With iOS 16, Apple gave iPhone users many new ways to personalize their Lock Screens. You can set your favorite photos, customize font styles and display a variety of widgets to access information with ease.
However, the update has been hampered by a number of glitches and issues like Wi-Fi stability,Tap-to-Wake being slow or laggy and screen or animation stuttering when swiping up.
Lock screen alarm widget not working after iOS 16.1 update
Some iPhone users have been reporting an issue where the lock screen alarm widget is not working for them after the latest iOS 16.1 update (1,2,3,4,5,6).
When impacted users pick up their iPhones to check the forthcoming alarm on the lock screen, they only see ‘off’ or ‘no’ in the alarm widget, even if they are set to ‘on’.
Also, others say when they launch the clock app on, all alarms get displayed, which is a bit confusing.
According to reports, this problem has only been prevalent since the iOS 16.1 update and appears to impact all iPhone models running the updated software.
Potential workarounds
Until new related developments emerge, there are some potential workarounds that could help you. First, you can try to remove the alarm widget and then add it again:
Secondly, adding a new lock screen alarm widget may do the trick:
Lastly, you need to delete all alarms that you have set and reset them.
Please let us know in the comments section below whether the above-mentioned workarounds were successful in resolving the lock screen alarm widget not working issue after iOS 16.1 update.
Note: You can check out our dedicated Apple section to know more about other bugs and issues.
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