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The best iPhone alarm sounds to actually wake you

Why your alarm tone stopped working, what to replace it with, and why rotating sounds matters more than which one you pick.
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The short answer

Most people change their alarm sound because the old one stopped working. It usually has not — you have habituated to it. Your brain learns to categorise a familiar, consequence-free sound as unimportant and filters it out during light sleep.

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