When it comes to smartwatches, the Apple Watch series lineup stands head and shoulders above every other smartwatch in the market and has been the best selling wearable device since its launch.
The feature-rich watchOS’s tight integration with iOS and other Apple products and services has been one of its biggest selling points and one that Apple has been proud of.
But it looks like even Apple’s implementation of the seamless integration of watchOS with its other products still has some minor issues.
Users have now been reporting for quite some time the issue of SMS messages not properly syncing between their iPhone and Apple Watch.
Users are reporting that their Apple Watch is not marking SMS messages as read even though they have read them on their iPhone.
There are a number of temporary fixes that you can try to fix this issue like doing reset sync data in the Apple Watch App, deactivating and reactivating iMessage on your iPhone or doing a force reboot on your Apple Watch.
The standout workaround, though, which appears to resolve the issue for quite a good number of those affected, is one shared below:
While these fixes are only temporary solutions, we can’t tell if your Apple Watch will start marking SMS messages as unread even if you already read them at some point in future.
But from the look of things, the workaround shared above seems to have worked for several users.
We are hopeful that Apple will resolve this issue someday, but for now, we also hope the workaround we shared addresses the issue permanently.
We will keep an eye on this matter and update you if any major development occurs in the future.
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