How to Set a Custom Timer on Apple Watch
Khamosh Pathak
Need a count-down timer when you’re cooking pasta or baking a cake? Forget your iPhone use your Apple Watch to set timers instead. Here’s how.
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How to Quickly Start a Preset Timer on Apple Watch
Apple Watch’s built-in Timer app comes with quick access to frequently used timer settings. To use them, lift up your Apple Watch and press the Digital Crown. Then, open the Timer app from either the grid or list view on the apps screen.
Here, you’ll see eight circles with preset timers ranging from one minute to two hours (Scroll down using the Digital Crown to view more timers.). Select a timer to start.
Hacking Habit Development
Hacking Habit Development
Accidental Habit Development: A year of walking
I m terrible at setting new habits. I ve tried every habit app, journal method, hiding things, etc and I m still at around 10% success rate of choosing a new habit and sticking to it.
One thing I ve learned: I m equally terrible at the habit of using habit apps.
Nearly by accident, I set a new habit in 2020 that has been consistent for 320 straight days: taking a walk. February last year, I set a (tiny) goal of walking for at least 10 minutes. Every day. I used the Streaks App, but connected to Apple Heatlh. Any time I started a walk on the Apple Watch, the time was automatically tracked in Streaks. No manual tracking required. Any time I completed a walk of 10 minutes or more, I d get a push notification from Streaks happily encouraging me for completing my task and updating my progress.