iOS Today 823

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

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• Transcripts: iOS Today 823 Transcript

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• Create a custom iPhone Lock Screen
• Set timers in Clock on iPhone
• See the time worldwide in Clock on iPhone
• Apple Watch faces and their features
• Tell time on Apple Watch
• Just Timers
• (Not Boring) Timer
• Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch
• Overlap: World Clock
• Buy iPhone Duo
• Get ready to pre-order October 12th
• Tiimo: To-Do List Planner
• Signal - Private Messenger