The Redmi Watch 3 Active is one of the best selling smartwatches in the current market and no wonder. It has a brutal quality-price ratio and is also compatible with WhatsApp. Yes, you read that right. You can enable WhatsApp on this Xiaomi smartwatch so that you don’t miss any messages and receive notifications from the app on your wrist. We will explain how below.
How to save WhatsApp on Redmi Watch 3
To put WhatsApp on the Redmi Watch 3 Active, you just need to connect the watch to your mobile phone and authorize it to receive WhatsApp notifications that way.
Open Mi Fitness on your mobile (if you don’t have a download box below, we’ll skip it). If you haven’t connected your smartwatch to this app before, you should do so by going to the Devices section and clicking on the link. The “+” icon in the upper right corner. Follow the steps shown until the watch says “Connected” (make sure to grant all necessary permissions) Once your Redmi Watch 3 Activa is connected to your mobile, go to the Devices section of the Mi Fitness app and select App Notifications.Go to Custom Notifications. Activate the WhatsApp option.
It should be noted that this only allows you to see WhatsApp messages on your device when they arrive. And although this smartwatch supports Bluetooth calls, it unfortunately doesn’t offer text chat functionality.
Can you restore WhatsApp on Redmi Watch 3 Active?
No, Redmi Watch 3 Active cannot reply to messages from WhatsApp or any other messaging application. This clock is only used to view notifications from various applications installed on your mobile including WhatsApp.
However, the Redmi Watch 3 Active can answer WhatsApp calls, although this functionality depends on the device you have. In recent years, if it is connected to a mid-range or high-end mobile phone, you will not have any problems, but when connected to a low-end mobile phone, there have been cases where the clock does not work. Option to answer calls.
My Redmi Watch 3 Active doesn’t receive WhatsApp notifications.
If you’ve done everything we’ve explained before and your watch still isn’t receiving WhatsApp notifications, try the following.
Allow apps to start automatically on your mobile. Disable power saving or battery optimization for the Mi Fitness app. Allow the Mi Fitness app to run in the background.Give Mi Fitness app notification access. Enable notifications on your mobile from both the Mi Fitness app and WhatsApp.
The steps to perform all these procedures will vary depending on your mobile phone, but normally you can easily find all the mentioned options by going into the device settings and using the search tool.
If none of the above works for you, try turning Bluetooth off and on, or turning both the phone and the watch on and off. If that doesn’t work, reset the Mi Fitness app from your Redmi Watch 3 Active, making sure to follow all the instructions to the letter.