Do Samsung Watches Receive Text Messages?
Samsung watches are capable of both sending and receiving text messages. If your Samsung watch has its own LTE data plan and phone number from your cellular carrier, then you can send and receive texts and make phone calls without the assistance of a phone. If you use your watch in conjunction with your phone, then you can use it to receive and send texts as long as it’s connected to your phone.
How to Enable Text Messages on a Samsung Galaxy Watch
Before you can receive text messages on a Samsung Galaxy Watch, you need to enable the feature. Your watch can receive notifications from many different sources, and you can choose whether or not to receive those notifications on an app-by-app basis. For example, you could choose to receive alerts about text messages, email, and alarms but turn off all others. Here’s how to make sure you receive texts on your Samsung Galaxy Watch:
How to Read Text Messages On Your Galaxy Watch
When you receive a text message, you’ll receive the alert of your choice on your watch. Depending on the settings you choose, you may feel a vibration or hear a short alert sound. When you receive that notification, you can wake your watch by raising it, tapping it, or tapping the home key, and the text will appear on the watch automatically.
You can also check and read text messages on your watch manually if you don’t catch the alert in time:
How to Send Text Messages From a Galaxy Watch
You can also send text messages from your Galaxy Watch if you’re using it with an Android phone or if the watch has an LTE data plan and phone number. Here’s how to send text messages from a Galaxy Watch:
Why Am I Not Receiving Text Messages on My Galaxy Watch?
If you aren’t receiving text messages on your Galaxy Watch, the first step is to make sure text alerts are enabled. That process is described above, and it involves opening the Galaxy Wearables app on your phone and turning on notifications from the messages app. If you use a different app for text messages, try enabling notifications for that app as well. You may also need to install the companion app for your text app on the watch. If your text app doesn’t support watches or doesn’t support Samsung Galaxy watches in particular, try switching back to the default Android text messaging app. Also, make sure your watch is connected to your phone via Bluetooth. Check your phone to see if Bluetooth is on, and turn it on if it isn’t. You can also try setting the watch close to your phone to see if it establishes a connection, or take both the phone and the watch to an area where there isn’t a lot of interference from other devices. If your watch has a data plan and phone number, and you can’t send or receive texts, you’ll need to contact the carrier for more information. The phone number may not be set up correctly on the watch, or another issue may need attention.
