How to use the online alarm clock
Waking at 3:23 pm leaves you needing to get ready for the parent-teacher meeting before you have done anything else. The alarm marks the moment to sit up, check the school’s message and work backwards from the journey. With 4:00 pm approaching, there is still time to wash, dress and find the notes you wanted to discuss without treating the whole afternoon as lost.
Because the meeting preparation may take you into messages or a journey planner, the alarm page can sit in the background while you use another tab. Set the sound at a level you can hear and leave the alarm page running; switching away from it is different from closing it. If you close the browser page or allow the phone or laptop to sleep, the alarm cannot sound, and the parent-teacher meeting may be missed. A quick sound check also reveals whether audio is being sent to connected headphones.
Coming round in the afternoon can make a bright screen feel abrupt, especially when daylight is already changing near a window. Lower the screen brightness before reading the teacher’s message, then look across the room while gathering your things instead of staring continuously at the display. Keeping the phone at arm’s length while you dress also makes the 3:23 pm alarm useful without turning the next few minutes into more screen time.
Common questions
Can I change the sound?
Yes, there is a short list of tones to pick from before you press Start. Softer sounds are easy to sleep through, so a firmer bell tends to be the safer choice for anything early in the morning.
Will it still be right when the clocks change?
Yes. It reads your device's local clock, so the move between GMT and BST at the end of March and October is picked up automatically, as long as the computer's date, time and time zone are set correctly.
Can I use this on a phone?
It works in a mobile browser, but phones lock the screen and suspend background tabs far more readily than a laptop does, which can stop the alarm sounding. For anything important, a desktop or a plugged-in laptop is the steadier option.
Does the alarm still work if I close the tab?
No. Everything runs inside this page, so closing the tab — or quitting the browser altogether — ends the countdown there and then. Leaving it open in the background is all it asks, and switching to another tab makes no difference.
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