How to setup Garmin notifications correctly and fix issues

Notifications are a useful way of keeping up to date with the latest news and information. They can be a great way of staying informed on what’s going on in the world. But there are some issues that can arise from notifications, such as being too noisy or annoying, not being able to turn them off, or not receiving notifications at all.
In this section we will explore how to configure Notify App notifications and troubleshoot Garmin notification issues.

Prerequisites

1) Check you haven't enabled Notify App silence mode, or any other wrong settings like sleeping time on the app notifications general settings.
2) Check you haven't enabled Do not disturb mode on Garmin settings or using official app

3) On Notify app Help section you can check if notifications can be received from phone correctly.

How to setup calls notifications

Open Incoming call settings and enable Show caller name option. With free app version you see only caller name

How to setup apps notifications

Open the App settings and enable Show notification text option to see Whatsapp, Telegram, Gmail, ... text on your Garmin
PRO license or ads enabled are required to see text notifications

Important: ensure the notification text is showed correctly on your phone (especially when is locked). Some Android security rules allow to hide notification content for privacy/security, this may prevent Notify app to be able send the correct text notification to Garmin.

Notifications are not working

• Reset app list to default settings, this fix any accidental wrong settings
  Ensure to check enable show notification text option is activated for all apps
  
• Check your phone power saving settings
  Please allow Notify App to run correctly on background Check this tutorial to make Notify app run on background
• Reset and repair Garmin if you are experiencing connnection issues
  Check out How to pair correctly your Garmin
• Uninstall and reinstall Notify App to restore all default app settings
  You mau have configured something wrong on Notify App which prevents notifications run correctly, by reinstalling app you will remove all custom settings (be sure to not import an old backup)
• If you have updated app recently, just try reboot phone.