AlarmKit — disabling haptics when alarm fires?

Hi,

Quick question on AlarmKit (iOS 26): is there any way to disable the vibration/haptics that play alongside the alarm sound? I'm building a gentle wake-up alarm and I'd like sound-only behavior.

From what I can see, AlertConfiguration.AlertSound only lets me customize the audio (.default or .named(_:)). There doesn't seem to be a haptic-related property on AlertConfiguration or anywhere else in the alarm configuration chain.

Is this a current limitation, or am I missing something? If it's a limitation, I'll file a Feedback Assistant request and post the FB number here.

Thanks!

Thanks for the post. I would recommend you to download the sample and look at the options available. This is a great question and its interesting workflow.

What I know is limited how notification works in iOS. In many of notification and alert-based frameworks, haptics are traditionally tightly coupled with the system sound behavior by default. If AlertConfiguration and its related configuration chain do not explicitly expose a property to mute, decouple, or customize the haptics independently of the AlertSound, there is no hidden workaround to disable them.

Filing a Feedback Assistant request is exactly the right next step for an enhancement request. Your specific use case of building a "gentle wake-up alarm" is a perfect justification for why developers need granular control over haptics versus audio. I haven’t got to explore the idea of adding different audio files to see the behavior. I would recommend you to do that as well as make sure on the testing device you disable all user preference on anything besides sound.

Feel free to drop the FB number here once you have it filed!

If you have any questions about filing a bug report, take a look at Bug Reporting: How and Why?

Resources:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/AlarmKit

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/AlarmKit/scheduling-an-alarm-with-alarmkit

Albert
  Worldwide Developer Relations.

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