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[APP] [OMG] Google Voice SMS Popup Notifications

Finally, a Google Voice SMS popup solution...
Background:
First off, I definitely care about this more than 99% of ppl out there, and have been looking for a solution for over 2 years, and have posted on countless forums, emailed probably 50 developers, created my own ghetto tasker solutions.. etc
I use Google Voice for ALL of my calls and SMS (using Google Voice App and GV Callback for calls), and have since it was GrandCentral. Given that, it's driven me crazy that there's no SMS popup option to work with Google Voice... since they don't have an open API, mainly. All other SMS apps like GO SMS, Handcent, etc make you use the random Google Voice contact number and mess up my threads.
Today, I finally found an app that will work with Google Voice and display a popup for incoming SMS along with the message (screen on or off).
by developer, ProductiGeeky
Notifier Pro
is the paid version, but the
lite version
also works if you want to test it out with limited features.
The developer has also released variants of basically the same app with very slightly different features called:
iPhone Notifications and WP7 Notifications
There are lite versions available for both. NotifierPro seems to include all features of WP7, but the iPhone Notifications app has a better toast popup dialog-- which is not available in NotifierPro. However, it (iphone) doesn't have the robust features available in the NotifierPro version.
You can read the app descriptions for more details, but here are some screenshots to get an idea.
In the app description, there is no mention of Google Voice compatibility. I've contacted the developer, and think he should make a variant with google voice in mind.
BTW, you can add notifications for virtually any app (like Gmail, messaging, email, GTalk, etc) with tons of other features. The major downside is, you can only use your default notification tone, despite the fact you can customize the vibration. In the screenshots, I'm using NotifierPro with the various themes that come with the app.
Some NotifierPro features include:
• allowing you to move the location of the popup
• adjust screen off > screen on popup settings
• set if you want it to appear as a banner or notification
• choose themes
• set sleep schedules
• set repeat notification reminders, etc, etc.
Screenshots of NotifierPro app (I'm using the paid Plus version, but free also works):
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iPhone Notifications version I mentioned
NOTE: If you're going to try this for Google Voice, it's best to turn off the audible notification in the google voice app (under Sync & Notifications) to prevent the double tone.
Hope you enjoy this as much as I do. It's got plenty of room for improvement, but it's an absolute step in the right direction.

EDIT: nothing to see here.
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Does anybody know how he modified the carrier text at the bottom of the lockscreen?

Authentik said:
Does anybody know how he modified the carrier text at the bottom of the lockscreen?
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Lol, ya.. I did that. It's a baked in feature of Roman's AOKP ROM -- info thread is in the NS4G Dev section

Thanks for pointing this out!
I guess the themes only apply to NP?
EDIT:
Here's the one that's solely for GV: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nlucas.googlevoicenotificationslite
Mine doesn't seem to be working :-(

Been looking for better google voice support for a long time now.
This thread is a bit confusing though. If I want google voice popups, I just use https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nlucas.googlevoicenotificationslite
Not the notifier pro app, right?
I'll try this now. I'd still love a more full blown Google Voice support, something like Go SMS that worked with GV, but maybe this is a start.

lexluthor said:
I'd still love a more full blown Google Voice support, something like Go SMS that worked with GV, but maybe this is a start.
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+1 on that.
The Google Voice app didn't actually work when I tried it... However, NotifierPro (original post) and PopupNotifier (also from the same dev - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nlucas.popupnotificationslite) both worked. It seems like there's an overlap in functionality but all of these apps are just slightly different.

Ya, its all the same dev- if you have feature ideas, I think he is watching this thread. He's been pretty quick and responsive
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tried google voice notification as well as notifier, but both didnt work for me.
Both apps basically dont even give me any notifications at all for anything, such as missed calls, text, etc. I did already checked the accessibility thingy. Any idea why? I am on CM7, HTC sensation

c19932 said:
tried google voice notification as well as notifier, but both didnt work for me.
Both apps basically dont even give me any notifications at all for anything, such as missed calls, text, etc. I did already checked the accessibility thingy. Any idea why? I am on CM7, HTC sensation
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Interesting. I wonder if this only works on ICS .. (for google voice).
May be obvious, but have you tried rebooting?

decalex said:
Interesting. I wonder if this only works on ICS .. (for google voice).
May be obvious, but have you tried rebooting?
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yup I have tried rebooting... would anyone happen to know what "services" is needed for this app to work? I tried unfreezing a lot of my system apps but the notification is still not coming up.

c19932 said:
yup I have tried rebooting... would anyone happen to know what "services" is needed for this app to work? I tried unfreezing a lot of my system apps but the notification is still not coming up.
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Does a notification pop up when you hit "Test" in settings?

Gotta give this a try, as I use GV for everything as well...

Looks pretty nice.
Do you by any chance know of an app that works with GV that provides a better user interface than the stock GV app?

Wow, this is awesome.. nice find!

ewingr said:
Looks pretty nice.
Do you by any chance know of an app that works with GV that provides a better user interface than the stock GV app?
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Unless you count Handcent, GO SMS, or any of those others, no, not that I've seen-- and since Google Voice has a closed API (as of now..and probably eternity), we probably won't see one. That's why I like to theme them
I used handcent for a while, but get annoyed that it ends up jacking up my contact numbers-- having to add an extra number for anyone I text, and only reflecting sms messages sent and received by handcent.

decalex said:
Does a notification pop up when you hit "Test" in settings?
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When I use Google voice notification, yes.
When I use Notifier, no.only a status bar notification comes up. But not a popup

When I do test notification, I got a white bar at the top with a test.
I don't get anything for incoming GV message.
What am I supposed to see for an incoming GV message? Just that same bar at the top?
Not really sure how that helps me too much. I still need to open the app to reply and clicking the bar doesn't even take you to GV or does it?
How exactly does this work?

decalex said:
Unless you count Handcent, GO SMS, or any of those others, no, not that I've seen-- and since Google Voice has a closed API (as of now..and probably eternity), we probably won't see one. That's why I like to theme them
I used handcent for a while, but get annoyed that it ends up jacking up my contact numbers-- having to add an extra number for anyone I text, and only reflecting sms messages sent and received by handcent.
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I'm with you. With Sprint GV integration, Handcent etc work somewhat well but they aren't aware of the rest of my GV account/history. Switching between my PC browser and Handcent for a convo, for example.
These notifiers are a step in the right direction, but it's a little annoying that the notifiers don't get cleared automatically after I've read a msg or responded.
Baby steps though...

lexluthor said:
When I do test notification, I got a white bar at the top with a test.
I don't get anything for incoming GV message.
What am I supposed to see for an incoming GV message? Just that same bar at the top?
Not really sure how that helps me too much. I still need to open the app to reply and clicking the bar doesn't even take you to GV or does it?
How exactly does this work?
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Did you select Google Voice from the other apps section in the settings? If you click on the banner notification, (in a real popup, not the test), it should take you to the actual message. I'm talking with the dev to work out kinks, and then hopefully build on that.
Wait, this is for the NotifierPro (free or plus version) . He pulled down the Google voice notification app because it wasn't working. One of the probs with GV not working internationally, as the dev can't test it himself.
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Google voice issues

I have tried almost all the sense roms and for me they all have the same issue. My issue is when I try and change my voice mail number to Google voice I get
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If someone has a fix that would be awesome
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My previous HTC's had that problem with t-mobile too. Just go into the call forwarding settings and change it manually (+1 then your google voice number) or follow the star code at voice.google.com under phones.

Sad thing is I flashed back to stock to try it there and it didn't work.
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I'm having the same issues with Google Voice as well, won't change from "My Carrier". I can get it to work by going into the call settings and letting it automatically change the forwarding number to the Google Voice number, but no matter what I do I can't get it to show up as "Google Voice" as my voice mail provider.. It always shows "My Carrier". Google Voice works, but it won't let me "view and listen to messages from notification bar", it'll only let me view and listen to the calls through the app itself. I had no issues with my S3 or LG Optimus G Pro, but the HTC doesn't play friendly with Google Voice
I've tried the following steps:
Deleted and reinstalled the app (several times)
Manually changed the voicemail number
Went to the Google Voice web page on my PC and deactivated and reactivated it
Tried it on 2 different custom ROMs with the same results
Any other suggestions? I really would like to use all the features of Google Voice, but until I can I'll have to decide if I want to use it as a stand alone app (instead of in the notification pull down) or use the At&t Visual Voicemail.

tele_jas said:
I'm having the same issues with Google Voice as well, won't change from "My Carrier". I can get it to work by going into the call settings and letting it automatically change the forwarding number to the Google Voice number, but no matter what I do I can't get it to show up as "Google Voice" as my voice mail provider.. It always shows "My Carrier". Google Voice works, but it won't let me "view and listen to messages from notification bar", it'll only let me view and listen to the calls through the app itself. I had no issues with my S3 or LG Optimus G Pro, but the HTC doesn't play friendly with Google Voice
I've tried the following steps:
Deleted and reinstalled the app (several times)
Manually changed the voicemail number
Went to the Google Voice web page on my PC and deactivated and reactivated it
Tried it on 2 different custom ROMs with the same results
Any other suggestions? I really would like to use all the features of Google Voice, but until I can I'll have to decide if I want to use it as a stand alone app (instead of in the notification pull down) or use the At&t Visual Voicemail.
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Interesting, if you found a solution to this issue. I has the same issue with GV and wasn't able to find a solution anywhere. GV notifications on voicemail, missed calls do not appear in the notification bar. No voicemail access from call log. From the application itself everything works. But I really miss the integration, like it was working on my SGS 3 and Nexus 4

EugeneR said:
Interesting, if you found a solution to this issue. I has the same issue with GV and wasn't able to find a solution anywhere. GV notifications on voicemail, missed calls do not appear in the notification bar. No voicemail access from call log. From the application itself everything works. But I really miss the integration, like it was working on my SGS 3 and Nexus 4
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I never found a fix, I just use it as a stand-alone app. It notifies me I have a voice mail, but doesn't let me play messages from the notification area... I have to go to the app, then it takes 2 or 3 times of hitting play for it to work, I keep it because even with all it's faults, it's still one of the best out there. It worked flawlessly with my Nexus 4, S3, S4 and LG Optimus G Pro. Just has issues with the HTC One... Maybe someday there'll be a fix?

Contact Photo Not Showing Up in Hangouts SMS Preview

Anyone else having issues with contact photos in SMS preview since the latest update of Hangouts? Seems none of my contact photos are showing up in SMS preview for both Active Notifications or Notification Preview (swipe down from top). The issue resolves itself temporarily after a reboot, but starts happening again shortly after 1-2 SMS messages.
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Squintz said:
Anyone else having issues with contact photos in SMS preview since the latest update of Hangouts? Seems none of my contact photos are showing up in SMS preview for both Active Notifications or Notification Preview (swipe down from top). The issue resolves itself temporarily after a reboot, but starts happening again shortly after 1-2 SMS messages.
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Yeah, I'm having the same issue on my Droid Maxx although I can't get the issue to resolve after reboot.

I think it may be not possible now.. Not Sure..

Pretty sure it's because they combined hangouts and sms in the same window in the hangouts app. Probably need an update from Google.
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I have a same issue too. It's annoying. Either reboot your phone or manually resync your Google contacts. But then after some time the pictures disappear again so it's not a solution.
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It seems if you start a hangout message it shows what ever pic the user has on Google+. On my Droid Maxx if I start an SMS it shows the contact pic fine until I switch to Hangouts.
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Still having the issue after clearing cache and app data. I'm going to try and downgrade the Hangouts app and see if that helps.

mwalt2 said:
Pretty sure it's because they combined hangouts and sms in the same window in the hangouts app. Probably need an update from Google.
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Thanks. I got it..:good:

I switched to 8sms imo I think its better.
MOTO X

[email protected] said:
I switched to 8sms imo I think its better.
MOTO X
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Agreed. I love 8sms. Such a nice feature being able to reply to texts right from the notification bar. Great feature that I wish would be implemented more often (looking at you hangouts)
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Clearing app data worked for me.
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furious78 said:
Clearing app data worked for me.
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Not working here

finbarr1969 said:
Not working here
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Yeah it turned out to only work after I initially did it but has reverted back. Very annoying.

I also have a Droid Maxx. This is one of the MOST maddening things to me. I have intentionally and meticulously spent hours making sure that all of my contacts show up with photos. I can't seem to solve this one. Prior to the last update that combined SMS/Hangouts all photos were correct. Now some of my contacts no longer even show the name, just a phone number. When I touch the stock photo it shows the person's photo and their name. No idea how to fix it. Not everyone has Google+ so this is not going to work. I'm giving this app until the next major update with GV being integrated and hoping it's fixed.
Has anyone else come up with a solution?

Cincybearcatfan said:
I also have a Droid Maxx. This is one of the MOST maddening things to me. I have intentionally and meticulously spent hours making sure that all of my contacts show up with photos. I can't seem to solve this one. Prior to the last update that combined SMS/Hangouts all photos were correct. Now some of my contacts no longer even show the name, just a phone number. When I touch the stock photo it shows the person's photo and their name. No idea how to fix it. Not everyone has Google+ so this is not going to work. I'm giving this app until the next major update with GV being integrated and hoping it's fixed.
Has anyone else come up with a solution?
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Glad it's not just me. I finally switched to Hangouts once the most recent updates enabled me to send photos over SMS via Hangouts and not require having a G+ account (I do not). I received a bunch of updates this afternoon and rebooted my phone (Droid Maxx) as I like to do sometimes when I install many updates at once. I now noticed this exact problem.... when I have a text waiting, and if I pull down the Notification Shade, the picture next to the contact is the default grey icon. Yet the contact photo properly shows up in my Contacts in the phone and within the SMS Hangout. Very odd, and annoying. I will try clearing the cache and data and see what happens. If this can't be fixed soon, I'll go back to the default Motorola SMS app.

I just had this issue. It appears that hangouts is using the google plus photo when you have a hangout, so there is an issue for only google hangouts photos.
I force closed the app and it fixed it. Try that out.
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HTC ONE M8 Sprint Is not sending or receiving MMS messages.

Hey XDA, well I'm on the lollipop update using O.M.J's ROM and I'm s-off. My phone is not sending or receiving MMS. Any ideas?

lreyes said:
Hey XDA, well I'm on the lollipop update using O.M.J's ROM and I'm s-off. My phone is not sending or receiving MMS. Any ideas?
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Have you checked your connection settings in the MMS settings menu from the Messages app? Are the values set or are they blank?

Magnum_Enforcer said:
Have you checked your connection settings in the MMS settings menu from the Messages app? Are the values set or are they blank?
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Have you checked your connection settings in the MMS settings menu from the Messages app? Are the values set or are they blank?
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Any help? I tried going into my APN settings but the Access Point Names menu is grayed out and won't let me go into it.

you need to go to the dialer and put ##data# click on EDIT then it will ask you for MSL code. the MMS setting is there and you should be able to edit.

skyheli said:
you need to go to the dialer and put ##data# click on EDIT then it will ask you for MSL code. the MMS setting is there and you should be able to edit.
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Would you know the right MMS settings for Sprint?

Have you ever used Google Voice for voicemail, or anything?

mcwups1 said:
Have you ever used Google Voice for voicemail, or anything?
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No just kept regular sprint settings. Never used google voice

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Would you know the right MMS settings for Sprint?
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I provided a screen capture !

skyheli said:
I provided a screen capture !
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Hmmm...my APNs are the same as yours. So why can't I be receiving/sending MMS?

lreyes said:
Hmmm...my APNs are the same as yours. So why can't I be receiving/sending MMS?
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sometimes these " roms " don't image properly or just plain get messed up in the update process. Its happen to me twice with different roms. To see if it was my phone or the rom, I made a backup image of the phone with TWRP. I RUU the phone back to factory. everything was working fine. I received messages just fine. when I put the old image back on. the problems came back. I am not that technical with the innerworkings of MMS but something is getting messed up.

Make sure Data is ON when you send MMS?
I've done it. I turn Data off to save battery, and sometimes forget to turn it back on.

mcwups1 said:
Make sure Data is ON when you send MMS?
I've done it. I turn Data off to save battery, and sometimes forget to turn it back on.
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Data is always on. I've never touched that option since the EVO 4G days haha

Just curious, but are you using a custom kernel? My MMS just stopped working on Viper 4.3.0 within the last 24 hours.

I had the same issue. I had to clean flash OMJ's rom to get MMS to work.
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I had this issue with the lollipop update. But it only affected the Google messenger app. If I use the default messages app or hangouts to send MMS I have no issues. What app you using to send mms?

Seems my issues were hit and miss. I'm on Viper and I'm almost inclined to blame the problem on the network and not a particular ROM.

still getting the same issue even switching between AOSP and Sense. Has anyone found a fix?

Question Any updates on Textra use?

As previously noted, text messages will not show on the watch if using Textra on my phone.

You must use Samsung's text app

Huh? we use Textra on our phones, and get notifications on our watches (4 classic, 5 40mm) and can respond from the watches. There is no dedicated app for the watch.

I use Google messaging on a galaxy z flip 4. Messages come in fine in notifications, but yes, if you want to run the messaging app you need to use Samsung.

Google Message's has worked well with my OnePlus 9 Pro...

With Textra, I use a Galaxy S20+ phone. I do get message notifications on my watch but I cannot read them or reply. If I use Samsung Messages, all works well on my watch. I attempted to sideload Textra and that failed.

37KDeep said:
With Textra, I use a Galaxy S20+ phone. I do get message notifications on my watch but I cannot read them or reply. If I use Samsung Messages, all works well on my watch. I attempted to sideload Textra and that failed.
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My results are different: Textra on my phones (Flip 4 and S22U) set as default text app. No default text app set on our watches (Galaxy 4 Classic and Watch 5) if I get a text, I get the notification on my watch, I can then select it and read it it on my watch, and reply to it from my watch using either from the list of replies or I can type my reply and send it, then on the phone it appears in Textra (as it should). If I want to start an original text on the watch, I have to go into contacts and select text and type the message and sent it as normal, and it appears in Textra on the phone.. If I try to select a text app on the phone directly it will complain that messages is not set as the default app.
I don't know why yours would be different...

You do not have to use Samsung text to get test notifications and the ability to reply or create text messages on your Samsung watch. I do not use Textra, but I do use Chomp. I too have no issues receiving notification, reading a text or replying to a text. As @larryk said, I can compose one if I go to contacts and select send text. All works though Chomp on the phone.

larryk said:
Huh? we use Textra on our phones, and get notifications on our watches (4 classic, 5 40mm) and can respond from the watches. There is no dedicated app for the watch.
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larryk said:
My results are different: Textra on my phones (Flip 4 and S22U) set as default text app. No default text app set on our watches (Galaxy 4 Classic and Watch 5) if I get a text, I get the notification on my watch, I can then select it and read it it on my watch, and reply to it from my watch using either from the list of replies or I can type my reply and send it, then on the phone it appears in Textra (as it should). If I want to start an original text on the watch, I have to go into contacts and select text and type the message and sent it as normal, and it appears in Textra on the phone.. If I try to select a text app on the phone directly it will complain that messages is not set as the default app.
I don't know why yours would be different...
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Did you just install Textra on your phone and start using it as normal? Or did you have to make some changes to your watch 5?

37KDeep said:
Did you just install Textra on your phone and start using it as normal? Or did you have to make some changes to your watch 5?
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There is no Textra version for the watch, and there is nothing to do to the watch itself. I just have Textra set as the default text app on the phone and in the watch settings in the Galaxy wearable app on the phone I have the the notifications from Textra set to on. When I get a text message I get the notification on the watch, I tap it and can read / respond to it.

An update on my post using Google Messaging. Don't remember seeing it before, but after Jan update I see Google Messaging now as an app on the Watch 5, so you can choose to do texting on a native app on the watch like Samsung stock app, but use Google instead and use RCS

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There is no Textra version for the watch, and there is nothing to do to the watch itself. I just have Textra set as the default text app on the phone and in the watch settings in the Galaxy wearable app on the phone I have the the notifications from Textra set to on. When I get a text message I get the notification on the watch, I tap it and can read / respond to it.
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I have all of that set and the only notification that I get on my watch is that I have a message. I cannot actually read it or respond from my watch.

37KDeep said:
I have all of that set and the only notification that I get on my watch is that I have a message. I cannot actually read it or respond from my watch.
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What happens when you "select" the notification?

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Text changes to larger text when I tap on it. That's it.

I don't know what to tell you, this is what my Textra text's look like on my watch...
Edit: Check settings in the wear app on the phone, Notifications / Advanced Notifications / Show with Details (make sure this is on).

No luck.

I reset my watch and made the above suggested changes. Still no messages on my watch when Textra is the default texting app. Again, it works fine with the Samsung texting app as default. But I MUCH prefer Textra over the Samsung app.

For whatever reason, this is now working, and I am getting notifications (texts) sent to my watch. I have not made any further changes after the watch reset. Thanks for the help.

Interesting. I can only get text messages on my watch from a single person. Group texts do not work.