Hello everyone,
I didn't update to 26.1 Beta this time. However, I saw someone mention today that in Beta 2, released today, there's a new way to dismiss an alarm on the lock screen: you have to swipe instead of just tapping a button as before. Does this new interaction affect VoiceOver? If so, how does VoiceOver handle it?
By Carter Wu, 7 October, 2025
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Sighted people
Looks like is easy to turn it off even when you do not want. Doing double tap for us will not affect the alarm, unless they change how VO interact with the button.
Alarm stop.
Hello Carter: I too wondered about this. Because with voiceover, the side button will stop the alarm. Hopefully this will not change.