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Is there a fix for the ear splittingly loud notifications bug yet??

Sir Ruben

Sir Ruben

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Hi All,

My Apple Watch will regularly start belting out very loud notification sounds. Much much louder than the normal level and the text tone in particular hurts my ears (and its tiny speaker by the sounds of it!).

Ive seen it suggested that this happens after you have had an alarm or timer set on the watch.

Anyone have any info on it because its getting on my nerves!!

PPPPIIIINNNNGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!1one
 
Happens to me as well. Not sure how to fix it, just resolves itself on its own.
 
Sir Ruben said:
Hi All,

My Apple Watch will regularly start belting out very loud notification sounds. Much much louder than the normal level and the text tone in particular hurts my ears (and its tiny speaker by the sounds of it!).

Ive seen it suggested that this happens after you have had an alarm or timer set on the watch.

Anyone have any info on it because its getting on my nerves!!

PPPPIIIINNNNGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!1one
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I heard dat too during recess at school one day, I heard the noon aides Apple Watch rings so loud and it sounded not comfortable for the kids.
 
I'll let you know the first time it happens to me.

Have you restarted or reset or re-paired the watch yet?
 
Same here. Looks like it starts happening after using the Timer for several times in a row. Bug present since watchOS 2.0
 
Hmm. I've noticed my morning alarms re-triggering almost on top of each other, but maybe it's only after I've put a few of them on snooze. It would be an odd coincidence for several to fire within thirty seconds of each other, though.

But, they're almost always on silent. I don't have my watch in audible mode very often, but when it is, I haven't heard it try to overdrive any sounds, either.

This is one thing I don't like about digital sound: if it tries to play two sounds at once, it stacks the volume of both and tries to double the output. It's like when you're typing a text, keyboard click on, and another text comes in -- the notification sound and the key clicks occur simultaneously and briefly go CLICK CLICK CLICK! There's got to be a better way to handle the output levels.
 
If you think the notifications are too loud, you can go into settings and lower the volume. I personally think they are just fine. What I wish I could change is the alarm. That thing is way too quiet to wake up anyone! I want to be able to change the alarm and make it louder because it doesn't wake me up at all, I still have to use my phone and/or my alarm clock. I want to ditch my alarm clock because it takes up too much room on my nightstand and is ugly!
 
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ladytonya said:
If you think the notifications are too loud, you can go into settings and lower the volume. I personally think they are just fine.
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The point is that there is a bug where notifications will be at max volume regardless of the level at which they're set. I have mine set at about ⅓, but I still get the random, piercing dings. Usually only a restart fixes it.
 
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