Alarm volume TOO LOUD in iOS14

No, not misunderstanding, I went through 2 hours of testing scenarios on the phone with Apple support and they diagnosed it down to this feature being on that was causing the alarm to be max volume until I looked at the phone.

Agreed. This is a problem for me now since I wake up earlier than my husband and the new loud alarm now wakes him up too. The smaller alarm settings are difficult to see and I am frustrated and ready to find a different alarm solution.

Volume used to be independent of the main sounds and hepatic, that does not seem to be the case anymore. Extremely frustrating and hopefully just a temporary bug. Setting up sleep app is too involved I just want to be able to set an alarm at a particular volume level without affecting the rest of my ringers and sounds which is how it worked prior to iOS 14/iPhone 12pro It might not sound like a big deal but I use the alarm clock app every day. Hopefully apple is listening.

Hi,

I totally agree with your (Kerpie's) post and especially the final comment:

"If they must keep adding unnecessary features then for pity sake add features, but leave the simple method intact for those who need it!"

Why can't Apple just leave the software as it was... if it ain't broke, don't fix it !!!

Overnight, without intending to allow it, my iPhone 6S has upgraded to ios14.3... now today as noted elsewhere, all alarms are at BLARING level Volume, (totally irrespective of the low setting for call ringer volume).

If they must introduce this feature, why can't each selected alarm sound have its own volume level set to an individual setting?

Apple, why do you continue to make your products difficult to live with??!!! It should be the opposite!

I agree. This response is ridiculous and clearly it is a common issue. This is my 6th thread trying to get answers all with hundreds of people saying they’re experiencing the same issue. Nothing has solved the problem yet. Frikin gives me a heart attack at 430am so I finally just started to leave it on vibrate underneath my pillow. And yes Kerpie I know how to navigate, this is not rocket science 🙄. Why are you even in this thread if it doesn’t apply to you? I’ve owned every single iphone ever made and never had an issue with a stupid alarm. Started happening for me after the last update. All my volumes are set to the lowest settings, yet the alarm is blaring! This is ridiculous

luisma1161, I see, yes, that's more complicated. Of course I agree that every set of alarm settings should allow volume control. I was relieved that I at least found a way to control the wakeup separate from the regular alarms. I have submitted comments about this to Apple and I hope everyone here does too - it's a quality of life issue now that they've made us dependent on their devices!

I’ve been having the same issue except I’ve delete the pre-set alarm by apple and I am resetting the volume every night so that it’s wayyyy down and yet it keeps resetting and BLASTING at full volume every morning! I have a branding new 12 latest iOS and I don’t know what to do at this point expect stop setting an alarm and hope I wake up at a decent time for work 🤷‍♀️. Looking through these answers for any advice, this is a TERRIBLE user experience.

The question is where did you find such clock app. When I click on alarms, nothing happens. I need to click on Edit button first, which located in the top left corner. Moreover I didn’t find any Sound and haptics in the menu.

I think the fact that there are lots of pages of people stating the same issue on this one individual thread alone would indicate that this is a common problem, actually.

Infuriating issue. Have lodged feedback with Apple directly.

giles167 wrote:

I think the fact that there are lots of pages of people stating the same issue on this one individual thread alone would indicate that this is a common problem, actually.

There are six pages in this thread. If it were a common problem, there would be ten times that. Does that mean the problem isn't annoying or frustrating to those few who have it? No. It just means it's not likely to be top priority on the list of things to get fixed.

Best of luck!

The alarm sound is certainly no louder than it was on the iPhone 8, X, XS or 11, I can state with absolute certainty.

Same issue with me - massively annoying!

Perfect, I was having to go in every night to knock the volume down, much appreciated.