

To use this tactic, open the Watch app on iPhone once again. This isn’t practical if you want notifications, but if you don’t care about them, this works just fine. Doing this only sends a read receipt when you actually open the Messages app on Apple Watch and tap something to view the message. That is to turn off alerts themselves on your watch. There is one other way to keep message read receipts accurate on Apple Watch.

Bonus Tip: Turn Off Messages Alerts Instead Instead, the only time Apple will send read receipts is on your iPhone, iPad and Mac if you have them enabled there. In fact, no interactions on your watch will. So much as seeing or even dismissing a notification on your watch will no longer send read receipts. Once this is turned off, you’re finally free from the inaccurate read receipts. Turning it off does so solely for the Apple Watch, but not on any of your other Apple devices. Scroll all the way to the bottom, then toggle the switch for Send Read Receipts. To tweak read receipts for Apple Watch only, select Custom.Ī larger list of customization options expands. If you instead choose Custom, Apple Watch lets you set your own separate settings for how messages behave on that device. Mirroring the iPhone means that any settings from your iPhone that apply to Messages on your Apple Watch will automatically carry over. You’ll see two main settings at the top: Mirror My iPhone and Custom. Instead, open the Watch app on your linked iPhone. Currently, Apple doesn’t have any settings for the Messages app directly on Apple Watch.
