Apple’s launch candidate for watchOS 11.4 got here out as we speak, offering an early have a look at some new options coming to the Apple Watch within the subsequent few weeks. The OS replace has some bug fixes, however extra notably, it makes a change to the Apple Watch’s Silent Mode, permitting alarms to be heard whereas all the things else is silenced.
Presently, with Silent Mode activated, the Apple Watch solely delivers alerts to customers by way of haptic vibrations. It helps maintain notifications non-public, reduces distractions, and prevents the watch from making noise at inopportune instances, like whenever you’re in a gathering.
The notes for the watchOS 11.4 launch candidate describe the brand new function as “an choice to permit Sleep Wake Up alarm to interrupt by way of Silent Mode.” Every particular person alarm, together with the one set within the Apple Watch’s sleep settings for waking up within the morning, may have a brand new choice to “Break Via Silent Mode.” With it on, sounds and haptic vibrations will each play when an alarm goes off, according to 9to5Mac.
The change appears counterintuitive to Silent Mode, however even with the Apple Watch’s haptics set to Distinguished, the very best potential depth, I nonetheless incessantly discover myself sleeping by way of the vibrations of an alarm I’ve set. I refuse to show Silent Mode off, which implies I simply don’t use my Apple Look ahead to any vital alarms, however that might quickly change.