Wear OS work profile notifications solution
Hi all!
First off all, this post is just because of the reason that me and many others seem to have the same problem and so far no solution has been published afaik or it's somewhere where i can't find it...
Secondly,
- This has only been confirmed to work with Microsoft Intune workprofile in Android. I would believe that the solution applies other companies work profiles as well in Android, as long as the apps are available in Playstore.
- This has only been tried with Pixel 10 Pro (Android 16) and a Galaxy Watch Ultra (Wear os 6/ONEUI 8), and i can't confirm if it works for other watches with or without Wear OS. Though, i believe that as long as settings for app notifications and that the watch provides a list of installed apps, it "should" work.
Problem:
Since work profiles, for example with Microsoft Intune, have a seperate playstore for work apps, Android and Wear OS seem to have a thing where they can't recognize work profile apps as installed, therefore Android can't push the notifications anywhere else but on the phone, and Wear OS can't recognize the notifications for the same reason.
Solution:
It's as easy as weird but the solution is simply to install the corresponding app from the regular Playstore. In my case for example, we use Teams for internal communications at my workplace. Teams is installed as a work app through work profile Playstore. I then go into the personal Playstore and download the regular Teams app for "private use".
Then in the Galaxy Wearable app (in my case), i go to app notifications and after the regular Teams installation, Teams Work app notifications is now availble in the list to turn on to be pushed to my watch.
This is not possible to activate because the work app is missing in the list if the normal app isn't installed.
The regular app does not have to be setup or used, and notifications does not have to be turned on either. If you are lucky as me, you can even uninstall the regular app after allowing the work profile app notifications in the Galaxy Wearable app settings.
Hope this provides something for you all reading this 😄
regards