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How to enable Slack notifications on your Apple Watch


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Max Buondonno/ZDNETWhen I got my first Apple Watch(a Series 2) back in 2017, I didn't care much about its ability to display notifications. Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNETOnce you're in the Slack settings pane, make sure Background App Refresh and Cellular Data are turned on. When they do, as happened when my ZDNET colleague Steven Vaughan-Nichols sent me a message today, you'll get a sound, a haptic tap, and a notification will pop up on your watch:

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