Do you enjoy listening to media on your phone or tablet before you sleep? If so, perhaps you’d like the idea of a music sleep timer. Sleep timers are countdowns you can set before you go to bed.
Once the countdown expires, it stops the audio from playing on your device. The goal is to set the countdown to the time where you usually fall asleep, so your media goes quiet the moment you do.
If you’re using an iPhone, you’ll be pleased to know that this function comes built into your device already. For those of you using Android devices, however, there’s no officially implemented sleep timer at the time of writing.
Exploring Sleep Timer Apps
The good news is there are apps out there that can help you out, and most of them are free of charge. Doing a Google Play search for “sleep timer” will bring up some solid results, including some very highly rated apps.
Here’s how it works
1. After you download and boot up the timer, you’ll be presented with several options. The topmost one is for selecting the app you want to pause when the timer expires. Touch this open, then select the program you’ll be listening to media in. In this example, we’ll pick YouTube.
2. Now that your program is selected, it’s time to tell the app how long to wait before pausing the media. You can do this by touching the dot on the timer wheel and moving it as if you’re setting the time on a clock. The center of the circle will tell you how many minutes you’ve selected, so you can set a precise time for your countdown. Once you’re finished, press the “Set Sleep Timer” button to start the countdown.
3. Once the timer has started, it will appear in your notifications bar. From here you can see the precise time the media will stop playing. If you’re feeling insomnia setting in, you can cancel the timer by pressing the “Cancel” button. You can also add another 5 minutes if you’re getting to a particularly good part of a story by pressing the “5 mins” button. Once this timer expires, the media you selected will automatically pause itself.
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