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How to Protect Hearing with Apple Watch
Health on Apple Watch


Use the Noise app on your Apple Watch

With the Noise app, you can enable Noise notifications to alert you when your Apple Watch identifies sound levels in your environment that could affect your hearing.

>h5>How Noise notifications work

Apple Watch will periodically measure the sound levels throughout the day while you’re wearing your watch. This uses the microphone but does not record or save any sounds. If the average sound level over three minutes reaches or exceeds a chosen decibel threshold, your Apple Watch can notify you.


Image: Example Apple Watch Noise App

How to turn on Noise notifications
-On your iPhone, open the Apple Watch app.
-Tap the My Watch tab, then tap Noise.
-Tap Noise Threshold, then choose a decibel level.
-You can also adjust notifications directly from your Apple Watch. Go to Settings > Noise.


How to turn off Noise notifications
-On your iPhone, open the Apple Watch app.
-Tap the My Watch tab, then tap Noise.
-Tap Noise Threshold, then tap Off.
-You can also adjust notifications directly from your Apple Watch. Go to Settings > Noise.


Availability
These notifications are only available with watchOS 6 on Apple Watch Series 4 or later.