Have either of you guys had any luck with this so far? Its pretty sad when a third party system like Firebase Messaging works yet a native implementation does not. Maybe that is what we will have to use (it is free) to build independent watchOS applications of this nature. I just wonder if there any Apple support folks seeing this? The issue is 2 years old now.

Hey that worked! There were two options and the wrong one was selected. Thank you for your help!