8. Displaying Notifications

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something—your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Steve Jobs

By design, the Apple Watch is an extension of your iPhone. Instead of pulling the iPhone out of your pocket, Apple wants you to look at and perform most of the tasks on your Apple Watch. One of the most common ways a user interacts with the iPhone is through notifications, and the Apple Watch supports that right out of the box.

When an iPhone is paired with an Apple Watch, notifications received ...

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