

It’s briefly displayed at the top of the screen with the help of a Clock app banner notification. The countdown is created and starts right away. Siri replies: “25 minutes and 25 seconds, starting now.” “Set a timer for 25 minutes and 25 seconds.” Summon Siri with the help of the Hey Siri feature, or long press the Side Button (Sleep/Wake button) and command: Set Timer With SiriĪ straightforward way of starting a countdown timer on your iPhone is by using the iOS virtual assistant. However, if you don’t need to change the Timer alarm sound, and are also not looking for seconds precision, there are faster ways to set and run a timed countdown on your iPhone or iPad.

The traditional method requires you to open the Clock app, tap on the Timer tab, configure the interval, select the alert tone and Start the countdown. You can set a timer on iPhone in various ways, especially if you plan to use the built-in iOS feature.
