alarm is not playing selected music

My iPhone no longer plays my selected song as my alarm, but just defaults to the standard alarm.

The chosen song is definitely downloaded on my phone so I can't work out why it's not working.

Thanks in advance.

iPhone 11

Posted on Mar 9, 2022 4:39 AM

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Posted on Mar 10, 2022 7:34 AM

Hello stevegerrard68,


In order to play music that is from Apple Music as an alarm for your alarm tone, you'll need to try a few steps here:


  1. Turn off Dolby Atmos audio in Settings > Music on your device.
  2. Then, be sure that you have the song downloaded to your music library as well
  3. If you downloaded it previously, you may remove it and download again to help as well.


Lastly, make sure to take a look at the steps here for setting up those sounds: How to set and change alarms on your iPhone


Take care!


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Mar 10, 2022 7:34 AM in response to stevegerrard68

Hello stevegerrard68,


In order to play music that is from Apple Music as an alarm for your alarm tone, you'll need to try a few steps here:


  1. Turn off Dolby Atmos audio in Settings > Music on your device.
  2. Then, be sure that you have the song downloaded to your music library as well
  3. If you downloaded it previously, you may remove it and download again to help as well.


Lastly, make sure to take a look at the steps here for setting up those sounds: How to set and change alarms on your iPhone


Take care!


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