Learn how to set the silent alarm on your iPhone.
Alarms are a fundamental part of our day to day, as they help us keep track and not be late for important places or meetings. Can you imagine a world without alarms? We would be late everywhere. This is why the clock and its different configurations are relevant as an application within today’s mobile phones. However, it is also true that the alarm on your iPhone can sound at an inopportune moment, but don’t worry, this has a solution. That’s why today we explain how to create an alarm on the iPhone that does not ring and only vibrates.
If you are one of those who have a Apple Watch will also work for you which we will explain to you, since the alarm can sound both on your iPhone and on your smartwatch. This function of the alarm without sound and only vibrating, will help you keep control of your day to day without the need to disturb the people around you with the sound of it.
How to set silent alarm on iPhone
To clarify this scenario a bit more, suppose you are in a work meeting and you have your alarm set to go off at 11:00 in the morning to remind you to take a medication. the hour arrives, the alarm sounds and the meeting is interrupted by the sound of this.
Such a scenario would be quite uncomfortable for anyone, which is why configuring your alarm on the iPhone to vibrate and not ring it is really useful and important. But what should you do to achieve it? Simple, you just have to follow the following steps:
- Enter the application Clock.
- Click on Alarm.
- Click on it button + (up to the right).
- configure the hour in which you want to be activate the alarm.
- press on Sound.
- swipe until the end.
- Click on None.
- press on Behind.
- Click on Save.
In this way your alarm will be configured so that vibrate and don’t ring. Keep in mind that your iPhone’s alarm will sound even if you have your phone on silent or in sleep mode. Do not disturb. Just imagine the number of people who would fall asleep or miss work because of their alarm, not just because their iPhone was on that setting. In fact, here we explain what to do if your alarm does not go off.
How to set the timer to vibrate and not ring on the iPhone
Another of the functions that are within the Clock app on the iPhone is the timer. However the timer on the iPhone does not have the option to only vibrate, since it will always emit a sound. In fact, you can check it:
- Enter the application Clock.
- Click on timer.
- Click on When finished.
Here you can see that unlike in Alarm, in Timer there is no option “None”you will only see an option called “Stop playback” that alone, as its name says, will stop the timer and not alert yousince it will not ring or vibrate.
In this special case, you must download a third-party app so you can use the timer that way. If you really need this tool, we recommend you go to the App Store and download any of these two options: Vibration Alarm either Vibe Alarm.
Similarly, you can use the alarm as a timer. If you’re going to set a 5-minute timer and want it to alert you, you can set an alarm for 5 minutes from now and set it to vibrate and silent. This is much more convenient than downloading another app just to make one of a timer.
Can iPad set vibrate alarms and timers
The reality is that no. Unlike iPhones, iPads don’t have a vibration motor. Therefore, you cannot set alarms, timers, ringtones, or vibrating alert tones on iPad.