Apple seems to be hitting snooze on this year-long iPhone alarm issue

Date:
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 13:01:52 +0000

Description:
Oversleepers everywhere will feel validated by reports that iPhone alarms are simply not going off, an issue that has persisted for nearly an entire year.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Users are reporting issues with the iPhone's built-in alarm feature A Reddit thread recounts that some users' alarms are going off late, with others not going
off at all We've reached out to Apple for comment, but haven't received a response yet

iPhone users are reporting abnormal behavior from their phones built-in alarm feature, with some alarms sounding off hours after the scheduled time and others not going off at all.

A Reddit post shared to r/iphone by user bryanlolwut (via Android Authority ) showing an iPhone alarm set for 10:30am actually going off at 12:42pm sparked a thread in which dozens of users have shared similar experiences.

Some users noted that this has been a continuous problem KnowingFalcon , for instance, said: This has been happening to me for ages and I thought I was going insane. I would wake up two hours after my alarm was set, look at my watch and the alarm was going off silently with no sound or haptics.

Others shared stories of alarms going off during their commute to work, with one comment suggesting the issue traced all the way back to iOS 9, which was released in 2015. User givingback11 simply said in response, I feel vindicated.

Whether all of these comments reflect reality is nearly impossible to determine, but what is clear is that theres a real sense of discontent in the iPhone user base about what should be one of the most reliable features of
any smartphone. (Image credit: u/bryanlolwut)

Furthermore, this isnt the first time weve reported on this issue . Following a segment on NBCs Today Show that highlighted issues with iPhone alarms,
Apple issued a statement saying a fix was on the way. Nine months and a full version of iOS later, and it seems that the issue is persisting.

In our previous report, we explained that the Attention Aware feature added with iOS 17 may shoulder some of the blame this is a setting that lowers the volume of alerts when your iPhone senses youre looking at it.

Still, wed like to think the iPhone is context-aware enough to determine when a user is sleeping, or to simply exclude alarms from the Attention Aware feature.

Granted, we dont know exactly which model of iPhone or version of iOS user bryanlolwut is working with, but the image shared (above) shows the alarm notifying via the Dynamic Island, which would make the phone an iPhone 14 Pro or newer and goes to show that even the latest and best iPhones arent immune from the problem.

We reached out to Apple for comment on the issue, but have received no response at the time of writing.

Still, iPhone-owning oversleepers are sure to feel some sense of relief at these continued reports, which at the very least suggest that waking up late might not be entirely their fault. Well have the latest updates as we hear them via our dedicated iPhone coverage. You might also like Samsung Galaxy
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