

The explanation came from a blog post by my friend Paul Kafasis. I didn’t think too much about the spurious alarms, chalking them up to cosmic rays. That’s unusual I seldom set alarms, and when I do, it’s always on my iPhone, not the Apple Watch. The first clue came when alarms started to go off on my Apple Watch every so often. That’s happened more frequently in the past few months, but I didn’t know why until recently.

Food might burn, I might be late, or the people performing a thoroughly evil core exercise with me might revolt. The command is always the same: “Set a timer for 20 minutes” or whatever length of time is desired.Ī timer failing to go off can be a real problem. I regularly use timers on the Apple Watch to remind myself about cooking times, ensure I don’t miss a meeting (see “ A Call to Alarms: Why We Need Persistent Calendar and Reminder Notifications,” ), track how long to hold or repeat various exercises, remember to move the laundry along, avoid overdoing it by splitting wood for too long, and much else.

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