Apple’s weird iPhone alarm problems are still happening

Apple acknowledged issues pinch the reliability of the iPhone’s built-in siren characteristic past April aft a study by NBC’s Today greeting show and said it was moving connected a fix, but immoderate group are still having trouble. Android Authority points retired this Reddit station by bryanlolwut successful the r/iPhone subreddit from Wednesday pinch a image of an iPhone pinch an Alarm group for 10:30, but the siren goes disconnected astatine 12:42 alternatively — the clip displayed connected an Apple Watch.

Late into Thursday, galore Reddit users are still commenting connected the thread, saying they’re having akin issues.

“My greeting siren was displaying arsenic going disconnected while making nary sound and nary haptics for 40 minutes,” said Slawek_Zupa. Another station says their siren went disconnected astatine 5PM erstwhile it was expected to spell disconnected astatine 7AM.

The reports successful the thread coming see group still utilizing iOS 17 and others who person updated to iOS 18 pinch Apple Intelligence.

Some opportunity they’ve tried turning disconnected Apple’s Attention Awareness Features, which tin trim the siren measurement erstwhile it goes disconnected if the iPhone detects your face. However, it hasn’t solved the problem for many, and you suffer retired connected features for illustration seeing afloat notifications connected your fastener screen.

We’ve asked Apple if they’re still looking into this problem, but we person not received a consequence yet. Personally, I’ve besides noticed my iPhone sometimes doesn’t make sounds aliases vibrate successful the morning, but it does driblet down a lifeless notification arsenic if it did. Luckily, I’ve sewage a Google Pixel 8 Pro arsenic a backup that usually gets maine going, and I’m trying the Nintendo Alarmo, too, but my woman has had capable of Zelda yelling astatine Link to aftermath up.