Can my smartwatch display notifications from my phone ?Updated 21 days ago
📳 What notifications can my smartwatch display?
Which notifications are supported?
Your ICE Smart or ICE Fit watch relays your phone's notifications over Bluetooth, whatever the app:
- Incoming calls
- SMS, iMessage, RCS, and messaging apps (WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, etc.)
- Social media apps (Instagram, Facebook, etc.)
- Email apps
- Any app that sends notifications on your phone
⚠️ The watch displays notifications only — you cannot write messages from the watch.
How do I enable notifications?
- Make sure the watch is connected to the ICE Smart app via Bluetooth.
- In the ICE Smart app, go to Device › Notifications and enable push notifications for the apps you want.
- Make sure Do Not Disturb is off, both on the watch and in the app's schedule.
- On your phone, allow the ICE Smart app to send and access notifications (see the steps for your phone below).
🍎 iPhone — notification setup
- In the ICE Smart app: Device › Notification management › System notification permission.
- iPhone Settings › Bluetooth › tap the "i" next to your watch › turn on "Share System Notifications".
- iPhone Settings › Notifications › ICE Smart: allow notifications, set Show Previews to "Always" or "When Unlocked", and banner style to "Persistent".
- For SMS and iMessage: iPhone Settings › Messages › Notifications › Show Previews › "Always" or "When Unlocked". Do the same for each app whose notifications you want on the watch.
- Update iOS and the ICE Smart app. On recent iOS versions, also check in Screen Time that the apps are not restricted.
🤖 Android — notification setup
- Settings › Apps › ICE Smart › Permissions › grant all permissions (notifications, contacts, phone, location).
- Settings › Battery › disable battery optimisation for ICE Smart, and allow it to run in the background. This is the most common cause of missing notifications on Android.
- Settings › Notifications › ICE Smart › allow all.
💡 On Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei and other brands with aggressive battery management, notifications stop if the ICE Smart app is restricted in the background.
🔄 Notifications still not working?
- Reset the connection: remove the watch in the ICE Smart app, forget it in your phone's Bluetooth settings, factory-reset the watch (Settings › Factory reset), then pair it again in the app.
- In the app, turn all notifications off for a few seconds, then on again.
- Restart your phone and your watch.
- Last resort: uninstall the ICE Smart app, reinstall it accepting every permission, and add the watch again.
If the problem persists, contact our customer service with your watch model and 6-digit reference, your phone model and OS version, your ICE Smart app version, and the steps already tried.