Viewing, replying to, and deleting messages

Viewing messages

When you are wearing your watch, it will vibrate if it receives new message. Lift your wrist and swipe up the message card to view the new messages.

Your messages are saved in your watch for later viewing if you do not view the messages instantly.

The message card will display for 5 seconds by default. To modify the display duration, go to Settings > Sound & notifications > Notification preview, and choose High(Always show)、Normal(Show for 5 seconds) or Off(Never show).

When your watch receives multiple messages, swipe up on the screen to view the next message.
If you delete messages on your watch, the messages in your phone will also be deleted.

Replying to messages

For some messages, such as SMS, email, and app notifications, you can touch the message card and reply by voice (will be transferred to texts then), emoji, or texts.

The reply type may vary from app to app.

Deleting messages

You can swipe left the message card to ignore or delete the message.

Blocking notifications

Blocking notifications from specific apps

Touch on the upper right corner of Android Wear app to access the settings screen. Add the apps from which you do not wish to receive notifications for in Block app notifications.

Enabling app notification

Touch on the upper right corner of Android Wear app to access the settings screen. Delete the apps from which you wish to receive notifications for in Block app notifications.

Sending messages from your watch

You can send messages from your watch after enabling SMS permission to for the Android Wear app on your phone.

Enabling the message sending permission

If your are using a Huawei phone, to enable the message sending permission, go to Settings > Permissions > SMS, and touch Android Wear. The operations on phones of other brands are similar.

Sending messages

Method 1: Press the power button and access the Contacts screen. Choose a contact and touch .

Method 2: Say "Ok Google" on the home screen, and say "Send a text to XXX".

Method 3: Press the power button to wake your screen, then access the Messenger screen. Touch to send messages.

This method is only available for SIM and eSIM editions.

Reminder

Set a new event and time period in the Calendar of the paired phone. The event will synchronize to your watch, and your watch will remind you at the specified time.

You can view your agenda on your watch.
If the event you added is not synchronized to your watch, touch in the Android Wear app, and make sure Phone is selected in Calendar settings.