iOS 26.4 Always Play on iPhone Alarm Feature Explained for Apple Watch Users
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Gadget HacksiOS 26.4 Always Play on iPhone Alarm Feature Explained for Apple Watch Usersgadgethacks.comiOS 26.4 Always Play on iPhone Alarm Feature Explained for Apple Watch Users Apple Watch owners who use Sleep Schedule have had one persistent annoyance: the iPhone stays silent at wake time. iOS 26.4, released today, addresses that directly with a new toggle called "Always Play on iPhone" that makes the Apple Watch sleep alarm play on iPhone simultaneously with the wrist haptic. The fix is opt-in, scoped only to Sleep Schedule alarms, and requires a specific setup to appear at all, according to 9to5Mac. The toggle ships disabled by default. Users who want audible iPhone output at their Sleep Schedule wake time have to find it and turn it on themselves. What the iOS 26.4 Always Play on iPhone alarm feature actually changesWhen Sleep Schedule is configured and an Apple Watch is worn to bed, iOS routes the wake-up alert to the watch. That means wrist haptics at alarm time and no audio from the iPhone. Apple provided no option within Sleep Schedule settings to change that routing before t
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