Alarms are way too quiet on new iPhone 15

My volume is set up to highest but the ringtone and alarm on my iphone 15 is almost impossible to hear

I have made sure the volume is turned all the way up multiple times and if my phone is locked it doesn’t make a sound when I get a message. This is terrible. The volume also seems to adjust on it’s on because I can go back later and check and the slider has moved to a lower volume again. I need to be able to hear my alerts. I use my phone at work and home. Is there going to be a fix for this problem?

This is something I was considering returning the phone for, but I found a solution that works for me.

The observation by EdensSerpent led me to the answer. Indeed, "out of the box", when the phone can see you, or you touch it, the alarm gets significantly quieter. Turning the alarm volume up only makes the first second or so of the alarm sound loud, then it lowers the volume.

I went to "Face ID & Passcode" and turned off "Attention Aware Features", and my alarm is now as loud, and in some cases louder, than my previous iPhone, and does not get quieter when touched.

Apple needs to give us a toggle in the Alarm settings to ignore that feature, because it affects so many other things.

I have this exact same

problem. No matter what I do the alarm plays super soft and I miss it half the time.

How is this even a possibility. 15th revision of the iphone....what meeting were people sitting around brainstorming where someone said "I have it--we make it so that alarms are very quiet!."

"Interesting idea Carl. The user will still be able to make the alarm loud by turning the volume up though, right? I mean, people use these to force themselves awake from a sleep."

"No John, that's the beauty of it. The alarms are ALWAYS quiet. That's the default. Turning the volume up only makes non-alarm noises incredibly loud."

No. We've been late for work, late for events, and turned to the internet for help, but none of us have tried the first thing anyone would try. We've all used iphone as an alarm for 15 years, this is a new issue.

Not only do you need to turn the volume up. When you test the alarm to see if it’s working. Be sure you are not looking at your iPhone when the alarm goes off. iPhone will see your face and automatically adjust the volume to the low setting making it difficult to hear. Found that out just by chance. Also music to be used for alarms must be downloaded to your iPhone. Check for a small arrow to the right of the song title in your music app. If no arrow. Tap and hold the song title until a menu pops up. Select download. Once arrow is visible and download complete. The song is ready for alarms

Yeah I was real thrilled when my phone updated in the middle of the night, and for the second **** time made me late for work. This time because they changed the default alarm, and it's way too low to hear even if you're right next to it. Last time they just turned it off.

If that worked, it would be great--especially since that's the first thing everyone who has the problem tries, but it doesn't work if you have the problem every here is discussing.

kaelyn248 Said:

"Alarms are way too quiet on new iPhone 15: I’ve got the volume turned all the way up on my phone and my alarms are so quiet that I can hardly hear them. I don’t know what to do and really need this fixed"

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Troubleshooting Silent Alarms:

Perform the following...

1. Go Here: How to Set and Change Alarms On your iPhone - Apple Support
2. As it Reads: "Go to Settings > Sounds & Haptics and drag the slider under Ringtone and Alert Volume. If your alarm only vibrates, make sure that your alarm sound isn't set to None"

First go to settings. Tap "Sounds and Haptics" then, under "Ringtone and Alert Volume," slide the slider to your right.

I have done this and it makes no difference

OK, I got the alarm volume working louder for me. Here's how, when previewing different alarm sounds that is the time to press a left side button and then the volume slider appears on the screen on the left side. That is your slider, not the button. Slide to the volume you want. The alarm went off plenty loud. I picked up my phone I learned it's easy to accidentally lower the volume by slightly touching the top left button. Phone assumes you're AWAKE! If you steer clear of that button the volume is as loud as you want. HTH

Not only do you need to turn the volume up. When you test the alarm to see if it’s working. Be sure you are not looking at your iPhone when the alarm goes off. iPhone will see your face and automatically adjust the volume to the low setting making it difficult to hear. Found that out just by chance. Also music to be used for alarms must be downloaded to your iPhone. Check for a small arrow to the right of the song title in your music app. If no arrow. Tap and hold the song title until a menu pops up. Select download. Once arrow is visible and download complete. The song is ready for alarms

I’ve found I need to adjust the volume directly in the app used. Just adjusting sound and haptics(whatever that is) doesn’t work for alarms. When setting up an alarm. Be sure your sound is usable for an alarm first. Check out “EdensSerpent” for more information. Select the sound you want, while sound is playing adjust the volume displayed on the left side of the screen. If you see the slider on the top— you have the wrong slider. Tap and hold the sound til it starts to play. You should then see the volume adjust on the left side of the screen. This is the volume for the alarm. Also, it seems, if you adjust your main volume for any reason, you’ll need to reset the alarm volume. Not sure why. Just another cost of user friendly devices