Alarm volume TOO LOUD in iOS14

I CAN DUPE THIS!

I've seen this issue since iOS14, and have today finally managed to reproduce it at will.

For *me* it's specific to my EPOS (pka Sennheiser) ADAPT 560 and ADAPT 660 Bluetooth headsets. It doesn't happen on my Poly UC8200.

All I need to do is receive a call on the phone when the headset is paired/active - or not even answer it - and after the call my Sounds & Haptics / Ringer and Alerts volume has jumped from next to zero to anywhere from 50% to 100%, ready to startle me the next time an alarm goes off.

Making a call doesn't do it. It seems to be tied to the incoming ringing volume.

I've separately engaged EPOS support with the details of the dupe.

My environment is an iPhone 8 running iOS 14.2. I'm also permanently paired with an old Apple watch and the phone is permanently in mute (or whatever the term is for when the side switch is activated).

My partner has just upgraded his iPhone [8] SE to 14.2 and with the same headset it doesn't manifest the issue.

I've previously reset all my settings at the behest of Apple support and that didn't do anything (other than give me a lot of settings to have to restore). The phone has NOT been reset to factory.

- G.

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

Where do you set the volume? There is no such option, at least not specifically for the alarm. As other users have pointed out, it's not very practical having to lower the volume of the ringer and alerts only because of the alarm issue. Do I now have to remember to lower the volume every night before I go to bed? There is hardly an advantage anymore over an old-fashioned alarm clock.

This didn't use to be an issue before iOS 14. People are reporting they found a solution by switching on "change with buttons" but that only makes it worse. Every time I listen to music, I then have to remember to lower the volume afterwards. This is all so super annoying; why can't there just be a volume setting for the alarm?? (and why wasn't this an issue before?)

Actually, most people do wake up with a super loud volume that cannot be adjusted; most alarm clocks, for example, do not have an adjustable volume setting.

Certainly unless you put it under a pillow the old wind-up style with a bell had no volume setting.

Rock_climb wrote:

Why is the alarm volume so loud? I turned it down all the way and it still blares out.

If you are using the Sleep function in Health and the alarms are set through that, there is a separate volume adjustment in Health.

Yes! I’m glad it’s not just me thinking this has happened, some mornings when I have to get up mega early I used to set my alarm much quieter so as not to wake our baby, but now it wakes our baby, and pretty much everyone on the street, it was a perfectly good alarm app before, I can’t understand the need for the change? I just want to be able to set the alarm to go off quieter, without having to download yet another app to get a function that should be already on the phone..

I had the same issue. Make sure under Sound and Haptics the Change with Buttons slider is on. This will allow you to adjust the volume using the side buttons. If not the alarm defaults to the volume in the ringer ad alerts level.

I agree with you, you used to be able to go into a particular alarm that you created, hit edit. Once you chose a particular sound you were able to choose the volume by adjust with the volume up down buttons. You can still do that now but it does not remember the level. It defaults back to the main sound setting.

Gregp2424 wrote:

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.

The alarm volume has never been independent of the main volume. People have complained about that for years.

You can let Apple know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Agree with OP.

the lowest volume setting is louder than prior to iOS 14.3.

scared the bejeezus out of me this AM.

I upgraded from 6s to 12 Mini

transferred settings and content

I noticed the default was too loud last night when I used the timer.

changed default under Settings/Sound & Haptics/Ringer and Alerts to lowest setting

set an alarm and made sure volume was at lowest setting

The lowest volume setting is *much* louder than it used to be prior to iOS 14.3.

I’ve gone ahead submitted feedback to Apple.

boy, I sure hope they address this soon.

Actually turn on the change to button— at the bottom of your picture. Slide it to green. That turns it back to the older settings where you can change using your volume buttons.

For me, togeling the "change with buttons" on works like a charm 😊

Fir my first alarm I can set the volume low. But if I snooze it then the next alarm gets loud on my first gen SE.

Or flip the switch “adjust with buttons” to return thing to the good old way.