September 20 news: According to the official National Day holiday schedule, there will be a 7-day break from October 1 (Thursday) to October 7 (Wednesday), with make-up workdays on September 20 (Sunday) and October 10 (Saturday). Today, iPhone users finally got to test the adjusted-schedule alarm feature in action.
Many users posted on social media saying their iPhone alarms finally went off, so they no longer have to worry about oversleeping when working on adjusted weekends.. This is thanks to the new adjusted-schedule alarm feature added in iOS 27.
The official release of iOS 27 was pushed last week, adding a "Workdays (including adjusted days)" option to the Clock app, which can automatically recognize mainland China's statutory holidays and adjusted workdays.
Users just need to select "Workdays (including adjusted days)" when setting the alarm repeat cycle, and they basically won't have to worry about it anymore.
When you have to work on a weekend due to schedule adjustments, the alarm will ring as usual; on official holidays or regular rest days, the alarm will automatically take a "day off."
However, some iPhone users complained today that their alarms still didn't go off.
The reason is actually quite simple: either the phone hasn't been upgraded to iOS 27 yet, or although the system was upgraded, the alarm is still using the original weekly repeat settings and hasn't been switched to "Workdays (including adjusted days)."
Before iOS 27, iPhone alarms could only be set for specific days from Monday to Sunday. When holidays required schedule adjustments, users had to manually turn the alarm on or off.
If you forgot to adjust it, you might easily find yourself in the awkward situation of still being asleep while work has already started on an adjusted workday.
Now that it can recognize schedule adjustments, iPhone alarms no longer require users to manually manage them every holiday.