Auto-restarting countdown timer without button press

I use a repeating countdown timer to time stretches and other light exercises. Pretty straightforward: set 40 seconds and enable the restart toggle. The thing is... when the countdown is done the countdown restarts as expected but watch also won't stop vibrating and chirping until some button is pressed! For some uses I can see how this is handy to not miss your timer... but for my use it would be much easier to get a quick chirp and a buzz and not to have to hit any buttons. I'm often changing positions between stretches and it's awkward to reach for the watch all the time.

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  • You could use a Yoga Activity with the Alert setting at 40 seconds.  Every 40 seconds the Alert vibrates and chirps once then reverts to the main Activity screen - no button press required to stop the Alert. After 40 seconds another Alert, and so on.

    HTH

  • Not a bad workaround! I suppose I can always discard the resulting activity. Thanks :) 

  • I was wondering if someone can walk me through how to do this. Thanks in advance.

  • I use a repeating countdown timer to time stretches and other light exercises. Pretty straightforward: set 40 seconds and enable the restart toggle. The thing is... when the countdown is done the countdown restarts as expected but watch also won't stop vibrating and chirping until some button is pressed! For some uses I can see how this is handy to not miss your timer... but for my use it would be much easier to get a quick chirp and a buzz and not to have to hit any buttons. I'm often changing positions between stretches and it's awkward to reach for the watch all the time.

    You could use a Yoga Activity with the Alert setting at 40 seconds.  Every 40 seconds the Alert vibrates and chirps once then reverts to the main Activity screen - no button press required to stop the Alert. After 40 seconds another Alert, and so on.

    I was wondering if someone can walk me through how to do this. Thanks in advance.

    Sure!

    MENU > Activities & Apps > Yoga > Yoga Settings > Alerts > Add New > Time > [Set desired interval]

    Easy-peasy.

    HTH

  • Thank you for your help! This worked for me.