Apple finally sounded the alarm.
For months, iPhone users have been complaining about a glitch that prevents alarms they set from going off.
“This is probably the third or fourth day in a row that my alarm clock didn’t go off.” TikToker Reid Manning I caught it recently.
Another person on TikTok said: spent half a year Trying to reach the bottom of the alarm gate.
This week, Apple finally acknowledged until today It turns out that the alarm is silently malfunctioning due to an ongoing issue.
The most common version of this problem involves a subtle configuration called “attention awareness.”
In January, Posted by Apple Its Attendance Aware allows the iPhone to “check whether you are paying attention to your device and automatically take action.” “Intelligently wakes up” your phone’s camera whether FaceID is enabled or not.
Several reddit user — They were saving a father who was chronically late to pick up his child from school — they realized that Attention Aware had a fatal flaw.
Many people complain that a person can be mistakenly mistaken for looking at their phone and the important alarm jingle can be automatically turned off.
According to Apple, the way to shut down this feature is to go to Settings, go to “Face ID & Passcode,” and toggle the “Remind Me” switch to off.
in March guide created by Apple When setting an alarm, the company also advises double-checking the ringtone volume under “Sounds and Haptics.”
