so I could find mine in case lost. Wouldn’t it be great if my watch could do that, given it comes on my wrist and stays on until I’m home. I’ve sent this feature request to Apple multiple times in the past with reasons why.
This is probably a dumb suggestion, but did you open mobeleash on your watch as the message requests? My vague memory from when I last did that is that you need to do that, so find it in the grid of apps and launch it.
For me, Phone Buddy stopped working correctly with regards to not alerting when on Home WIFI when iOS 14.5 and WatchOS 7.4 came out.
I've worked with them and sent them logs, etc., and they confirm it's broken and may be a while before it's fixed.
That makes the app constantly alerting me when at home and my AW and iPhone get separated. I've just had to turn off alerts. When it worked (pre-14.5) it worked great. Hoping they fix their software soon.
I find the battery drain to be pretty low. I usually finish the day at just under 50% battery remaining.
Yep. Used to be a little rough on battery when the app first came out but it’s been optimized greatly since.
This was a feature that the dev worked on for a long time and I know they were absolutely determined to get it right. To be honest, I’m surprised it even made it to public release. Hopefully it will come back as good as before. Even Apple constantly breaks their own software with their own updates lol.
Question: I have Phone Buddy installed on my phone/watch and am looking to see about how to set an alert/alarm for the following:
I don't usually have an issue losing my watch - I put it on and all is good, but often will walk away from my phone (leave it in the car, on the dresser, desk). When the watch disconnects, the phone will alert, but the watch is silent. I often do not hear the phone since I am away.
Is there a setting just for the watch to go off? I have tried different settings/notifications but am not seeing a solution.
I don't usually have an issue losing my watch - I put it on and all is good, but often will walk away from my phone (leave it in the car, on the dresser, desk). When the watch disconnects, the phone will alert, but the watch is silent. I often do not hear the phone since I am away.
Is there a setting just for the watch to go off? I have tried different settings/notifications but am not seeing a solution.
That’s strange… the watch is the device that’s supposed to sound the alarm and or vibrate. At least that’s how mine works. Is your watch in do not disturb? If I have my AirPods in, I get the disconnect alarm through the AirPods too. Are you at least getting the notification that the phone has disconnected?
You can leave it running all the time and it will stay on even when you take your watch off and put it back on (not sure about if you reboot the watch tho), you can manually turn it off and then on everyday if you wish or you can set it to notify you in the app to turn it on everyday. That notification is pretty nagging, which is a good thing, and it won’t stop notifying until you dismiss the notification. The notification will also turn it on when you tap on it.