I've been waiting for the freebuds 2 pro but it seems they have been released under the Honor brand as the Flypods and Flypods Pro.
I am waiting too. The Freebuds were in-ear style which I really like more (the normal ones don't really hold in my ear).
I still think they will bring a new version of the Freebuds.
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I'm also waiting for them.
Supposedly they were released yesterday according to XDA. Cant see them on Huawei or Honor's website though https://www.xda-developers.com/huawei-freebuds-2-pro-wireless-earbuds-launch/
I did purchased the Honor units. Pretty good fit and sound quality also pretty good. One cool thing is that the phone can charge the case of the flypods.
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By the Way the Huawei FreeBuds 2 are the Honor Flypods Pro. You can check them out at AliExpress. Not sure all features will work in USA
Honor Flybuds
Hi - I just bought the Honor FlyBuds however, I am unable to see the battery and pairing information on the phone screen. I am able to pair them like I would pair any other bluetooth device but from what I have read, the pairing information and battery information should automatically come on screen. I am using a Mate 20Pro, running EMUI 9.0
pankajcvg said:
Hi - I just bought the Honor FlyBuds however, I am unable to see the battery and pairing information on the phone screen. I am able to pair them like I would pair any other bluetooth device but from what I have read, the pairing information and battery information should automatically come on screen. I am using a Mate 20Pro, running EMUI 9.0
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I'm not using the FlyBuds but the Freebuds 2 Pro I just received. I got no particular popup screen once paired, but the battery level is getting displayed by a small indicator in the status bar, near the Bluetooth icon. In the Bluetooth settings, it's possible to access a couple of device-specific options, such as gestures settings for both earpieces and, apparently, firmware update (there's an option to automatically download updates when on wifi). European Mate 20 Pro, B153.
I can confirm that my LYA-L29 dual sim version Mate 20 pro does not support the so called "prompt" or pop up window that shows the battery status of the case and the earbuds. Maybe the feature is only limited to the chinese variants of the mate 20 pro?
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I'm quite interested in the mate 10 pro or soon to be released P20 pro. However I have heard nasty things about the EMUI. One really concerning thing is notifications not coming through. A few more other things too. How many affected by this
I have a mate 10 for 5 months,
and no problem with emui or notifications
Everything works great.
Only annoying is the lack of updates.
And still no stable custom rom.
wooley4766 said:
I have a mate 10 for 5 months,
and no problem with emui or notifications
Everything works great.
Only annoying is the lack of updates.
And still no stable custom rom.
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So it doesn't receive frequent updates. That can be an issue. I have a sony at the moment which receives frequent updates. That means the mate 10 pro is not treble ready. Might be safer to go with the pixel xl 2 but lets see if the p20 will be treble ready
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I'm quite interested in the mate 10 pro or soon to be released P20 pro. However I have heard nasty things about the EMUI. One really concerning thing is notifications not coming through. A few more other things too. How many affected by this
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Notifications are definitely an issue. When an app is not used for some time notifications will not be delivered. This issue is caused by the far too aggressive battery management. You could disable it but that's not what should have to do.
I have the mate 10 pro and it's certainly not a bad phone, but I wouldn't choose it again. Dual SIM is a requirement for me so at this moment I would probably go for the S9 Plus (also the S9's camera is another reason).
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I 100% agree with MichelLoyen, I don't trust this phone at all (mate 10 pro). I don't dare installing 3rd party apps for stuff like calendar and sms. My Garmin (bluetooth) connection is completely random if it works or not. The manual battery "managment" settings seems to be ignored in many cases.
Also the M10pro is a "google recomended" device. A status that should give security updates at the latest within 90 days. My phone is on start of november security update. So this is just another bull**** promise that is worthless.
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Notifications are definitely an issue. When an app is not used for some time notifications will not be delivered. This issue is caused by the far too aggressive battery management. You could disable it but that's not what should have to do.
I have the mate 10 pro and it's certainly not a bad phone, but I wouldn't choose it again. Dual SIM is a requirement for me so at this moment I would probably go for the S9 Plus (also the S9's camera is another reason).
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have you managed to solve the problem ?
actually any app i use for reminders and notification are not working perfectly on my mate 10 pro
for example i have tried 3 apps for prayer reminders and non of them worked for a complete day , it works once and the next it get missed and other delay .
also i have a call recorder which is working great on my Xperia Z3 but here is not recording every single call .
also i have apps called BlipBlip for hourly peeping ... same issue .
i tried to make the Ignore battery optimization
i changed the settings in Launch
no luck
any permanent solution please ?
wooley4766 said:
I have a mate 10 for 5 months,
and no problem with emui or notifications
Everything works great.
Only annoying is the lack of updates.
And still no stable custom rom.
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Not sure what do you mean by "lack of updates". I got at least 1 update every month (mate 10 pro bla-l29 on .129 update here, on january 1st security patch). This is more than reasonable. My only problem with notifications is that i dont receive notifications from telegram app, thats all. And this started after an update of the app
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dieselhazza said:
So it doesn't receive frequent updates. That can be an issue. I have a sony at the moment which receives frequent updates. That means the mate 10 pro is not treble ready. Might be safer to go with the pixel xl 2 but lets see if the p20 will be treble ready
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Mate 10 series is treble ready, lol. Search forums
The Mate seriies is aimed mre at business people just like Samsungd Note series. However if you don't receive notifications on a regular basis this is a major problem. Especially if you are a corporate user you would want your phone to function like a work horse. I'm really upset with Huawei as they have not rectified the software problems. I want to get the new P series if it has OLED display with a 4000mah battery. The one thing that worries me the most is notifications. On the other hand on forums I have come across a fair bit of complaints that certain apps crash on the mate 10 pro. If I'm paying a premium price for a phone i would expect it to be nearly flawless. Also you would expect Huawei to roll out updates fixing the problems.
The reason why i don't get updates is that i bought the phone in Kuwait since its not being sold in Netherlands... Lol. So i rebranded it to Asia c636 and now it's on January 1st security. Just checked and it is trebble ok. When there is a stable custom rom i will flash it to it this easy way.. I have a mate (no pro) and really everything works flawless. Wifi/4g/Bluetooth /gps /all apps/notifications /calendar etc....
The only thing that doesn't work is huawei cloud.
Reason is that i cannot select Netherlands phonenumber because cloud doesn't work here in.
Just received my freebuds ordered through AliExpress. First impressions are comfortable, very secure and sound good for Bluetooth. Haven't had a problem with any dropouts yet but I've only used in work and a bit in the car on the way home. Had to stop using in the car as isolation was too good for safe driving. All in all I'm happy with them.
Got myn to last night..they are magnificant very comfy and neat
Too bad i hot robbed of my p20pro and will probably get another one next week hope so
Thought, oh they look nice.
Looks at the price and moves on.
Cost's waay to much... I'm using the apple airbuds with my p20 pro and its great
auridas330 said:
Cost's waay to much... I'm using the apple airbuds with my p20 pro and its great
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The apple original ones that cost more than these or £20-£30 knock-offs available on Amazon? Not a fan of the hard plastic earpiece, bass response is really improved when you get a proper seal which isn't really possible without some sort of flexible tip unless apple used your inner ear to model their airpods shape.
Hi, just got my freebuds and paired it with my P20 pro but it says that the bluetooth headset is not supported. Functionality wise, it is working. But i don't see any aptx support. Any idea how to test?
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Hi, just got my freebuds and paired it with my P20 pro but it says that the bluetooth headset is not supported. Functionality wise, it is working. But i don't see any aptx support. Any idea how to test?
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Activate Developer options and go to Bluetooth audio codec setting
ak79 said:
Hi, just got my freebuds and paired it with my P20 pro but it says that the bluetooth headset is not supported. Functionality wise, it is working. But i don't see any aptx support. Any idea how to test?
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As ch1lko said above you need to enable developer options to see what modes are usable, unfortunately for me its only SBC as selecting anything else just keeps SBC active. May be a bug in the .110 (C782) firmware I'm stuck on. If anyone else has a later version and the freebuds can they check if at least AAC can be selected as that is meant to be supported by the freebuds? One encouraging sign is the Huawei Freebuds app which can update the firmware in the earbuds, with a bit of luck it may be possible to support some lossless codecs in a future update.
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Activate Developer options and go to Bluetooth audio codec setting
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Hi, I am already in developer mode but it seems that that option of selecting the desired codec is not available. It just stick to SBC mode regardless what codec i select.
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As ch1lko said above you need to enable developer options to see what modes are usable, unfortunately for me its only SBC as selecting anything else just keeps SBC active. May be a bug in the .110 (C782) firmware I'm stuck on. If anyone else has a later version and the freebuds can they check if at least AAC can be selected as that is meant to be supported by the freebuds? One encouraging sign is the Huawei Freebuds app which can update the firmware in the earbuds, with a bit of luck it may be possible to support some lossless codecs in a future update.
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Hi shuflie, I am on .120 (C636) firmware but is facing the same issue. Let see if .130 or .131 firmware does solve the issue?? The freebuds are currently on the latest firmware from my last check. Let's hope this issue can be resolved soon. Have email Huawei on this but is not getting an answer.
I quote: "Dear Adrian Chong,
Thank you for contacting Huawei.
We are truly sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Pertaining your inquiry, please be informed that Huawei P20 pro is supported Dolby Atmos. Please go to Settings > Sound > Dolby Atmos
Should you have further enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at 800-852-6666. Our lines are open Mondays to Sundays from 9.00AM to 9.00PM, including Public Holidays. Alternatively, and for further support, please visit https://consumer.huawei.com/sg/support/
Thank you and best regards,
Carol
Huawei Support Team."
Dolby Atmos is supported only with wired headphones. I'm with fw 128 and this is how the phone shows my bt headphones that supports aptX.
Also when I play music I can change the codec through Dev options and the difference in sound quality is quite noticeable between SBC and aptX.
ak79 said:
Hi, I am already in developer mode but it seems that that option of selecting the desired codec is not available. It just stick to SBC mode regardless what codec i select.
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Hi shuflie, I am on .120 (C636) firmware but is facing the same issue. Let see if .130 or .131 firmware does solve the issue?? The freebuds are currently on the latest firmware from my last check. Let's hope this issue can be resolved soon. Have email Huawei on this but is not getting an answer.
I quote: "Dear Adrian Chong,
Thank you for contacting Huawei.
We are truly sorry for the inconvenience caused.
Pertaining your inquiry, please be informed that Huawei P20 pro is supported Dolby Atmos. Please go to Settings > Sound > Dolby Atmos
Should you have further enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us at 800-852-6666. Our lines are open Mondays to Sundays from 9.00AM to 9.00PM, including Public Holidays. Alternatively, and for further support, please visit https://consumer.huawei.com/sg/support/
Thank you and best regards,
Carol
Huawei Support Team."
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Unfortunately it looks like SBC is the only mode available for the P20 Pro and the freebuds unless they release an update for either the freebuds to support one of the following aptX™, aptX™ HD, LDAC or HWA; or they add ACC into the supported codecs for the P20 pro. The list of codes are the one officially supported according to the Huawei website, strange that they would announce freebuds at the same time as the P20 Pro and only support each other on the lowest Bluetooth audio codec.
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Unfortunately it looks like SBC is the only mode available for the P20 Pro and the freebuds unless they release an update for either the freebuds to support one of the following aptX™, aptX™ HD, LDAC or HWA; or they add ACC into the supported codecs for the P20 pro. The list of codes are the one officially supported according to the Huawei website, strange that they would announce freebuds at the same time as the P20 Pro and only support each other on the lowest Bluetooth audio codec.
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Hi Shuflie, agreed. Nothing we can do but to wait out for this to be issued.
Anyone else having issues with bluetooth audio shuttering? My left earbud would constantly drop the stream
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Anyone else having issues with bluetooth audio shuttering? My left earbud would constantly drop the stream
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so far so good with mine. No issue with my left bud. But when going to places with high traffic or high interference, i do face some dropouts.
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ch1lko said:
Dolby Atmos is supported only with wired headphones. I'm with fw 128 and this is how the phone shows my bt headphones that supports aptX.
Also when I play music I can change the codec through Dev options and the difference in sound quality is quite noticeable between SBC and aptX.
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Good for you! We will have to wait for huawei to come out with a updated firmware for the buds to enable the aptx codec at the very least.
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If this HUAWEI Sport Headphones support aptx, i see no reason why the free buds do not.
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/accessories/sport-headphones/
Can you use only one bud at time?
Abdos192 said:
Can you use only one bud at time?
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Yes, you can
shuflie said:
As ch1lko said above you need to enable developer options to see what modes are usable, unfortunately for me its only SBC as selecting anything else just keeps SBC active. May be a bug in the .110 (C782) firmware I'm stuck on. If anyone else has a later version and the freebuds can they check if at least AAC can be selected as that is meant to be supported by the freebuds? One encouraging sign is the Huawei Freebuds app which can update the firmware in the earbuds, with a bit of luck it may be possible to support some lossless codecs in a future update.
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I didn't know there was an app, thank you! I currently have the same problem and I am on .128 CLT-L09. Downloaded the app and it says I have the latest firmware for my FreeBuds. I hope this problem can be resolved in the future.
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I didn't know there was an app, thank you! I currently have the same problem and I am on .128 CLT-L09. Downloaded the app and it says I have the latest firmware for my FreeBuds. I hope this problem can be resolved in the future.
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I believed this is the current firmware on the freebuds.
Update is here. AAC codec is enabled now.
got mine today and tried immediatly to update.
It failed at about 83% and now left earbud does not work. Just won´t respond. And the App also cannot find the Buds to do the update again.
Tried it a few times and with a second phone and no success.
Anyone here any tipp maybe?
Resseting Connection and reset the freebuds did not change anything :/
This is ridiculous. I bought the freebuds hoping to get the best experience from having same branded phone and earphones. The results were disappointing to say the least. The buds sounded just ok on the phone and i thought i'll update them and hope for the best. To my surprise the mate 20 pro could not find the freebuds to update them. I then decided to try with my HTC u11 Plus. Not only did it recognize them immediately and managed to update them but the sound quality while using my HTC was far superior and i was actually impressed by the freebuds. I then swapped back to the mate 20 pro and was still unable to get them recognized by the freebud app and the sound quality was once again just ok at best. I did have the freebud app set to manual in app launch with everything enabled and still nothing.
The app doesn't work for some reason, I updated the firmware via a different device
Same issue
Hi,
I can confirm the same issue. They need to update the Freebuds Assistant app big time. It's really bad to start with, and now doesn't work with the latest Huawei flagship(Mate 20 pro)!
I'm waiting for Freebuds 2 from China, I jsut hope they'll update the Google Play app to support it, I think I've read something about a Freebuds 2 app, but that was reported as being only available in the Huawei China own appstore.
It doesn't work with the Mate 20 Pro, I tried on my old Nexus 10 tablet didn't work, then I tried it on a Lenovo tablet and it didn't update but said " now you have the latest version"
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Hey Guys
So I have a Huawei Mate 20 Pro, purchased in the UK.
I am very interested in the Freebuds 2 Pro however as I'm sure your aware they aren't available global yet, only a Chinese version released.
I don't mind ordering the Chinese versions but I just wanted to check if there are any known compatibility issues with a non-Chinese Mate 20 Pro.
I've read about compatiblity issues with phones that do not have Bluetooth 5.0 (Mate 20 Pro does so that's ok), read about issues with the software version having to be above 171 for the HWA to work (my mate 20 pro is over this version).
Is there anything else I need to consider before I make the purchase? Is there going to be an issue with languge in some way? I know there's no display but possibly voice commands or recognition issues for the English language?
Any help would be great, I'm guessing I'm not the only one wondering on a global release date.
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Hey
I do have the freebuds 2 pro and a LYA-L29 with 187 firmware.
They fit perfectly with one another.
No issues and better than with my P20 pro.
I really can recommend them.
I think the only disadvantage is the short battery life from about one hour.
But they are very quick rechargeable with its box.
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Orlando.Rodriguez said:
Hey
I do have the freebuds 2 pro and a LYA-L29 with 187 firmware.
They fit perfectly with one another.
No issues and better than with my P20 pro.
I really can recommend them.
I think the only disadvantage is the short battery life from about one hour.
But they are very quick rechargeable with its box.
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Thanks Orlando, my mate 20 Pro is LYA-L09, not sure what the difference is between the LYA-L29? is it only dual sim difference? I'm running with 187 firmware too, so this is good to hear.
I assume you are located outside of China right?
GuiItyByDesign said:
Thanks Orlando, my mate 20 Pro is LYA-L09, not sure what the difference is between the LYA-L29? is it only dual sim difference? I'm running with 187 firmware too, so this is good to hear.
I assume you are located outside of China right?
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Yes, it is the dual functionality only.
And also yes. Not in China ?
That is the reason why it is really difficult for me to use the companion app to update the firmware on the buds ?, but thank God there is Google Lens ?
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I can't seem to get mine to pair with my P30 Pro. I press the button, white led flashes, nothing appears in the bluetooth list of devices. Any ideas?
Edit: 10 mins later they just appeared with no issue. All seems fine now!
I recently bought some Freebuds 2 Pro, So far i'm impressed with them. They work great with my UK Mate 20 Pro, and i'm on 9.0.0.210.
Audio quality is excellent, but not noticed a difference with HWA turned on.
How is call quality with freebuds 2 pro especially in noisy environments? And what is bone id anyway!
Hello all.
First time poster and have already searched for my answer without luck.
I have the Huawei P20 mate pro in UK on EE (and very happy with it) however looking to purchase a smart watch.
EE have an offer for a 4g Galaxy Watch. I have been after a good smart watch for some time.
I have seen online that there maybe compatibility issues with the mate 20 pro.
On the EE website it says the watch is only for use with the Samsung galaxy phone.
I've looked everywhere for some advice without any luck.
Can anyone give me some advice?
Cheers
I use a gear s3 and have not had any issues
I'm using the Galaxy watch without issue.
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I'm using the Galaxy watch without issue.
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Ah ok. Is that with the p20 mate pro?
Also do you have the 4g version so you don't need to carry your phone around?
Unicorn10011001 said:
Ah ok. Is that with the p20 mate pro?
Also do you have the 4g version so you don't need to carry your phone around?
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I'm using is with mate 20 pro and i have wifi version.
I'm using the 42mm Galaxy watch without issue, too. Wifi only.
Apart from no notifications of whatsapp incoming calls...
And no heart rate alarms (like apple watch)
Thanks for the feedback guys.
I wondr why ee say its only compatible with samsung phones
I use and recommend the Huawei Watch GT (or the new GT Active) which runs a dedicated OS so the battery lasts 2 weeks!!
Fit options are complete, and app notifications can be sent to the watch.
Moreover, if you don't wear the watch on your wrist, it automatically enters in a battery save mode!
Only watchfaces at the moment are only few, but Huawei has announced to release a custom watchface creation app in the future.
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Thanks for the feedback guys.
I wondr why ee say its only compatible with samsung phones
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I work for ee sales so feel free to get in touch if you need help.
The watch will work on the mate 20 pro or any other android device,but will only work on certain Samsung models for the 4g aspect. Otherwise it will only connect via WiFi and Bluetooth
Hope that helps
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I work for ee sales so feel free to get in touch if you need help.
The watch will work on the mate 20 pro or any other android device,but will only work on certain Samsung models for the 4g aspect. Otherwise it will only connect via WiFi and Bluetooth
Hope that helps
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That's really helpful thank you. Makes sense.
Need to decide whether or not to buy now.
I have just switched from the P20 Pro to the Mate 20 Pro, Galaxy watch working flawlessly with it. Just ensure you exclude the Galaxy wear app and plugin from Battery Optimization on the phone for a reliable connection.
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Thanks for the feedback guys.
I wondr why ee say its only compatible with samsung phones
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Hi mate, does that mean that you don't get any notification on the watch from WhatsApp?
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vcd1979 said:
I'm using the 42mm Galaxy watch without issue, too. Wifi only.
Apart from no notifications of whatsapp incoming calls...
And no heart rate alarms (like apple watch)
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Hi mate, does that mean that you don't get any notification on the watch from WhatsApp?
phil999 said:
I use a gear s3 and have not had any issues
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Me too! Gear 3 and mate 20 pro. No issues at all