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An alarm is a call to action. Having it turn off after a number of 'rings' surely defeats the object of it.

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As I have said before, the Watch Timer can be stopped with a dab from the nose for those times when hands are too messy or gloved. I do it. To be fair, it takes me a couple of dabs sometimes, but it works. Not something I suggest is of use with a Phone or Pad.

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I've never seen or heard of an alarm clock which stops the alarm itself. It wouldn't do me any good that's for sure. As for comparing a microwave timer to an alarm - I don't think you can, it's a completely different thing.

I would be surprised it Apple would implement a user-defined alarm. No doubt someone in the US would sue them for the alarm not waking them up and therefore they missed a multi-million dollar contract - or something like that.

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An alarm that dings you at a certain time is a Reminder, use that for a single ding at a certain time/date. You can even repeat daily/weekly/monthly etc.

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Listen, this is just me asking so please don’t jump down my throat. When you buy an Apple watch do you get a choice of face styles? Or can you dial in different styles on the same watch? The new series 7 is coming out, I can see that there are different sizes and functions but there seems to be no sign of how the face looks.

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Faces are via software. You add and configure them with complications via the Watch app on your iPhone. You can have a few faces on the Watch at any time and swipe between them.


Here's a quick guide:

Thanks for that loughor, makes so much more sense after your explanation. I have found the watch app on my IPhone, didn’t even know it was there. Lots to read and take in from your link. Thanks again, might get one now.

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I still think it's ridiculous that an alarm on the watch sounds until the battery is flat. And that Siri will set or start a timer/alarm, but not be available to stop it. Completely pointless.

Lorimer

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You could always give feedback.

I expect they'd ignore you/me/anyone as their whizz kids know better. I feed back now and again just to get the itch scratched. So far I still have seen nothing but who knows? One day.

Thanks Loughor,

I've just submitted – and now feel slightly better.

Lorimer

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After seeing you both say that you cannot stop and alarm or timer by asking Siri to stop it, I decided to test it out.

I can both set an alarm with Siri and then get Siri to stop the alarm when it goes off. The same goes for a countdown timer.

So go and figure that one out! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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What command words stop the Timer, please? I don't use Alarm on my Watch and we were not moaning about that. I just tried it now with 'stop timer' and 'timer stop' but it keeps sounding and Watch Siri says "There was a problem with your timer request. Please try again in a minute".

All I said was “Hey Siri stop”.

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