In the second beta of iOS 26.1, Apple redesigned iPhone alarms, making them more difficult to dismiss compared to previous versions.
Stopping an alarm in iOS 26.1 beta 2 requires a new Slide to Stop gesture rather than a simple tap. You can continue to tap to snooze an alarm, but if you want to turn it off entirely, you need to use a swipe.
Transitioning from a tap to a slide gesture to stop an alarm could potentially help people who sleepily dismiss an alarm without meaning to. It’s easy to accidentally tap Stop instead of Snooze in the current version of iOS 26, but now if you blindly tap at your iPhone in the morning, you won’t be able to disable your alarm entirely…
Slide to Stop is also used for timers in iOS 26.1 beta 2.
MacDailyNews Take: Accidentally dismissing an alarm is something we’ve done once or twice, so this Slide to Stop gesture is an improvement.
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This is needed on the watch.
For Apple to think everybody would like this is a mistake. I use alarms for several things that have nothing to do with sleeping and having to slide will be annoying. If they give you the option to set it the way you like that would be great but it looks like you won’t get a choice. Another reason Apple needs new management who serves all customers not just make changes on their whims of what they think is best for you. IMHO