Alarm volume TOO LOUD in iOS14

I was able to resolve this issue by disconnecting from all connected Bluetooth devices. You don’t have to “forget” the devices, just disconnect. Now the alarm volume matches the volume of the ringer.

Thank you IdrisSeabright for your comments :)

Not sure if this will help others but when I turned on Sounds & Haptics>Change with Buttons, I could actually adjust the volume of my alarms, actual alarms, not in Health>Sleep.

I had the same thing happen for me with the alarm volume when upgrading from iPhone SE to 12 mini. Maybe try this:

Settings > Accessibility > Face ID & Attention > Attention Aware Features TURNED OFF

aurora australis wrote:

"If you don't want maximum volume, don't set it to that."

I was speaking specifically to the Attention Aware issue. However, you set the volume for the sleep alarms in Health>Sleep>Full Schedule>Edit

In iOS 13, you could set the volume of an alarm in the Bedtime tab in the Clock app. However, you've never been able to set an alarm volume for the regular alarms. If that's a feature you'd like to see, let Apple know:

Product Feedback - Apple

Thank you!!!! You set me on the right path. I went to settings then Sounds, under Ringer and Alerts turned off toggle Change with Buttons and slid volume slider to low. That is it!

I set my alarm like normal and then snoozed when it went off at low volume. This time the snooze stayed at low volume. I snoozed again just to test it more and it stayed at low volume.

I am not sure why this wasn’t an easy solution to find on the Internet. Either way I’m happy to have it solved.

@GlobalEngineer

good find.

here’s what notice:

1. on 6s, the lowest volume for alarms and alerts was very civilized. It was a volume that gently got my attention even at a 5:30 AM wake up.
2. but, on the 12 (iOS 14?) the lowest is much louder than previous
3. your point about the Attention Aware setting proves the point.
4. when Attention Aware is ON, it starts louder than gets significantly softer when phone is picked up. That ‘softer’ volume is equivalent to the lowest setting on my old 6s (pre iOS 14)
5. when Attention Aware is OFF, the lowest setting is at the initial volume as if the setting was ON. It never gets as soft in volume.

here’s hoping Apple fixes this in next update.

After about a week of my alarm blaring every morning I finally decided to try to dive deeper into resolving the issue.

Steps to turn down Alarm sound:

1) tap on clock app

2) next to alarm time click “change”

3) scroll to “sounds & haptics”

4) lower volume using dial

5) press “done”

I hope this helps you not have a heart attack every morning!

aurora australis wrote:

Not a common complaint? I hardly ever encounter a problem after an iOS update, but this is my complaint too, and I don't think it is really that uncommon. They removed the volume slider from the alarm function, so it has basically become impossible to regulate the alarm volume anymore. I would really like to know why they did this, if it is done on purpose.

If it were common, there would be dozens upon dozens of threads about it. There are not. The fact that it is not common doesn't make it invalid. It just makes it less likely to get changed.

There is still a volume slider for the Sleep alarms, just as there was for the Bedtime alarms. There was never a separate one for the regular alarms.

You can (and should) let Apple know your thoughts on the matter. The more people who do, the more likely there is that something might change:

Product Feedback - Apple

Yes you do have access via the health app and are able to set the volume but you can only set up one single alarm per day, I use different alarms on a daily basis and without the alarms blaring to full volume I am not able to do multiple alarms.

Settings > Sounds and Haptics > Slide this bar all the way to the left

@rvhextall, you are exactly right! Thanks for your post, you've inspired me to enhance my own solution (posted Jan25, above).

-I sometimes would forget to increase my phone volume after rising, and I would miss hearing some calls until it hit me to turn it back up.

So, using the Shortcuts app again, I created a series of 14 individual Automations to turn down the volume during my sleeping hours for each day, and turn the volume back up at a time after I'm out of bed, for each day. (The app lets you schedule which day(s) of the week to execute a given Automation entry.)

It is kind of a Rube Goldberg approach, but it gets the job done.

same issue. upgraded from iphone 6 Plus on IOS 12.4.8 to new iphone 12 on IOS 14. Now cannot adjust alarm volume at all and it is SO LOUD!!!!

Should have stuck with my 6 Plus!

Apple - please fix this issue it seems to be a common complaint.

Not a common complaint? I hardly ever encounter a problem after an iOS update, but this is my complaint too, and I don't think it is really that uncommon. They removed the volume slider from the alarm function, so it has basically become impossible to regulate the alarm volume anymore. I would really like to know why they did this, if it is done on purpose.

appleuser3791 wrote:

BE AWARE though - automatic IOS updates reset the Attention Aware Feature to be turned back on. My phone recently updated to the latest IOS update overnight and I was awoken next morning by the BLARING alarm again due to Attention Aware being turned back on by the auto update. Scared the c**p out of me. NOT a nice way to be woken up!

I think you may be misunderstanding how Attention Awareness works. It turns the volume down when the phone senses that you're looking at it. It doesn't force the volume to maximum.

About Attention Aware features on your iPhone X or iPad Pro - Apple Support