iPhone alarm sound not playing on iOS 26

In the two days since I’ve installed iOS 26, I’ve awoken (late) in the morning to see that my phone had my alarm on the screen, but no sound playing. This has been a known issue in the past due to attention aware features, but I have those turned off already. I have an iPhone 14 Pro Max

iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 26

Posted on Sep 17, 2025 11:15 AM

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Posted on Dec 11, 2025 6:47 AM

Third update for me on this thread; I raised the volume bar one notch, and now the alarm plays. So essentially the update lowered the volume bars a notch. All the way down volume used to still give me a low-volume song being played on alarms, but now it makes it all the way silent. Up two notches now gives me the same volume that I used to get with it turned all the way down. Doesn’t make much sense to me as to why anyone would want “silent” as an option, unless you’re hoping that the light from your phone screen wakes you up or something but that seems ridiculous.

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iPhone alarm sound not playing on iOS 26

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