How can I enable hourly chimes on the Apple Watch while in Focus mode?

I'm on iOS 15 on my iPhone 13 Pro Max.

I also own the Apple Watch SE, which is on 8.0.


When I'm *not* in a Focus mode, my hourly Chimes work as expected.

When I'm *in* a Focus mode, they don't; there's no haptic event, and no sound.


How can I enable the hourly chimes while in a Focus mode?

Posted on Sep 24, 2021 4:04 PM

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Oct 18, 2021 3:12 AM in response to INTeJer

Same here. I'm guessing it's an oversight. I find the hourly chimes and stand reminders very useful, but always had my watch on mute because of other notifications. Was looking forward to finally silencing everything except for chimes and such during work, but alass...


Hopefully they add this as an option in the future.

Perhaps just allowing to pick Clock and other system apps in the focus settings could solve it

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How can I enable hourly chimes on the Apple Watch while in Focus mode?

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