A woman shouts out new features on her iPhone after falling asleep

A woman called out new features in the iPhone 15 after discovering the real reason she was sleeping. That’s because the alarm wasn’t ringing.

TikTok user Elizabeth (@elizabethannswenson) posts videos about mental wellness, pre-law enforcement, and life in her 20s. Recently, she posted a video slamming Apple’s latest iPhone features.

“I discovered something I’ve always wondered about and now I know for sure. Why have I been sleeping with my alarm going off since I bought my iPhone 15?” she says in the video. The video has been viewed more than 8.2 million times. “My iPhone 15 alarm won’t go off,” she explains in the text overlay of her video.

Elizabeth discovered the problem after setting a timer on her phone after cooking a meal. “I take the crockpot meal out, put it on the counter, let it cool a little bit, and then put it in the fridge. That way it doesn’t crack, because I think it might,” she says. “So I set a little alarm for five to 10 minutes to remind myself to put it in the fridge. I fall asleep.”

But would Elizabeth have been woken up by her iPhone alarm after just 5-10 minutes? “She wakes up at 6 a.m. and her alarm goes off at the lowest volume known to man. She sings to herself,” Elizabeth says.

To make matters worse, Elizabeth said she previously worried about the volume of her alarm and double-checked that it was indeed set to the highest possible volume. “The phone was set up to make this sound,” she fumed. “Let’s Google it a bit. This is the thing. I don’t know why Apple decided to optimize alarms and timers. Excuse me, did you ask? Apple once decided to cater to our needs. I love that they took it so seriously.”

“Whatever. You have to go to Settings, go to Face ID, and set a passcode,” Elizabeth says. “There, you have to turn off anything related to attention. Because I think when your phone thinks it knows about this alarm, it lowers the volume. Why? When I hear it, I makes me want to get violent because, Apple, are you trying to fire people? That’s too serious. Try messing around with other parts of your phone.”

Elizabeth also points out that pot meals are more likely to be ruined. “Do I have to throw it away?” she asks. “I’m going to do it.”

@elizabethannswenson Please turn off the “attention recognition function” in your Face ID and passcode #iphone15pro #iphonealarm ♬ Original song – Elizabeth

In the comments, viewers shared their observations and complaints about this change.

“Is that why my alarm clock is so silent?? Oh, I almost lost my mind!” reads one top comment. Elizabeth replied, “Okay, I fixed the settings yesterday and the alarm is now in full blast today.”

Another user said, “Y’all should download with caution. I started using Apple alarms to sleep years ago, so I downloaded Alamy and haven’t had any problems since.” . She has never betrayed me.”

One user said, “This has been going on since April and I feel like filing a lawsuit for not being able to go to work. It’s not just 15 people.”

Another user said that the problem is picking up the phone while sleeping. “The alarm automatically stops when it recognizes that I’ve looked at my phone, but this isn’t very good because I pick it up and put it down again while I’m still asleep. “Who said that? I’m not aware of it,” they wrote.

Three years ago, a Reddit user asked a question about this very issue and was directed to the “Alert” settings. Users in this thread also expressed frustration about not being able to work because of this feature.

According to Apple, “Attention Awareness” is a feature in iPhone X and later that actually uses facial recognition to determine if you’re paying attention to your phone. If we determine that you are, the volume of the alert will be lowered.

The Daily Dot reached out to Elizabeth via email for comment.

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