iOS 27 Finally Unlinks Alarm Volume From Your iPhone Ringer

[MacRumors]

For the better part of two decades, an iPhone's alarm volume has matched its ringer. In other words, if you slide the ringtone volume down to silence your iPhone overnight, you're also turning your alarm's volume down with it. That's no longer the case in iOS 27.

Settings now includes an "Alarms and Timers" section with its own Match Ringtone Volume toggle. If you toggle it off, a dedicated slider appears that allows you to drop the ringer volume to nothing, and you'll still be woken at whatever alarm volume you choose.

How to Set a Separate Alarm Volume

1. Open Settings on your iPhone.
2. Tap Sounds & Haptics.
3. Under "Alarms and Timers," toggle off Match Ringtone Volume.
4. Drag the slider that appears to set your alarm and timer volume.

That's all there is to it. Alarms and timers now have their own level, regardless of how quiet or loud your iPhone's ringer is set at.

Bear in mind that alarms carrying their own volume control – like any wake-up alarm you have selected in your Sleep schedule – will keep the level you set for them individually. To go back to the old behavior, simply toggle Match Ringtone Volume back on, and the slider will disappear.

A Second Toggle for Alerts and System Sounds

You may notice that directly below the "Alarms and Timers" controls sits a second Match Ringtone Volume switch in a separate section. This covers alerts and system sounds, like incoming texts, keyboard clicks, and suchlike. Toggle off this setting and you'll get a similar independent slider. It's a neat fix if, say, you've ever wanted a loud ringer without a loud keyboard.

iOS 27 is currently available in public beta and is expected to be generally available this coming September.

Article Link: iOS 27 Finally Unlinks Alarm Volume From Your iPhone Ringer

 

[MallardDuck]

This, right here, is a reason to upgrade.

 

[triumvirate]

“Can’t innovate anymore, my @ss!”

Finally, though.

 

[GrumpyOldGuy52]

My alarm volume has always been unlinked from my phone because my phone doesn’t stay in my bedroom, and I have an actual dedicated alarm clock.

 

[iMac The Knife]

Wow, that took long enough. Better late than never I suppose.

 

[StuBeck]

Which developer resigned over this change? This feels like it only stayed the same because of a single persons reign of terror over development of a feature that no one liked.

 

[MNWildFan]

About damn time

Why wasn't it like this sooner?

 

[davidh2k]

What a time to be alive.

 

[jeff032177]

My alarm volume has always been unlinked from my phone because my phone doesn’t stay in my bedroom, and I have an actual dedicated alarm clock.

No, it wasn’t unlinked. You just didn’t use the alarm on your phone.

 

[zarmanto]

Seriously overdue feature. I've been anno --

... like incoming texts, keyboard clicks, and suchlike. ...

Hol-up, now... Wait-wot? (Double-click, right-click, drag down to "Search the web for suchlike"...)

Huh. I just learned a new rarely used word. Fancy that!

 

[Marzzz]

Great! But I still want a toggle for Silence Unknown Callers in the Control Center.

 

[MacAddict1978]

I remember years ago they were going to mirror android and have multiple volume channels. I miss that so much from Android. Games, apps, music - one setting. Ringer? ANother. Alarms? Another. Multiple audio sources playing? Turn down the one you want to mute, like the ad in a game you're not supposed to be playing at your desk at work.

Iphone volume and silence settings still suck, but this helps.

 

[koelsh]

Awesome, now they just need to do the same for Siri and even better allow each of these volume levels be set by shortcuts.

 

[SpotOnT]

What on earth took them so long!

I hate having to check what volume I had what TV show I was watching last before bed every night.

 

[PsykX]

This is one of the rare things where I would prefer the Android implementation

 

[mattopotamus]

The content we need! I had not idea this feature was in ios 27. I feel like it should be this way by default.

 

[doolar]

I believe it when I see it. Wonder if they finally fixed the decades old bug with the ringtone volume suddenly changed by itself even though the buttons are unlinked from ringer volume? I won’t hold my breath though. 😂

 

[UliBaer]

That's an achievement - wow?! 🤦‍♂️
How about individually adjustable volumes everywhere (like in other OSes)? 😁💨

 

[mihighil]

I was told by people on this forum that there was no need for apple to do this because it made sense for the volume controls to be linked, it just made sense and it worked! Yeah those “apple can do no wrong” fanboys are funny.

 

[bigboy29]

Apple is really on it!

• A Wallet app where you can add your own passes?
• Independent volume sliders?

What's next? Apple Music shuffle that actually shuffles through all songs in a playlist? 🙏

(Don't get me wrong, I'm as excited as the next guy about all this but... eh.)

 

[NastyMatt]

Tim Cook mike drop.

 

[aknabi]

The fact this took more than one release after it was an issue (and I would go further and say that it was ever released with that link) is one of many data points in the case to be made of the bozonification that has been happening within Apple for ~15 years (with the last decade being a dramatic downslope).

 

[jml12286]

My alarm always makes sound with my ringer and sound always on mute. Im not sure how I've done it, but its been like that for years 🤷‍♂️

 

[svish]

Glad to have this option. Should have been enabled a long time ago.

 

[mattopotamus]

Is this for retards who can't properly mute their phones at night (sleep mode)?

I think the problem is people are watching a video and turn the volume low and forget to turn it up. If that happens, your alarm volume follows suit.