Before IOS 17, I used the timer a lot, since it was the only way to know when I should be clocking out for work, I know there is alarms, but the timer before showed the end hour. Ex, set a timer at 7 am for 8 hours, it told you that the end hour was going to be 3 pm, now is missing and I cannot use this anymore. Did apple forgot about this? Or I am just not setting this right? It was so handy when you have a variable work clock in time.
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I HATE the new Timer on IOS 17. It was perfectly useful in past versions of IOS. I liked seeing the countdown AND the actual time the timer was set to ring. You ruined a perfectly good ap. Please fix it back to the was it worked in the past.
About-time wrote:
I’m extremely frustrated by the change to the timer function. I used it for exercise intervals and liked to see the countdown. And it saved all the recent ones I use everyday. Please restore the timer function.
Apple does not read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:
What_Lies_Beneath wrote:
I dislike the update to the timer so much!!! I'm constantly utilizing throughout the day.... It was fine before!!!!!! I hate the inconvenient surprises updates always bring.... Like srsly, what was wrong with the former timer? Bring it back please
Tell Apple:
cristina475 wrote:
The previous timer was excellent. The new one is useless for all of the reasons shared already. The new list of previous times set is not really useful and a waste of time clearing them off. It was incredibly USEFUL to know what time the timer would end at. Please go back to the what it was like before. It worked perfectly well. Thank you.
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Personally, I don't find the timer useless. I tell Siri to set a timer. Siri sets the timer. It goes off. It's about perfect for me.
Why don’t you tell APPLE→Product Feedback - Apple rather than the other users in this forum, some of whom are getting annoyed with the constant harping on this subject to people who can't change anything.
Please tell APPLE about your annoyance →Product Feedback - Apple.
Maybe if they fix the app people will stop voicing their opinion on a discussion board, although I’m not sure why you have an issue with that…
Yes, I wish the new iOS would show me when my timer ends, not sure why they took that out, it was one of the only reasons I loved the timer.
Yeah I just updated my phone and I absolutely hate the timer now. It saves old timers that I don’t want saved
You are exactly right! Why would they do that? There going backwards. It makes me ill to see such disregard to common sense.
I used the timer to know how many of hours of sleep I get. I will really like to have the timer to show the end of time to show up again. Because I use the timer as an additional alarm clock and sometimes it is more effective than the alarm where I just hit snooze. In short the alarm is about accurate to know many hours of sleep I got.
I hate updating my phone for this exact reason. Soooo frustrating. I almost want to get a different smart phone that isn't an Apple. I need to know what time it will be when I set the timer for 28 minutes, etc. It was a great feature.
keeley3389 wrote:
I truly miss this feature. I use the timer to set an alarm in the morning that will go off with my phone on silent. I don’t use the Do Not Disturb because my day starts at different times.
Focus/Do Not Disturb does not silence alarms.
As pointed out by user 100clicks, it does show you the time if you look in the right place. Set and start the timer in the Clock app. Then, tap on the running timer at the top of the list. You will see a full-screen display with the end time.
JodesCamp wrote:
Yes, it's extremely annoying. Showing the end time on the timer was the best thing about it. Why why WHY would they kill that feature?
Please bring it back!
Did you read my instructions above on how to see it? Or TheDegster's repeat?
This isn’t a solution to the issue. The issue/complaint is that the end time is no longer displayed as you’re selecting the timer.
Also, when linking the product feedback page, please be aware that there is no option for direct feedback for the “Clock App”. Unfortunately, it is one of the few apps not listed for feedback.
rh2023 wrote:
This isn’t a solution to the issue. The issue/complaint is that the end time is no longer displayed as you’re selecting the timer.
Also, when linking the product feedback page, please be aware that there is no option for direct feedback for the “Clock App”. Unfortunately, it is one of the few apps not listed for feedback.
As it is one of the apps included in iOS, just put the feedback under "iPhone".
Timer option missing in iOS 17?
