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BUG:Watch 8 Classic alarm time

(Topic created: 07-30-2025 09:50 AM)
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On my Watch 7, whenever I go to the alarm tile, I see how much time remains before a given alarm will ring. This is always correct. 

On Watch 8 Classic, the time left fails to update. So if it shows, for example, 8 hours until my alarm when I'm going to bed, it will show 8 hours any time I check it in the night. Not at all useful!
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realaud
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I am just wondering why you need to see how much time is left before the alarm goes off. Do you not know what time the alarm is set for and what the current time is?

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As an irregular sleeper when I wake in the night I choose whether to wake now and read until I'm sleepy, to try to go back to sleep immediately, or to just get my day started depending on how long I have before my alarm. Doing math when I'm groggy pretty much means I'm awake. Showing time remaining was a nice perk of my Watch 7, 6 Classic, and 4 Classic. Why should the new model not do the same?
realaud
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How much math does it take to know that if your alarm is set for 6 a.m. and it's now 3:15 a.m., you have 3 hours til your alarm goes off?  If you are awake/aware enough to be able to read, simple math should be easy. Now, if my alarm is set for 6 and I wake at 5, I'm just getting up, as going back to sleep for an hour is not going to have any effect on restfulness and likely to make me feel worse when I do get up.


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Elrondolio
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Dude... are you seriously saying one should do math in the middle of the night, instead of the watch itself showing you how much time is left, like it always has?

You are arguing for a newly broken feature to remain broken.  Strange.

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realaud
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I'm saying it's not broken if it was purposefully removed. If you seriously rhink you need to do math for a time difference that your brain should know by rote, you're very special.

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Elrondolio
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You are so bizarre.  You're adding nothing to this discussion at all, instead just antagonizing people with silly responses that are of no help to anyone.  You keep arguing that people are stupid and should do some math... come on.  Why are you responding here at all?

Stop ignoring the broken functionality of the Watch8 alarm tile (which has multiple broken issues now, not just one).  Or even better... stop posting if you have nothing of value to add to the discussion.

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What's your interest in telling me I'm using it wrong? I had a feature for years that's broken now. End of story.

You're not helping now, thanks.
realaud
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It's not broken if they decided remove it.  It's just a feature change.  Broken means that it's supposed to be there but isn't.


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Elrondolio
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What the...  that's the silliest answer I've ever heard.  In your bizarre world, all feature regressions and bugs are now by design... leading back to dumb watches as they remove features that once existed?

Watch8 alarm tiles are now broken in multiple important ways.  That's a fact.

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