Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast · Friday, September 25, 2026
The hosts of the MKBHD Podcast, Marquez and Andrew, detailed a frustrating bug they've encountered with the Apple alarm clock on iPhones. The issue causes alarms to not sound, instead presenting as a missed notification, which they find particularly problematic when relying on alarms to wake up.
“There is a weird feature in the Apple alarm clock. I'm pretty sure I've spoken about it on this podcast in the past, but we're bringing it up again because this is so. This is the. There's there's I've never seen a bug that is more antithetical to the functioning of a tech product than this.”
“When your iPhone is in standby mode, on MagSafe, and the alarm goes off. Sometimes, the alarm does not go off. Instead, you get a notification on your phone, like a normal iOS notification, that says alarm.”
“And there is nothing more infuriating than waking up an hour after your alarm goes off with an hour old notification that says alarm and no sound playing.”