Apple accepted issues With the reliability of the iPhone's built-in alarm feature last April after a report by NBC Today It was said in the morning show that work is going on to fix it, but some people are still facing problems. Android Authority points towards Reddit post by BrianLolWut The r/iPhone subreddit from Wednesday has a photo of an iPhone with an alarm set for 10:30 a.m., but the alarm goes off at 12:42 a.m. — which is the time displayed on the Apple Watch.
As of late Thursday night, several Reddit users are still commenting on the thread saying they are experiencing similar issues.
“My morning alarm seemed to be going off for 40 minutes with no sound and no movement,” he said slavek_zupaAnother post said that his alarm went off at 5 pm when it was supposed to go off at 7 am.
Reports in the thread today include people who are still using iOS 17 and others who have updated to iOS 18 with Apple Intelligence.
Some people say they have tried Turning off Apple's attention awareness featuresWhich can reduce the volume of the alarm when the iPhone detects your face. However, this doesn't solve the problem for many people, and you lose out on features like seeing full notifications on your lock screen.
We've asked Apple if they're still looking into this issue, but we haven't received a response yet. Personally, I've also noticed that my iPhone sometimes doesn't make sounds or vibrate in the morning, but it leaves a lifeless notification as if it did. Luckily, I've got a Google Pixel 8 Pro as a backup which usually gets me through, and I'm trying nintendo alarmoToo, but my wife was quite sick of yelling at Link to wake up Zelda.