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How to force iPhone to always give text alerts even when another device is unlocked?

Whenever I'm using my iPad and I receive a text, the ONLY alert I get is a banner notification on the iPad. The text will also show up on the lock screen of my iPhone if I look for it afterward, but the phone doesn't make any sound or light up when the text comes in.

I understand that this is by design. But I HATE IT. I prefer to keep my iPad at zero volume, which means I can never hear the texts come in, and I also prefer to handle texts from my phone most of the time rather than disturbing the work I have open on the iPad. So this function is actively hostile to my needs.

PLEASE, PLEASE tell me there is a way to change this and make my phone always deliver the text notification regardless of what else I'm doing on another Apple device.

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Molly629 wrote:
Whenever I'm using my iPad and I receive a text, the ONLY alert I get is a banner notification on the iPad. The text will also show up on the lock screen of my iPhone if I look for it afterward, but the phone doesn't make any sound or light up when the text comes in.
I understand that this is by design. But I HATE IT. I prefer to keep my iPad at zero volume, which means I can never hear the texts come in, and I also prefer to handle texts from my phone most of the time rather than disturbing the work I have open on the iPad. So this function is actively hostile to my needs.
PLEASE, PLEASE tell me there is a way to change this and make my phone always deliver the text notification regardless of what else I'm doing on another Apple device.

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IF you're on the ipad and see the notification banner, couldn't you just grab your phone and look at the message?