The SamsungGalaxy Watch 6andWatch 6 Classicare probably the best Android watches you can invest money in. Aside from the advanced capabilities, such as tracking your health metrics, controlling media from your wrist, and using navigation from your wrist, one of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 series' primary features is to notify you of incoming calls and texts.
When you pair your Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 with yourlatest Samsung phone, you receive a notification on both devices. This can be annoying, as your phone and watch light up and vibrate or ring at the same time. To fix this, this guide shows you how to silence your Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 and receive notifications discreetly.
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How can I silence my Samsung Galaxy Watch 6?
There are different ways to silence your Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, which involves turning on silent mode on your watch and smartphone. The method mentioned below also applies to older Samsung Galaxy watches, including the Galaxy Watch 4 series and Galaxy Watch 5 series.
Wear OS also has a feature that silences the notifications on your watch when using your phone. Let’s look at each method to silence your Samsung Galaxy Watch 6.
Turn on silent mode using the Quick Settings on your watch
You can turn on silent mode on your Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 from Quick Settings. Here’s how to do it:
This is the easiest way to silence your Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 or the Watch 6 Classic without touching your smartphone.
Silence your Galaxy Watch 6 via the Settings menu
You can also go into the Settings menu of your watch to silence it. Here’s how to do it:
Turn on the Do Not Disturb mode
You can also activate the Do Not Disturb mode on your Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, which you can access by following these steps:
When this mode is turned on, it turns off the vibration and mutes incoming calls and notifications. Alarms still ring even after the Do Not Disturb mode is turned on.
Choose Theater or Sleep mode to silence your Samsung Galaxy Watch 6
If you want to go beyond the Do Not Disturb mode, you can use multiple modes within the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6. These two options are the Theater mode and the Sleep mode. Here’s how to turn them on:
The difference betweenTheaterandSleepmodes is that inSleep mode, apart from automatically turning on Do Not Disturb mode, this mode deactivates the Always On Display and the Raise to Wake features.
TheTheater modeis stricter than both Do Not Disturb and Sleep modes because the Theater mode mutes incoming calls, notifications, alarms, system tones, and timers, as well as the Raise to Wake and Always on Display features.
Silence your Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 when you are using your phone
Wear OS offers a cool option that automatically mutes notifications on your Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 when you use your phone and wear the watch on your wrist. Here’s how to turn on this option:
The Advanced notification settings include:
Keep notifications at bay when you are relaxing
The above methods give you different options to silence your Samsung Galaxy Watch 6. These smartwatches aren’t only meant to let you respond to messages andmake or answer callsfrom your wrist. They also feature a host of sensors to track your health metrics. You can use the Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 to track your sleep,measure your body composition,measure your ECGand heart rate, and track your workout data.
Besides this, you caninstall appson your Galaxy Watch 6, both first-party and third-party, to get more things done. Samsung will unveil the Galaxy Watch 7 at the Unpacked event in August, and wecompiled all the detailsyou should check out about the upcoming Samsung wearable.
