Learn how to replace the ‘slide to stop’ action for turning off alarms and timers on your iPhone with the one-tap ‘Stop’ button for simplicity.
How to get back the ‘stop’ alarm button on iPhone in iOS 26
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How to set up and use the camera timer on iPhone
Learn how to set up and use the camera timer on your iPhone to capture perfect group shots or selfies without rushing.
iOS 18 brings major improvements to stopwatch multitasking
iOS 18 brings Live Activity support for the stopwatch feature, allowing the timer to run in the iPhone's Dynamic Island and the Lock Screen.
YouTube’s sleep timer has encouraged me to get to bed a little earlier
A YouTube sleep timer automatically pauses video playback after a set period, helping curtail your usage of the app before nap time.
How to use the Check In feature on iPhone and Apple Watch
Learn how to use the Check In feature on your iPhone or Apple Watch to automatically let your friends and family know you've safely arrived at your location or completed a workout.
How to create multiple timers on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Learn how to set two or more timers simultaneously on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac so you can easily keep track of multiple tasks or to-dos at once.
How to use timers like a pro on your Apple Watch
Learn how to start one or more timers on your Apple Watch to track time and pin custom timer durations for quick access.
iOS 17’s App Store download timer tells you how long until the download completes
iOS 17's new App Store download timer automatically appears when downloading something from the store that'll take more than a few seconds.
How to set vibrate-only alarm or timer on iPhone with no sound
In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to set vibrating alarms and timers on your iPhone, which won’t play a sound but only vibrate.
Apple Music for Android is getting a sleep timer with extensive options
Apple Music for Android is gaining an integrated sleep timer function with time increments ranging from 15 minutes to 1 hour, plus other extensive options..
StatusBarTimer puts the remainder of your iPhone’s active timer in the Status Bar
After setting a timer on your iPhone, you can either glance at the Lock Screen or open the Clock app to see the remainder before it rings. Sadly, there’s no in-between; your iPhone either needs to be locked or you’ll have to glue your eyes to the Clock app.
That’s something that a new and free jailbreak tweak called StatusBarTimer by iOS developer ldefix2020 aims to fix, as it puts the timer remainder in the Status Bar so that you can see it from just about anywhere in iOS.
iOS 14.7 brings HomePod timer controls to Apple’s Home app
Apple's iOS 14.7 and iPadOS 14.7 software has gained a new feature that allows you to set timers on your HomePod speaker from within the Home app on your iPhone, iPad and Mac.