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Alarm stopped working on new Apple Watch series 11

How can I turn the alarm ON and shut off "Looks like you're awake" and the "Good Morning" screen and vibrations while still using sleep focus and a sleep schedule?


My new-ish (few months) Series 11 is acting up even more. The "are you awake" and good morning chime & screen are still annoying me daily, but suddenly my alarm is dead silent, no vibration, no anything. I have not changed or updated or done a thing to make this happen. 3 days in a row I have woken up late and my alarm has been 'going off' for an hour. As soon as I hit the stop button, the super aggressive vibration and chime of "Good morning" hits. That is SO UNNECESSARY!!!!


My series 6 was doing this junk and my series 9 was not. The alarm just went off on the 9 and that was it. It was awesome. This series 11 was behaving like the series 9 was up until about a month of owning it then started with all the extra morning vibrations and alerts. The fact that the alarm is now just not working is the absolute worst.


I'm sick of this garbage watch, I need to have an alarm with no extra things tied to it. Why are the "Looks like you're awake" and the "Good Morning" even a thing???? I just want my dumb alarm.



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It sounds like the Sleep Schedule alarm and the Sleep Focus wake-up experience are getting mixed together.

Try setting a separate alarm in the Alarms app on the Watch instead of relying on the Sleep Schedule alarm. You can keep Sleep Focus and your sleep schedule enabled, while using the regular alarm independently.


For the missing alarm sound/vibration, check Settings -> Sounds & Haptics and make sure Haptics are enabled and Silent Mode isn’t preventing the behavior you want.


More info: Apple Watch alarms and sleep schedules