What

User experience

What type of Android issue is this?
Other issue

What steps would let us observe this issue?

1. Set up a wearable device (such as a Garmin watch) to display the full notification contents on the watch screen.
1. Receive a notification on your phone, such as an Telegram message, when the phone is locked (not sure if this is necessary).
1. Observe how sometimes the notification contents are hidden.

What did you expect to happen?
When I receive a notification on my phone, its full contents should be displayed on my Garmin smartwatch, even if the "Sensitive Notifications" toggle is disabled in Android's notification settings. This means the notification content should always be visible on the watch, even when it's hidden in the lockscreen when the phone is locked.

What actually happened?
Starting with Android 15 beta, the watch notification will sometimes show "Sensitive notifications content hidden", meaning only the source app is visible but not the actual notification contents. This doesn't seem to happen with every incoming notification, but I'm unable to identify a consistent way to reproduce the bug. I've also tried enabling the "Sensitive Notifications" toggle, which means they're always visible on the phone lockscreen even when the phone is locked. But the issue also seems to occur occasionally in this scenario.

What was the effect of this issue on your device usage, such as lost time or work?
Moderate

Additional comments
This bug seriously affects the usage of wearable devices, as you can no longer use them for some of their main tasks, such as reading 2-factor authentication codes without having to use your phone.

In my case, I'm using a Pixel 7 Pro paired with a Garmin Forerunner 255S Music watch.

A Reddit thread mentioning this same issue can be seen here, in which at least a user reports this also happening with his Pixel 2 watch: https://www.reddit.com/r/android_beta/comments/1dzx583/garmin_notification_for_otps/

A few things to note just in case they matter:

I have both a personal and a work profile set up on my phone. I normally allow all work notifications to show their content on the lockscreen, but hide the content of personal notifications on the lockscreen. Regardless, both personal and work notifications show their full content on my Garmin watch on Android 14, as expected. This issue only started happening after installing the Android 15 beta.
Due to the recency of the bug, so far I've only been able to see it with Telegram notifications. I don't think the app matters, but I do want to point out it's the non-Play Store version of Telegram, just in case this could have any impact.
As I said, it doesn't happen 100% of the time, only about 50% of notifications get their contents hidden. I've tried to keep all variables consistent: phone always locked, etc. But I'm unable to confirm a specific scenario where it always happens.
Something interesting I noticed: right after updating to the Android 15 beta, when I noticed this bug, I opened the Garmin Connect app and accessed my watch settings. The app then prompted me to grant it permissions to access notification data, so I thought that would be the end of the problem. However, the issue continues to happen after that, and the app no longer prompts me for notification access as it already has it.

When

Time and frequency

When did this happen?
Jul 20, 2024 GMT+02:00

How often has this happened?
Frequently

Where

Component

Suggested component: <not visible> (1498455)

Build and device data

- Build Number: google/cheetah_beta/cheetah:15/AP31.240617.009/12094726:user/release-keys
(Note: It is the build when sending this report. For exact build reference, please see the attached bugreport.)

Debugging information
Servicios de Google Play
com.google.android.gms
Version 242663044 (24.26.63 (260400-652952954))
System App (Updated)

Android System WebView
com.google.android.webview
Version 647813433 (126.0.6478.134)
System App (Updated)

Network operator: vodafone ES
SIM operator: Vodafone

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