Late for work AGAIN due to Apple Watch

The problem with this issue is that either Apple support can’t read English or they know this is a stupid design flaw and won’t admit it.

the watch is meant to be worn if you want to monitor your sleep patterns.

when you are wearing the watch, any notification (including alarms) will be pushed to the watch if the phone is locked

So the only way to have the alarm ring on the phone is to not wear the watch

moreover, even if you disable “cover to mute” on the watch, covering the screen will stop the alarm from ringing / giving haptic feedback but won’t register it as snooze, so the alarm won’t be set off ever again and the watch will wait indefinitely (and muted) that you make a choice between snooze and turn off.

this is even more troublesome if your watch is in “sleep” focus-mode, as the screen will remain off since whatever muted it has turned the screen off for the same reason (the screen being covered).

this behaviour is totally incompatible with wearing a watch while you sleep. Still Apple has just added a better sleep pattern monitoring app, which we can’t use if we rely on the alarm to wake up at specific times.

This is plain stupid.

The purpose of an alarm is to wake people; it can’t be muted just like any other watch notification, because of the nature of a watch you wear while you sleep.

Thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities, Tsarchasm,

We would recommend starting by restating your Apple Watch and paired iPhone if you have not already:

• Restart watch: Restart your Apple Watch - Apple Support

• Restart iPhone: Restart your iPhone - Apple Support

If the issue continues after that, try turning the sleep schedule alarm off on your watch: Track your sleep with Apple Watch - Apple Support. This should still keep your sleep schedule active, but only have the alarm go off on your phone.

Should the issue continue, please don't hesitate to respond back.

Enjoy your weekend!

Tsarchasm,

You can take a look at this support article on setting and using alarms on the Apple Watch:

Add an alarm on Apple Watch - Apple Support

See the section "See the same alarms on Bothe iPhone and Apple Watch." It tells you how to turn on Push Alerts from iPhone. You can use the same steps to stop pushing the alerts.

You can also use the Apple Watch as a nightstand clock with alarm, this will prevent you from rolling over on the watch and either blocking the sound of the alarm or inadvertently muting or canceling the alarm.

Regards.