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YSK: If your iPhone alarm has been lackluster lately, check these settings.
Why YSK: For a while now I’ve been having trouble waking up like I was able to 4 months ago. I figured it was a mix of anxiety, stress, and exhaustion since our son was born, but no. Just Apple being Apple.
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1 - Most important - Ensure the “Ringtone and Alerts” volume slider is all the way up and “Change with Buttons” is toggled off.
Navigation - Settings > Sounds & Haptics. Or search Sounds & Haptics in the Settings search bar.
I’ve never intentionally played with this setting, but somehow my slider was less than half, so my alarms were very quiet.
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2 - Ensure “Sleep” is not listed in “Focus”, there could be a sleep schedule that is impacting your alarms.
Navigation - Settings > Focus. Or search Focus in the Settings search bar.
When I checked in Focus I found that I had 4 options, Do Not Disturb, Sleep, Personal, and Work. When I looked at the Sleep focus I recalled being prompted some time ago to set one in the Health App. What I failed to realize, and is mentioned in small text in Settings, is that alarms will not play during my sleep schedule. Instead of playing around to see if I can allow alarms specifically I just deleted the Sleep Focus entirely.
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3 - Check if “Attention Aware Features” is toggled on. Attention Aware will automatically silence certain alarms if it thinks you are actively looking at your phone.
Navigation - Settings > Face ID & Passcode > Scroll down to Attention Aware Features toggle.
Mine was toggled on. I realize now this is what will silence phone calls when I look at my screen, but I’ve also had inconsistencies with that. Assuming these inconsistencies may also affect to other alerts, I opted to toggle this off. I don’t know that it was having any impact on my alarms, but I know for sure it’s not now.
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I hope this helps others! There’s a slew of settings on iPhone that can wreak havoc on the reliability of your alarms. Make sure to give them a once over to save yourself the heartache later.
#education
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Why YSK: For a while now I’ve been having trouble waking up like I was able to 4 months ago. I figured it was a mix of anxiety, stress, and exhaustion since our son was born, but no. Just Apple being Apple.
________________________________________
1 - Most important - Ensure the “Ringtone and Alerts” volume slider is all the way up and “Change with Buttons” is toggled off.
Navigation - Settings > Sounds & Haptics. Or search Sounds & Haptics in the Settings search bar.
I’ve never intentionally played with this setting, but somehow my slider was less than half, so my alarms were very quiet.
________________________________________
2 - Ensure “Sleep” is not listed in “Focus”, there could be a sleep schedule that is impacting your alarms.
Navigation - Settings > Focus. Or search Focus in the Settings search bar.
When I checked in Focus I found that I had 4 options, Do Not Disturb, Sleep, Personal, and Work. When I looked at the Sleep focus I recalled being prompted some time ago to set one in the Health App. What I failed to realize, and is mentioned in small text in Settings, is that alarms will not play during my sleep schedule. Instead of playing around to see if I can allow alarms specifically I just deleted the Sleep Focus entirely.
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3 - Check if “Attention Aware Features” is toggled on. Attention Aware will automatically silence certain alarms if it thinks you are actively looking at your phone.
Navigation - Settings > Face ID & Passcode > Scroll down to Attention Aware Features toggle.
Mine was toggled on. I realize now this is what will silence phone calls when I look at my screen, but I’ve also had inconsistencies with that. Assuming these inconsistencies may also affect to other alerts, I opted to toggle this off. I don’t know that it was having any impact on my alarms, but I know for sure it’s not now.
________________________________________
I hope this helps others! There’s a slew of settings on iPhone that can wreak havoc on the reliability of your alarms. Make sure to give them a once over to save yourself the heartache later.
#education
source
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