Any way for alerts to play through headphones only?

Alerts (texts, reminders, other app alerts) play through the headphones. Ringer for phone calls and alarms will always play through the phone speakers. The alarm sound from the built in Clock app will sound even if you use the mute switch or Do Not Disturb. It sounds as if your phone is working as designed.

You can submit feedback to Apple here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback

However, I suspect the reason that the alarm always sounds through the speakers and can't be muted is because no one at Apple wants to deal with all the people who would be irate because they left their phone on mute and were late to work. In fact, many people put their phone on DND at night so that they can still use the alarm but not be bothered by alerts. Before DND, people used to plug in a headset to get the same effect.

cjcivicx wrote:

Just seems counterintuitive. I submitted my feedback, but something tells me that the same people that you mentioned being irate because it was off have already won, because rather than taking responsibility, they'd rather someone do it for them. Thanks for the reply, though.

I wasn't making any judgments, or suggesting this was a win/lose sort of thing, just suggesting a hypothesis for why it is the way it is now.