World clock timer Alert volume almost too low to hear on iPhone 13 mini with IOS 15.0

Hi. Judysings,

Unfortunately, none of the normal procedures affect the level of the alarm for the World Clock timer on my iPhone 13 mini. As yet, this cell phone has no case, so sound ports are unobstructed. When I change the alarm tone, the sample plays at a reasonable level, but the timer alarm remains barely audible,

It appears I will have to escalate this issue to Customer Support.

I updated to 15.0.1 to find that the sllder volume control now affects the level; however, the loudest setting possible is no more than 5% (estimated) of the maximum.

I also checked the clock alarm. It also has low volume.

I will escalate this issue.

As I posted on Oct 5, the 15.0.1 update was not a solution.

My brother had the same issues with an iPhone 12. He learned that Attention Aware Features is a factor. See item 5 at Top 9 Fixes for iPhone Alarm Volume Is Low or Loud (guidingtech.com) where I discovered that alarm levels were very low when a user actively looks at the phone. Running the countdown timer and Sleep alarm to produce their alarm signals, I experienced normal alarm volumes when the iPhone was not in my view, but muted alarm volumes when I faced the screen of the iPhone. I used Settings > Face ID & Passcode and disabled Attention Aware Features. While there, I also disabled Require Attention for Face ID to disable related processing, thereby saving power.

Now I can use the timer and hear the pre-set volume of the alarm while facing the screen or with the iPhone out of view.