Apple Watch alarm goes silent indefinitely when covered with palm.

I'm surprised that this issue dates back over 5 years, as far as i can see.

Here goes:

I love the alarm on my Apple Watch.

(Apparently it's not healthy to sleep with your iPhone under your pillow...)

BUT!

More often than not, my morning not-ready-to-wake-just-yet-muscle-reflex is resting its palm on the Watch screen.

This causes the alarm to mute (i only have it on haptic/vibrate), and it NEVER does anything else.

No snooze, no nothing.

The screen says "Snooze" or "Turn Off" - but that is usually when it's too late anyway.

It's nice to sleep in, but not the 5 days a week, when i would love to trust my device to wake me up, and get to work.

The "Cover to mute" function, apparently has no influence on this palm-rest-indefinite-snooze issue.

Which would also be a pain for muting incoming calls, so the alarm issue would have to be separate from this.

And just to be clear:

This unfortunate "feature" is causing issues for your customers, who rely on your tech to wake them in the morning, or from naps.

Your iPhone NEEDS a button to be pressed for snooze or stop. Not a slap dash on the entire screen to do nothing afterwards.

(Continuity for functionality across devices, and all that).

Easy fix Apple:

IF an alarm is due.

THEN vibrate/sound/whistle - to wake your happy tech-customer.

IF palm is placed on screen (intentionally or UN-intentionally) .

THEN Snooze for the notorious Steve Jobs 9 min.

This is especially for us who actually use your Sleep Schedule feature.

It would be truly joyous to have this fixed by WatchOS 10.0.2.

(i'm on 10.0.1 on a Series 7)

Thank you. 🫶 ⏰