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Ever since the new update to the bedtime and sleep features on the iPhone, my wake up alarm has only been vibrating my wrist but not playing noise on my iPhone.
I like to wear my Apple Watch to bed to track my sleep but I would still like the alarm to play noise on my iPhone because the vibration on my watch just isn’t enough to wake me up.
BTW. this was a problem in 2018 and now again!
iPhone 11 Pro
IOS 15.4.1
If you're using the Sleep Tracking, the alarm will only fire on your watch unless it's locked. So, what you can do is put your phone down then put your watch on (if you've been charging it) or take it off and put it back on and don't pick up the phone again (as you can have it set to unlock your watch). As long as you don't unlock the watch, the alarm will sound on the phone in the morning.
If you're using the Sleep Tracking, the alarm will only fire on your watch unless it's locked. So, what you can do is put your phone down then put your watch on (if you've been charging it) or take it off and put it back on and don't pick up the phone again (as you can have it set to unlock your watch). As long as you don't unlock the watch, the alarm will sound on the phone in the morning.
You can certainly let Apple know what you'd like to see here:
However, Apple has continued to maintain a set up where notifications are on the watch if the phone is locked. This seems to be an extension and is probably intentional.
Hello OldDave58.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities. Let's check the audio settings on your Apple Watch first: Change the audio and notification settings on your Apple Watch
Next:
"If you have an alarm that doesn't sound or is too quiet, or if your iPhone only vibrates, check the following:
Manually adjusting the time on your iPhone in Settings to change app behavior, like game timers, isn't recommended and can affect alarms."
How to set and change alarms on your iPhone
Cheers.
Thanks very much for this workaround, I'll try it tonight. I can understand what's happening, but this can only be seen as a bug I think. Anyway I'm grateful if this works as it's been bugging me a while now. :-)
haha, OK, maybe intentional, but for my usage not rational.
Thanks again. :-)
OldDave58 wrote:
haha, OK, maybe intentional, but for my usage not rational.
Thanks again. :-)
I hear that!
Best of luck.
Wake up alarm on watch only
