More than a year after it launched for iOS, the annoying but purpose-serving alarm clock app SpinMe is now available for Android users too. With SpinMe, the only easy way of switching off your alarm ...

The Android operating system for mobile devices, such as tablets and smart phones, makes it easy to set up alarms on your device. You can cancel your alarm after it goes off to stop that occurrence of ...

A perfectly serviceable alarm clock and timer comes with your Android phone, so you might not think to download another one. That may be true, but if you’re looking for more features, more ...

With life’s busy schedule, keeping track of time without a clock is challenging. We’re so dependent on this device that even when we go to sleep, we need an alarm clock to remind us to wake up. Not ...

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We’ve all been there. The monotonous repetition of your mobile phone first thing in the morning, just as you were dreaming of munching a giant marshmallow. It may not be the best start to the day, but ...

Who needs an alarm clock when you’ve got your Android phone handy? In the past year or so that I’ve relied on the Clock app on my Nexus 5X, I’ve rarely overslept. Now that I’ve got the hang of the ...

Pandora has proven itself to be king of the free streaming music services, and now Android users finally have one much anticipated feature. The newest update to Pandora adds alarm clock functionality ...

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I like to think of myself as a reasonably punctual, conscientious guy who shows up when he says he’s going to show up. So imagine my embarrassment when I dozed right through my Android alarm on a ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eXuh-3_ygc?feature=player_embedded] Generally we seem content to be rudely shocked out of sleep, with alarms that blare at us ...

The first beta of Android 12 introduces the redesigned notification and Quick Settings shade. The latter experience is seeing a slew of changes, and one of them sees a new “Alarm” tile for Android 12.