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Back to EpisodesiOS Today 823: It's About Time (Apps)
Description
Discover how iOS and watchOS are quietly transforming the way you track, customize, and automate every second, from modular lock screens to Siri-powered alarms. Plus, hear why third-party apps are still running circles around Apple's timer tools.
- Customizing lock screen time display and widgets on iOS
- Apple's system clock app features: timers, alarms, world clock
- Multiple timers and AlarmKit integration for developers
- Timer controls, volume settings, and kitchen use tips
- Handling time zones, world clock widgets, and third-party time apps
- Apple Watch faces, complications, and ongoing third-party face debate
- Accessibility tools: haptic feedback, chimes, and clock customization
- Third-party timer apps: Just Timers, (Not Boring) Timer, Timer+, Overlap
- Frustrations with time zone selection in clock apps
- Time drift, manual clock changes, and device sync issues
- iPhone Duo preorder details and Apple's "get ready" system
- Shortcuts Corner: calendar event alarms and automation tricks
- App Caps: Tiimo planner for ADHD/time blindness, Signal for group messaging
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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