Use the alarm, timer & stopwatch

You can set alarms and use the timer and stopwatch on your smartwatch.

Use alarms

If your watch and your phone are synced, alarms set on your phone also go off on your watch.

Set an alarm for your watch only

  1. To open the list of apps, on your watch, press the Power button.
  2. Open the Alarm app Alarm.
  3. Pick the time you want.
    • To set a repeating alarm, tap One time, pick the days, and swipe right.
  4. Tap Done Done.

Wear 3

  1. On your watch, open the Alarm app Alarm.
  2. To add a new alarm, tap Add Add more.
  3. Pick the time you want.
  4. Choose options for the alarm: One time or repeating, sound and vibration.
  5. To save the alarm, tap Done Done.
    • To delete the alarm, tap Delete Delete.

Wear 2

  1. To open the list of apps, on your watch, press the Power button.
  2. Open the Alarm app Alarm.
  3. Pick the time you want.
    • To set a repeating alarm, tap One time, pick the days, and swipe right.
  4. Tap Done Done.

Turn an alarm on or off

  1. On your watch, open the Alarm app Alarm.
  2. Turn on or off the alarm you want.
  3. To remove the alarm completely, tap Delete Delete.

Wear 3

  1. On your watch, open the Alarm app Alarm.
  2. Turn on or off the alarm you want.
  3. To remove the alarm completely, tap it and then tap Delete Delete.

Wear 2

  1. On your watch, open the Alarm app Alarm.
  2. Turn on or off the alarm you want.
  3. To remove the alarm completely, tap Delete Delete.

Snooze or dismiss an alarm

  • Snooze: To delay an alarm for a short time after it goes off, tap Snooze Snooze .
  • Dismiss: To dismiss an alarm when it goes off, swipe right or tap Alarm off Alarm off.

Use timers

If your watch and your phone are synced, you can dismiss a timer on your phone from your watch.
  1. When your timer goes off, you'll see a notification on your watch.
  2. To dismiss the timer, swipe right.

Set a timer for your watch only

  1. To open the list of apps, on your watch, press the Power button.
  2. Open the Timer app Timer.
  3. Enter how long you want the timer to run.
  4. Tap Start Start.

Wear 3

  1. On your watch, open the Timer app Timer.
  2. Pick a preset timer length, or scroll and tap Add Add more to add a new timer length.
  3. Tap Start Start.

Wear 2

  1. To open the list of apps, on your watch, press the Power button.
  2. Open the Timer app Timer.
  3. Enter how long you want the timer to run.
  4. Tap Start Start.

Change a running timer

After a timer starts:

  • To pause a running timer, tap Pause Pause.
  • To reset a paused timer countdown, tap Reset Reset.
  • To resume a timer, tap Start Start.
  • To delete a timer, tap Remove Remove

If you exit the app while a timer is running, you can see the timer progress and come back later. To reopen the app, open your list of notifications and tap Timer and then Open.

Use a stopwatch

  1. On your watch, open the Stopwatch app Stopwatch.
  2. Tap Start Start.

After the stopwatch starts:

  • To pause the stopwatch, tap Pause Pause.
  • To reset a paused stopwatch to zero, tap Reset Reset.

If you exit the app while the stopwatch is running, you can see the stopwatch progress and come back later. To reopen the app, open your list of notifications and tap Stopwatch and then Open.

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