Is anyone else frustrated by the new Bedtime Mode? It seems to be the only way to have DND automatically turn on and off with varying alarm times, but having a separate Lock Screen over my main one is incredibly annoying. I can’t get it to unlock with only one swipe; I have to click dismiss or swipe once then repeat at the classic Lock Screen (the one that displays when DND is enabled until).
Is this by design or perhaps (hopefully) a glitch? I understand that some might want that extra bit of friction to stop them from using their phone late at night, but for those of us who just want automatic DND to coordinate with our wake up alarm, I find this new “feature” very annoying if I need to check my phone after Bedtime Mode has turned on.
The obvious workaround is to use scheduled DND, but that doesn’t give me flexibility for days where I wake up 45 mins early to run or sleep 15 minutes later because my toddler went to sleep later. I much prefer the old method where I could vary my alarm time by 15-30 minutes here and there and have confidence it wouldn’t change again until I manually did so. Am I stuck using manual alarms and scheduled DND from here on out?
Aside from the annoying extra step to get into my phone with Bedtime Mode on, the whole alarm experience now feels fragmented. I used to just pop into the Clock app right before bed and slide the ring to my preferred wake up time, knowing DND and a bedtime reminder would follow automatically. In iOS 14, it’s an extra tap in the Clock app to change the next wake up only, and it dumps you into the Health app to make any permanent setting changes (again requiring another tap). This new setup doesn’t feel slick and easy and assumes everyone has a set weekly/daily wake up time (which isn’t true).
Is this by design or perhaps (hopefully) a glitch? I understand that some might want that extra bit of friction to stop them from using their phone late at night, but for those of us who just want automatic DND to coordinate with our wake up alarm, I find this new “feature” very annoying if I need to check my phone after Bedtime Mode has turned on.
The obvious workaround is to use scheduled DND, but that doesn’t give me flexibility for days where I wake up 45 mins early to run or sleep 15 minutes later because my toddler went to sleep later. I much prefer the old method where I could vary my alarm time by 15-30 minutes here and there and have confidence it wouldn’t change again until I manually did so. Am I stuck using manual alarms and scheduled DND from here on out?
Aside from the annoying extra step to get into my phone with Bedtime Mode on, the whole alarm experience now feels fragmented. I used to just pop into the Clock app right before bed and slide the ring to my preferred wake up time, knowing DND and a bedtime reminder would follow automatically. In iOS 14, it’s an extra tap in the Clock app to change the next wake up only, and it dumps you into the Health app to make any permanent setting changes (again requiring another tap). This new setup doesn’t feel slick and easy and assumes everyone has a set weekly/daily wake up time (which isn’t true).
