watchOS 8 Allows Users to Set Multiple Timers

[MacRumors]

With watchOS 8, Apple will finally allow users to set multiple timers within the Timers app. Each specific timer can be given a label, such as laundry or cooking timer, and is viewed in a single list.

watchOS 8 has a wide range of features, including a new standalone Find My app that allows users to find and locate items part of the Find My network right on their wrist. Additionally, watchOS 8 renames the Breathe app to Mindfulness with an "enhanced Breathe experience" and new session types such as Reflect. Learn more about watchOS 8 here.

Article Link: watchOS 8 Allows Users to Set Multiple Timers

 

[countryside]

Ok, this is a feature to be excited about.

 

[MorePixels]

Innovation

 

[Eso]

How's about syncing the timers between the watch and the iPhone.

 

[NyCeEvO]

It’s about “time”!


Ok, I’ll see myself out…😉

 

[_Spinn_]

This will be very useful.

 

[grennis]

Wear OS had this years ago.

 

[Radeon85]

Find my on the watch at last, should have been out long before now. Shame it won't be officially released for a few months.

 

[javanate]

Considering how powerful the watch is the apps have remarkably few features. This is a serious opportunity for improvement area.

 

[Apple_Robert]

I am sure some people will make use of it but, I doubt I will. Maybe that will change later on. I will time myself and see how long it takes.

 

[avmsam]

It's watchOS specific ? Not on iOS/iPad too ? Ughhhh

 

[jimbobb24]

When this makes it on the stage....you had a really slow year of development.

 

[Konigi]

Please, come to the iOS! When I'm baking and cooking, this would be tremendously useful.
And I like the idea of syncing it with all devices! (I don't understand why there's not an Alarm app on macOS. I can't think of many reasons why it would be useful and simple to code.)

 

[LondonChris]

After another 19 minutes 41 seconds, that bacon won't be crispy. It'll be positively cremated.

 

[Poonaka]

Finally!

 

[Deliro]

Cool. I hope that timers sync across devices. I set a timer on my iPhone and figured it would also go off on my watch. Or I could at least check. Went outside to work out, said uh oh and tried to check my watch. Nada. Burnt cake. Disappointed daughter.

 

[CarpalMac]

So six years on WatchOS gets multiple timers?

Doesn't bode well for iPadOS getting a calculator before 2025...

 

[ikramerica]

How's about syncing the timers between the watch and the iPhone.

I like that a watch timer is only on the watch but an iPhone timer is on both. It gets around the one timer limit, but also there are reasons for both.

i wish you could customize the watch timers, as I would rather have 45 minutes than 2 hrs.

 

[macduke]

"Finally" is a well-used word in this instance. Such a simple thing, lol.

 

[ikramerica]

Please, come to the iOS! When I'm baking and cooking, this would be tremendously useful.
And I like the idea of syncing it with all devices! (I don't understand why there's not an Alarm app on macOS. I can't think of many reasons why it would be useful and simple to code.)

Because you might come back to your desk with a fresh cup of coffee and find a sledgehammer lodged in your screen, that’s why…

 

[ikramerica]

So six years on WatchOS gets multiple timers?

Doesn't bode well for iPadOS getting a calculator before 2025...

The problem is, the calculator would be massive with so many functions, or with giant buttons and look silly, or not be full screen. Maybe just a widget with a calc that looks like the iPhone landscape one?

 

[Lemon Olive]

I set multiple timers on my Apple Watch all the time. It goes something like this:

"Hey Siri set a timer for 10 minutes"

"...checking"

''...checking"

'...something went wrong. try again in a few minutes."

"Hey Siri, set a timer for 9 minutes."

 

[Lemon Olive]

The problem is, the calculator would be massive with so many functions, or with giant buttons and look silly, or not be full screen. Maybe just a widget with a calc that looks like the iPhone landscape one?

That has been Apple's point. Look at every calculator app for iPad and most of them look ridiculous. It is also such a simple concept that is easily served by 10,000 options on the App Store. It is a waste fo Apple's time to make one.

 

[szw-mapple fan]

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After another 19 minutes 41 seconds, that bacon won't be crispy. It'll be positively cremated.

Not to mention in 6 minutes the eggs will no longer be soft boiled.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Can’t innovate anymore my ass!