How to Get Noise Notifications on the Apple Watch

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The Noise app on Apple Watch Series 4 or later measures the volume of the environment around you. With the release of iOS 13, you can now set the Noise app on your Apple Watch to give you a notification if you are exposed to loud noises for too long. This can help prevent hearing loss. This wikiHow teaches you how to set up noise notifications on your iPhone and Apple Watch.

Steps

Setting Noise Notifications on Apple Watch

Open the Noise app on your Apple Watch. It has a yellow icon that resembles an ear.

Tap Enable. This enables sound monitoring.

Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone. It has a black icon that resembles a watch band.

Tap My Watch. It's the first tab at the bottom of the screen.

Scroll down and tap Noise. It's next to a yellow icon that resembles an ear. This opens the Settings menu for the Noise app on your Apple Watch.

Tap Noise Threshold. It's under "Noise Notifications" in the Noise app settings on your iPhone.

Tap a Setting. It's recommended that you select the 80 or 85 decibels. Volumes at 80 decibels can damage your hearing after a few hours. 90 decibels is 10 times louder than 80 decibels. 100 decibels is 100 times louder than 80 decibels and can cause hearing loss in a matter of minutes. The six sound notifications are as follows: Off: No Noise Notifications. 80 decibels: Limit: 5 hours 30 minutes per day. 85 decibels: Limit: 1 hour and 45 minutes per day. 90 decibels: Limit: 30 minutes per day. 95 decibels: Limit: 10 minutes per day. 100 decibels: Limit: 3 minutes per day.

Turning Off Noise Notifications on Apple Watch

Open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone. It has a black icon that resembles a watch band.

Tap My Watch. It's the first tab at the bottom of the screen.

Scroll down and tap Noise. It's next to a yellow icon that resembles an ear.

Tap the toggle switch iPhone Switch Off Icon next to "Environmental Sound Measurements." This disables sound measurements and turns off noise notifications.