iOS 26 Adds Custom Snooze Times After Years of 9-Minute Tyranny

[TheDauterive]

Tyranny? Really? Back in the pre-electronic days an alarm clock rang just once, no snooze, no tyranny. We survived just fine.

Back in the pre-electronic days we didn't have electronics and we survived just fine, that doesn't mean I want to go back to those days. I like my Mac, I like my iPhone, and now I like my adjustable snooze...and I think I can survive just fine with these things too.

PS. I think the word tyranny was intended as hyperbole. No one thinks a fixed snooze is the equivalent of Stalin crushing the kulaks, but being able to adjust the snooze is something that a lot of people have wanted for a long time (including me), seems relatively simply to produce from a coding standpoint, and Apple has been unwilling to provide for almost 20 years. Given these facts, a little hyperbole doesn't seem like that awful a thing.

 

[Zaydax333]

**** the snooze timer you wanna know what i have a problem with?
why is it 2025 and the time selection for an alarm is a ****ing scroll wheel

why can't i just type the damn number

 

[brainhaz]

Literally LOLd with that title.

 

[audiophilosophy]

Long overdue and the fact that it took this long shows a profound lack of attention to details and letting things fall through the cracks.

 

[thebarrkbyte]

FINALLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sets Snooze Timer to 3 Days

 

[cupcakes2000]

Long overdue and the fact that it took this long shows a profound lack of attention to details and letting things fall through the cracks.

Don’t worry though. There will be a whole host of new things that fall through the ever growing cracks.

 

[Velli]

Tyranny? Really? Back in the pre-electronic days an alarm clock rang just once, no snooze, no tyranny. We survived just fine.

Actually you didn’t. Average life expectancy is almost 10 years longer today than in 1970. Who’s to say it wasn’t your ****** alarm clocks that killed you?

 

[Mac Fly (film)]

Apple gives up control so reluctantly.

Next on the tyrannical alarm feature request list is rising volume alarms and ability to set a separate volume level for alarms. If you’re a fellow light sleeper you’ll know what I’m talking about.

A complement of easily accessible volume sliders in one view may be needed. It's one of the reasons my friend returned to Android.

 

[Xavier]

Oh man. I am a 'triple soonze' guy in the morning (my wife hates it). If this was set to 15min, I would be late to work every day! Would need some major adjustments in lifestyle lol. I am set in my ways. 9 minute tyranny remains!

 

[TwoBytes]

There is some sort of science in not snoozing too long as going back into deep sleep and coming out is not good for your 'sleep hygiene'. or something like that. I think it's 20 minuites or less.

 

[SantaFeNM]

I'm assuming this option carries over to AppleWatch as well?

 

[Eriamjh1138@DAN]

I used to snooze. Now I just set it for later, go to bed earlier, and get up when it goes off.

Be a boss. Get up.

 

[martin2345uk]

**** the snooze timer you wanna know what i have a problem with?
why is it 2025 and the time selection for an alarm is a ****ing scroll wheel

why can't i just type the damn number

You can! Just tap the time

 

[liveoptimistic]

We won't be free of Tyranny until we can OUR ALARMS AND OUR RINGTONE ARE ALLOWED TO BE SET TO DIFFERENT LEVELS. HOW IS THIS STILL SOMETHING WE CAN'T DO???

 

[Unami]

A workaround would be to set several alarms at decreasing intervals.

I usually just set a timer via siri and then make it shorter from one to the next one.

 

[Unami]

And waking up for me it’s automatic but my mom always said I was special. Go figure.

Well, you are special. Although, I don't need an alarm either - as long as I want to wake up at 10:30

 

[Unami]

I'm with you - give me 20 minutes. But it looks liek they limited it to 1-15. Why??

Holding back useful features for the update after that.

 

[svish]

Good that finally this change is possible. Should have been allowed years ago.

 

[elopedthought]

And this after I just gave up on being annoyed by the fixed snooze timer last year … damn you Apple, this was an unnessecery defeat!

 

[adrianlondon]

I never understood people using alarms to wake up or AirTags for losing things. How can you lose things? Just put them every time at the same spot, it’s not that complicated. And waking up for me it’s automatic but my mom always said I was special. Go figure.

Here's another tip. Tie a piece of string through everything you own. If you ever lose something, just follow the string from beginning to end and you're bound to find it.

(c) Viz Top Tips

 

[1applerules1]

I don’t think iPhone users were upset with the 9 minute snooze. I think they were upset with the fact that they had to wake up lol.

 

[B4U]

Funny thing is, the 9 minute snooze is not only on iPhone. I have also discovered that on other alarm clocks despite being digital alarm clocks that is not running on gears.

 

[bigandtasty]

Especially first thing in the morning...

Among other things

 

[nymphe]

Is there an option for random? It would be great to define a range so that it can be between 5-15 minutes for example. Every morning, new chance

 

[basdeninard]

Innovation. 🤯

Meanwhile, something that Android has been offering for over a decade.