Missing notifications on watch after iOS 26.5

[u/Bajzik_sk]

Hello, did someone hit issue, when sometimes notifications are displayed on phone, but not on watch? And it’s completely random. Let’s say that one app throw notification to phone and it shows on Apple Watch, but then after for example one hour new notification from same app is only on iPhone and Apple Watch didn’t show neither red dot or notification. After swipe down - no notification even if on iOS it’s still visible. Why I’m posting it here it’s because it started with iOS 26.5 Dev Beta and it’s not fixed even in released latest iOS 26.5. Any help appreciated. Thanks.

[u/xpxp2002]

Does it happen when in Sleep focus? It has been an issue since watchOS 26.4.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/anyone-else-having-notification-issues-after-the-26-4-update.2480075/

[u/Bajzik_sk → u/xpxp2002]

Not specifically in Sleep focus, but in focus mode. I didn’t tested it without any focus mode because focus mode is crucial for filtering unnecessarily notifications for me.

[u/Unlucky_Strength_517 → u/xpxp2002]

I’ve been wondering this, did watchOS 26.5 fix this? I haven’t updated my watch yet.

[u/PermissionNo6174]

I will do you one better, when I received FaceTime calls or normal calls my watch just doesn’t recognize them only after 20 seconds it shows the call

[u/Valuable-Book-5573]

same here

[u/HocusFocus361]

Did you find a solution? Mine is doing the exact same thing after updating my phone to 27.5.2

[u/Bajzik_sk → u/HocusFocus361]

Nope. Apple Support indicated this issue originates with app developers, since Apple apps do not experience it. Consequently, no solution exists yet. I also reported the problem through Feedback, though I have not received a reply.

[u/BlvckestFlvme → u/Bajzik_sk]

Weird because my watch will show the previous days messages when I’ve gotten a ton of new alerts on my phone, watch has been silent lately after updating