iOS 14 sleep wake up alarm sound not working on iPhone

After the iOS 14.1 update I had a similar experience, but I am pretty sure it was the iPhone that was ringing and it did not appear to have started ringing until the expiration of the 1st snooze period - I have no recollection of ever waking up until the alarm rang; do not believe I ever pressed on "snooze". I usually sleep with my watch on but that particular night I did not. I have not observed any major changes with the iOS 14.2 update. The phone does not ring with the sound turned off, which it did prior to the initial iOS 14 update. I wish Apple would return to pre-iOS 14 logic for the Bedtime app. It is not user-friendly now.

I have the same settings as you describe. From what I can tell, Apple has managed to ruin a perfectly good app. I usually wake from the vibration on the watch because my sleep pattern is so consistent, but since the alarm no longer rings, I would not depend on it if the wake-up time was critical.

Somewhere along the line of these ongoing comments about the Bedtime app, one would think that SOMEBODY at Apple would figure out that many Apple Watch users are all of a sudden unhappy because the Bedtime App stopped working like it did several version updates ago. I wear my watch to bed and what used to happen were 2 things: (1) The watch vibrated at alarm time and (2) The iPhone played the specified melody. Apparently we are in a tunnel where no one from Apple is paying attention.

Skw444 wrote:

Is it that ‘most people’ aren’t having the problem or ‘most people’ don’t use this feature. Probably doesn’t change the response by Apple either way, but wanted to clarify.

I suspect that a large percentage of people who have iPhones and Watches use them as alarms. The new sleep tracking feature has led to some confusion for people over what is supposed to sound and when. So, that's some of the issue. And then there are some people who are having problems even within that context.

Feedback through the correct channel is important because that's how Apple tracks this sort of problem. When they see enough to begin to see a pattern, the sometimes even reach out to people who have posted in the forums.

Hi nawajaca,

Yes.

I think there's a new problem, or one I haven't been able to locate before.

Something is trying to allow the alarm to disarm if it thinks you're awake. It did it to me today, although I was awake to catch it. I got a popup today that the phone saying that it thinks I'm awake, and I have no idea why it did that as it has not done so in the past (that I recall anyways).

I had not experienced this until the latest iOS release, or at least I had not been able to be awake to catch it in action.

Let us know if you track down the reason.

I'll spend some time in the next few days trying to replicate it as well.

I set it up in my phone but it still only works under perfect conditions. I stopped using the new schedule and went back to the old alarm style, but it still only works if I also have my watch on my person and charged.

This morning my phone made a sound when my alarm went off!!! I was wearing my watch and it vibrated too. This was using Sleep app. It seems like Apple went back to the old way!

WatchOS 7.3.3

iOS 14.4.2 on iPhone 11

Can we all tweet @applesupport since I'm not sure they're even aware of this issue?? I just did here: https://twitter.com/SlashedBeauty/status/1311324392043892736

My watch was on the charger. Apple Watch settings: Sleep Watch turned off (under Sleep settings), Nightstand Mode turned off (under General settings).

Are you sure the setting you disabled wasn’t “use this watch for sleep?”

That’s what we’re trying to avoid disabling here.

WE SHOULD ALL PUT IN FEEDBACK

At http://apple.com/feedback

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We should not be making compromises. They should just fix the issue. Please put in the feedback at the link so they know about it!

That's not exactly what I said. I said the function is working for me. I should have been more precise. Using the watch and the Sleep functions is working for me. There is no "Bedtime" function any more. It's all handled through Sleep tracking in the Health app.

Yes, it's part of a whole "Sleep" feature, which I use as my alarm. The watch is integrated into that.. I find it satisfactory.

Honestly, I have no idea if the phone makes an audible sound at the same time. I'm not at my best first thing in the morning. I'll try to pay attention tomorrow.

Interesting. Well yes that would be helpful info because everyone else on this thread is having issues with the alarm not sounding on the phone. For me, it used to sound on the phone AND vibrate on the watch. Now it's just vibrating on the watch which is verrrry subtle and sometimes not enough to wake me.