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- How To Set & Turn Off Alarms On An iPhone
The Clock app on an iPhone lets users set, edit and turn off regular alarms easily. Users can also modify Wake Up alarms in Sleep Schedules.
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- Make the alarm repeat.
- Change the alarm tone.
- Include a Sunrise Alarm.
- Play your morning routine after your alarm goes off.
Note: You can see your current alarms and change your alarm defaults by swiping up on your display, tapping Alarms
"When is my Friday alarm?"
"When is my medicine alarm?"
Ask about all alarms
"Cancel my medicine alarm"
"Stop"
To stop an alarm, you don’t need to say "Hey Google," just say "Stop." (English language only)
To control by touch:
- Google Home - Tap the top
- Google Nest Mini (2nd gen) - Tap the center
- Google Home Mini (1st gen) - Press and hold either side
- Google Home Max - Tap the line on the top or right side
- Google Nest Audio - Tap the center
- Google Nest displays - Tap Stop on the screen
- Google Nest Wifi point - Tap the center
"Snooze for 10 minutes"
"Snooze"
Media alarm
You can set your favourite music as an alarm. Select a song, artist, genre or playlist from your default music service in the Google Home app. If you have a premium account with your default music service, you can also use the premium options the service offers.
Note:
- This feature is only available in the US.
- This feature is available in the
following languages:
- Google Nest and Home speakers: English, French (France and Canada), German, Japanese and Spanish
- Google Nest displays: English (United States)
To do this: | Say "Ok Google" or “Hey Google,” then: |
Set media, music or radio alarm | "Set <radio station> radio alarm for 6 AM tomorrow." |
Set recurring media, music or radio alarm | "Set <song or artist> music alarm for 7 AM every day." |
Ask about existing alarm | "When is my alarm set for?" |
Ask about all alarms | "What alarms are set?" |
Cancel an existing alarm | "Cancel my alarm." |
Stop a ringing alarm | "Stop." To control by touch:
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Snooze | “Snooze for 10 minutes.” "Snooze." |
Note: If your speaker or display isn't connected to Wi-Fi at the time of the media alarm, a general alarm will sound instead.
Character alarms
You can set fun alarms from some of your favourite characters for an entertaining and easy way to get your day started.
Note: This feature is currently only available in English in Canada and the US on Google Home, Google Nest Mini (2nd gen), Google Home Mini (1st gen), Google Home Max, Google Nest Audio, Google Nest Hub and Google Nest Hub Max.
You can set the following characters as an alarm:
- Lego City
- Lego Life
- Lego Friends
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Leonardo
- Michelangelo
- Raphael
- Donatello
- April O’Neil
- Hatchimals
Use Family Link to create a Google Account for your child or add supervision to your child’s existing Google Account.
To do this: | Say 'Hey Google', then: |
Set character alarm | 'Set a [character name] alarm for 6 a.m. tomorrow.' |
Set recurring character alarm | 'Set [character] for 7 a.m. every day of the week.' |
Ask about existing alarm | 'When is my alarm set for?' |
Ask about all alarms | 'What alarms are set?' |
Cancel an existing alarm | 'Cancel my alarm.' |
Stop a ringing alarm | 'Stop.' To control by touch:
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Snooze | 'Snooze for 10 minutes.' |
Note: If your speaker or display isn't connected to Wi-Fi at the time of the media alarm, a general alarm will sound instead.
Sunrise alarms
On Nest displays, you can set alarms to gently wake you up. When a sunrise alarm is set, the screen will gradually brighten until it is time to wake up.
- To set an alarm, say "Hey Google, set alarm for 6 AM tomorrow," or swipe up from the bottom of your display and tap Alarms , and then set a time.
- Choose whether you want the alarm to repeat and select a tone for the alarm.
- Turn on Sunrise alarm.
- To customize your alarm, tap Sunrise alarm:
- With compatible smart lights, you can have the lights in your room brighten during your sunrise.
- Adjust the sunrise window for a faster or slower paced sunrise.
- Select a pre-alarm. With a pre-alarm, soft sounds like birds chirping will play in the last minutes prior to the alarm tone.
- When finished, tap Done.
Change alarm volume
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