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The Apple Watch is the worst Alarm Clock
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The watch also vibrates... Many people use the alarm on the watch for that reason alone. It can be more effective than an audible alarm, and it doesn't disturb others.
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I'd like to know why so many people think it's not a problem that accidentally covering the face of the watch turns the alarm off. Even Apple thinks it was a problem. From an article here about WatchOS 9.4:
Specifically, Apple says that a wake-up alarm set in a Sleep Focus mode will no longer be silenced with the "Cover to Mute" gesture starting with watchOS 9.4. This means if the palm of your hand happens to cover your Apple Watch's display for three seconds while sleeping, the alarm will no longer be silenced unintentionally.
Specifically, Apple says that a wake-up alarm set in a Sleep Focus mode will no longer be silenced with the "Cover to Mute" gesture starting with watchOS 9.4. This means if the palm of your hand happens to cover your Apple Watch's display for three seconds while sleeping, the alarm will no longer be silenced unintentionally.
Im not gonna read 3 pages of reply but personally I have like 5 alarms each on my watch, phone and HomePod.
Setting one alarm on one device is asking for trouble. So first of all don’t blame apple. And second of all if you actually want change you can fill the form to send feedback to apple.
Setting one alarm on one device is asking for trouble. So first of all don’t blame apple. And second of all if you actually want change you can fill the form to send feedback to apple.
I like the Apple Watch as an alarm clock. It’s the best one I’ve used. Having something silent vibrate my wrist is very effective for me.
9 minutes non editable snooze is the stupidest thing ever created by humankind
Mine works just fine following below instructions. Don’t know what the issue is. I like it to vibrate over the sound.
https://support.apple.com/guide/watch/alarms-apd27ce65478/watchos
I can also set the snooze alarm as well. Used it once and it works.
Just stop using condoms. That’s what my wife and I did and now we wake up every morning without fail.
Getting an alarm-cat might be a cheaper option, long term.
I can sleep through my apple watch alarm unfortunately. Is there an "alarm band" that vibrates like an old Nokia I can buy that won't disturb others in the morning? Serious question.
My goodness the hyperbole of these forums is limitless...
I never thought to use my Apple Watch as an alarm clock. I’ve been too scared to wear it to bed with as much as I roll around. Figured it would randomly call or text people. I may have to wipe my phone and watch and try a fresh setup and try out all the sleep mode stuff. I never understood snooze as I figure I would hop in the shower and then the snooze alarm would just go off until I got out or my wife threw it across the room.
I use a silent ring tone on my phone. It makes no noise and only vibrates. Perfect alarm clock.
I stopped blaming other people or things for over sleeping when I stopped being a child.
I stopped blaming other people or things for over sleeping when I stopped being a child.
What bugs me is when you have your Apple Watch in nightstand mode, but the wake alarm still plays out of your phone if it's nearby. They should give you the option of always having the wake alarm play out of your watch -- surely that's the whole point of putting it in nightstand mode on your bedside table.
What's the argument here, Apple shouldn't offer options because that wouldn't be in line what the majority of the customers that shop this brand want and if Apple added these options it would upset these customers? Otherwise I don't see a reason why Apple couldn't add that.
Or because Apple has always done it this way, they can never change, should never change?
“Snooze” functionality is incredibly stupid and ought to be removed entirely from all clocks and software with alarm clocks:
It’s been proven in several studies that you gain absolutely nothing from snoozing a couple minutes or even hours after having been woken the first time (assuming you’ve slept a full 6-8 hours in one go).
In fact, it’s almost guaranteed to make you feel even worse and more tired than if you were to ignore your tiredness upon first waking and just get up instead of snoozing.
Doesn’t matter how long you snooze or how many times you press the snooze button, minutes of time you get to snooze before the next alarm -It will never feel like enough because it actually doesn’t get you more rested.
It’s (sleep) science:
The body will either not enter a full sleep cycle at all or, at worst, it will wake you again midway through a sleep cycle.
Waking midway through a sleep cycle makes you groggy and tired when you finally get up, and it’s also the same phenomenon that’s making you want to snooze the first time after waking.
-Go to bed earlier and get up without snoozing. Or have your Watch charge at night and get some old alarm clock with a big snooze button and go back to dreaming about how “just five minutes more” will make you feel less tired.
I have to say after years of using it, Apple watch alarm is great. I guess I'm a light sleeper, cause most of the time the haptic alone wakes me up gently (much prefer that to just a sound clock on the phone).
Hitting snooze multiple times and then being late is something that can happen with any alarm, though 😅
Hitting snooze multiple times and then being late is something that can happen with any alarm, though 😅
I really don't think that you should use the Apple Watch as the only alarm clock. That's just me. What I do is I have an alarm set on all of my Apple Devices, mainly so I can test an issue (FB10086690), where Alarms would not play on the Mac.
