Why is the volume low for alarms when standard iPhone volume is low after the latest update?

screenshot of Debbie’s post… worked for me! 🙌

It doesn’t work , I have it turned off , the alarm volume at full, but yet it’s still being controlled by my main audio volume , this is such a terrible system

Bring back the “Alarm Volume” slider you can adjust within the alarm.

Debbie9566 - Thanks, that worked for me on IPhone 15. Can now depend on it waking me up. Don’t know why I can’t use a song for my alarm as I did on my previous phones though. Can’t seem to get an answer to that.

DEDGirl5150 wrote:

Iphone update 16 makes alarm volume same as ringer volume, making my alarm pointless!

That has actually always been the case. There has never been a separate volume control for Alarm through the Alarm app. However, if you set an Alarm through the sleep tracking function in the Health app, you have some independent volume control.

Track your sleep on Apple Watch and use Sleep on iPhone - Apple Support

If the problem is that you want to silence the ring while sleeping but still hear the alarm, the fastest, simplest way is to use the mute switch on the side of the phone just above the volume buttons. That will silence all alerts but still allow the alarm to sound at whatever volume you're selected.

Or, you can set up a Sleep Focus that prevents notifications you don't want but still allows ones from people you might want to hear from in the event of an emergency. You will still hear your alarm.

Use Focus on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

AngryPolishMan wrote:

Bring back the “Alarm Volume” slider you can adjust within the alarm.

There has never been a separate Alarm Volume slider. People have been asking for one for years but Apple hasn't provided one. The only place you'll find one is if you set up a Sleep tracking schedule. That alarm has a separate slider.

Apple doesn't read here for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Note also the alarm is now viewer aware. with the end result it won't go off at full volume if you're looking at your phone when it goes off.

This worked! Thank you so much!! 😊

Hi - I’ve had the same issues with those later iOS updates (13 Pro). I manually adjusted this slider in the sounds menu and it’s much better.

The side volume keys didn’t adjust it, have to drag it. When I opened it, it was down at minimum for some reason. Set max it’s fire alarm loud, middle to 2/3 is ok.

Hope that helps, found this thread googling the issue after sleeping because of it.

Thanks! It’s works for me!!!

I read what Debbie said when she copied from Reddit for the alarm for my new iPhone, 15+ and it worked!!

thank you Debbie for posting it

thank you!! Tried everything I could think of, then read this. Didn’t know about this option. Alarms all good now. Thank you!

Yes!! You are right ! Saved my mornings

Many thanks from Sweden, U saved me a lot of frustration!!!!

DEDGirl5150 wrote:

Right. I read all of that. But the volume slider does, so if I’m on my phone late with my volume down, my alarm volume will also be down. So, suddenly, with the update, the alarm volume goes to nothing & unless I want to watch videos at full volume in the middle of the night, my iphone alarm is no longer useful.

Turn your volume up when you finish watching videos before you go to sleep. Or, set the alarm using Health, as I suggested.

Or buy a cheap alarm clock.