Apple working to fix alarming iPhone issue

Apple says it is working quickly to fix an issue that caused some iPhone alarms not to play a sound, giving their slumbering users an unexpected lie-in.

For many people, their phone is an indispensable alarm clock and some over-sleepers turned to social media to vent.

It is also unclear how many people are affected or whether the problem is restricted to particular models of iPhone.

One is to guard against human error – so double-check the phone’s alarm settings and ensure the volume is turned up.

When active, these enable an iPhone to check whether a person is paying attention to their device and – if they are – to take action automatically, such as lowering the volume sound of alerts, including alarms.

They are available on iPhone X or later, and iPad Pro 11-inch or iPad Pro 12.9-inch, Apple says.

Some TikTokkers suggested that if a slumbering user’s face were turned towards the screen of a bedside iPhone then, depending on the phone’s settings, the features could be activated and alarms silenced.