Using The Phone Assistant; Enabling Phone Notifications; Viewing Notifications - Garmin Fenix 8 Series Owner's Manual

Using the Phone Assistant

To use the phone assistant, your watch must be connected to a compatible phone using Bluetooth technology
(Pairing Your Phone, page 103). Go to
You can communicate with the your phone's voice assistant using the integrated speaker and microphone in
your watch. Go to garmin.com/voicefunctionality/tips
Select an option:
1
• From the watch face, press
• Hold .
2 Select Phone Assistant.
When connected to your phone's voice assistant,
3 Say a command phrase, such as Call Mom or Send a text message.
NOTE: Communication from the phone assistant is audible only.

Enabling Phone Notifications

You can customize how notifications from your paired phone sound and appear on your watch during normal
use.
NOTE: You can configure notifications during sleep or activities in the Focus Modes settings
page 112).
1 From the watch face, hold
2 Select Watch Settings > Connectivity > Phone > Notifications.
3 Select an option:
• To enable phone notifications, select Status > On.
• To enable notifications for phone calls, select Calls, and select status, tone, and vibration preferences.
• To enable notifications for text messages, select Texts, and select status, tone, and vibration preferences.
• To enable notifications for phone apps, select Apps, and select status, tone, and vibration preferences.
• To hide notification details until you perform an action, select Privacy, and select an option.
• To change how long the watch displays notifications, select Timeout.
• To add a signature to your text message replies from your watch, select Signature.
NOTE: This feature is available only for compatible Android

Viewing Notifications

You can view your phone notifications on your watch from several menu locations.
Select an option:
1
• From the watch face, press
• From the watch face, press
• From the watch face, press
• Hold , and select Notifications to view the notifications control.
2 Select a notification.
3 Press for more options.
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garmin.com/voicefunctionality
for tips about how to set up your phone assistant.
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appears.
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to view the notification center.
to view the notifications glance.
, and select Notifications to view the notifications app.
for information about compatible phones.
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(Focus Modes,
Connectivity