#Google has started rolling out the option that lets you choose how you want to dismiss your #alarms - with a Tap or Swipe. I spotted this feature last week.

It's still a #server side rollout and may not be available for everyone.

Google Clock version - 8.5

How the Apple Watch improves my life: fitness, heart-monitoring, unobtrusive reminders, timers, alarms, sleeping, and meditation

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/life-lessons/2018/01/apple-watch

#Apple #Watch #fitness #HeartMonitoring #reminders #timers #alarms #sleep #meditation

Stop Snoozing and Wake Up: Apple Changes Alarm Shutoff Screen

It was a real wake up call for me when news broke recently that in the next major update to iOS 26 Apple will be changing the wake up screen for alarms. The change means that instead of having two buttons, one above the other to either Snooze the alarm or Stop the alarm, users will now have to Slide a button to turn off the alarm.

This shouldn’t have been that much of a surprise for me as prior to iOS 26, the snooze button was a big orange one and the “button” to turn off the alarm was below it and much smaller. I can’t tell you the number of times I, and my wife, accidentally hit the snooze button instead of turning off the alarm.

To my tastes, Apple fixed that in the initial release of iOS 26 by making the buttons of similar size, even if the Snooze button still grabbed all the glory and color.

Here’s the thing. Of course how you wake it up is a very personal preference. Personally, I’m not a snoozer. When it’s time to wake I want to wake up and get moving. But apparently the majority of the world prefers snoozing, as do the folks making decisions in Cupertino. When you think about it explains quite a bit about so much when it comes to meeting the challenges of each day, whether in the real world or in tech.

What’s that old saying, if you snooze, you lose? I think that’s it.

I can only imagine how many iPhones are going to be knocked off of bedside tables as semi-awake users attempt to slide the button to silence an alarm. If I was responsible for the design, I’d have made it more challenging to hit a snooze button than to hit the wake up button.

But that’s just me.

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#Alarms #Apple #iOS26 #iOS261 #SnoozeButton

How the Apple Watch improves my life: fitness, heart-monitoring, unobtrusive reminders, timers, alarms, sleeping, and meditation

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/life-lessons/2018/01/apple-watch

#Apple #Watch #fitness #HeartMonitoring #reminders #timers #alarms #sleep #meditation

Five a.m.

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But 1 a.m. is a very known friend of mine 😂

Set alarms for everything. Not just waking up - but also starting tasks, breaks, and even meals.

#alarms #adhd #autism