{"id":20042,"date":"2017-05-22T15:22:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T09:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/?p=20042"},"modified":"2017-05-22T15:22:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T09:52:05","slug":"how-to-set-sleep-timer-for-music-on-android-and-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/how-to-set-sleep-timer-for-music-on-android-and-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Sleep Timer for Music on Android and iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of us\u00a0cherish listening to our favorite music, audiobook or even a podcast on our smartphone to relax ourselves before going\u00a0off to sleep. However,\u00a0at times, this also results in us\u00a0drifting to sleep while the audio is still playing. This can be an annoyance because the\u00a0audio will\u00a0disturb you later when you are in deep sleep, while draining\u00a0your smartphone\u2019s battery. So, if you have been wondering if you can set a sleep timer for music on your iPhone or Android smartphone, the answer is, yes you can!\u00a0<strong>Here\u2019s how you can set sleep timer\u00a0on iOS\u00a0and Android:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"set-sleep-timer-on-android\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Set Sleep Timer on Android<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><em>I<\/em>f you happen to own an Android smartphone that does not run stock Android, chances are, your gadget manufacturer has implemented the sleep timer feature in their music player app. Yet, stock Android comes with Google Play Music, which does not pack in a sleep timer, unlike its iOS counterpart, which is a shame.<\/p>\n<p>The great news is, there are a number of\u00a0sleep timer apps on the Play Store that let you stop audio after a time from any app. You can simply search for \u201csleep timer apps\u201d on the Play Store and you should discover numerous decent apps. Yet,\u00a0the most popular out of the lot is Sleep Timer (Turn music off), which is accessible in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=ch.pboos.android.SleepTimer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free<\/a>\u00a0version. So,\u00a0<strong>here\u2019s how to set up sleep timer for music on Android with the app:<\/strong><\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>After you have installed the app on your device, you can just play\u00a0audio from any music player app, audiobook app or podcast app and\u00a0<strong>set the timer<\/strong>through the circular icon in the app. Then, you can tap the \u201c<strong>Start<\/strong>\u201d button to start the timer. Once you start the timer, you will get the options to put your device to \u201cSleep Now\u201d or \u201cStop\u201d the timer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20091\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Start-Sleep-Timer-Android.png\" alt=\"Start-Sleep-Timer-Android\" width=\"640\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Start-Sleep-Timer-Android.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Start-Sleep-Timer-Android-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Start-Sleep-Timer-Android<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>You can also choose to<strong>play music directly from the app<\/strong>\u00a0with the \u201c<strong>Start &amp; Player<\/strong>\u201d button. Also, you can \u201c<strong>Stop<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>Extend<\/strong>\u201d the timer from the\u00a0notification center as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20088\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20088\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Control-Sleep-Timer-notification-Android.png\" alt=\"Control-Sleep-Timer-notification-Android\" width=\"640\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Control-Sleep-Timer-notification-Android.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Control-Sleep-Timer-notification-Android-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Control-Sleep-Timer-notification-Android<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the \u00a0timer runs out, the app puts your gadget to sleep, stopping the music and it\u2019s not abrupt, instead the\u00a0<strong>audio just fades off smoothly<\/strong>, which is a great touch.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, you can hit\u00a0<strong>three-dot menu<\/strong>\u00a0button in the top-right of the app and head over to \u201c<strong>Settings<\/strong>\u201d to check out choices like\u00a0<strong>shake to extend<\/strong>, set the default player to launch from the app and the extension length. Along with that, there are choices to perform a specific action once the audio is stopped, waiting time after fade out and more. Furthermore, the app\u00a0includes\u00a0<strong>integration with<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Tasker<\/strong>\u00a0and if you have a rooted gadget, you can enable root functionality in \u201cAdvanced\u201d to give it more control.<\/p>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<figure id=\"attachment_20098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20098\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20098\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sleep-Timer-Settings-Android.png\" alt=\"Sleep-Timer-Settings-Android\" width=\"700\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sleep-Timer-Settings-Android.png 700w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Sleep-Timer-Settings-Android-300x177.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sleep-Timer-Settings-Android<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While the app works great,\u00a0it will only mute some music players if you have a\u00a0non-rooted gadget. However, we tested the app on various music players and it stopped the audio\u00a0just well. Also, if you don\u2019t need a separate sleep timer, you can simply install a\u00a0third party music player\u00a0with sleep timer support.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"set-sleep-timer-on-iphone-or-ipad\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Set Sleep Timer on\u00a0iPhone or iPad<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Not a lot of people are aware of the fact that iOS natively packs-in the capability to set sleep timer on music. It\u2019s pretty easy and here are the steps to turn it on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Just open the<strong>Clock app<\/strong>\u00a0on your iOS device and go to the \u201c<strong>Timer<\/strong>\u201d tab. Here,\u00a0<strong>set the\u00a0time<\/strong>, after which\u00a0you want the music to stop playing. Then, hit the \u201c<strong>When Timer Ends<\/strong>\u201d option and scroll down below and select \u201c<strong>Stop Playing<\/strong>\u201c. Once done,\u00a0tap on \u201c<strong>Set<\/strong>\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20102\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/iOS-Clock-Sleep-Timer-Music.png\" alt=\"iOS-Clock-Sleep-Timer-Music\" width=\"640\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/iOS-Clock-Sleep-Timer-Music.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/iOS-Clock-Sleep-Timer-Music-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iOS-Clock-Sleep-Timer-Music<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n[ad type=&#8221;banner&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>Once done, hit the<strong>Start<\/strong>\u00a0button in the timer and\u00a0<strong>play the music<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0the Music app or any other music, podcast or audiobook app. When the timer hits zero, the audio should stop playing automatically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20089\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20089\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/iOS-start-sleep-timer-for-music.png\" alt=\"iOS-start-sleep-timer-for-music\" width=\"640\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/iOS-start-sleep-timer-for-music.png 640w, https:\/\/www.wikitechy.com\/technology\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/iOS-start-sleep-timer-for-music-300x266.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iOS-start-sleep-timer-for-music<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you don\u2019t like the native Clock app technique on iOS, you can install a third party music player app that provides the sleep timer feature in the app.\u00a0Most feature-rich music (<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/google-play-music\/id691797987?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Google Play<\/span> <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Music<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/pandora-free-music-radio\/id284035177?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pandora<\/a><\/span>) and audiobook (<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/audible-audio-books-original\/id379693831?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audible<\/a><\/span>) apps provide the sleep timer feature, so you can go for one of the third party apps.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"ready-to-set-sleep-timer-on-audios-in-iphone-and-android\"><strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">Ready to set sleep timer on audios in iPhone and Android?<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Try them out on your device, set a sleep timer on your music and sleep in peace, without worrying about music playing all night.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Set Sleep Timer for Music on Android and iPhone -Mobile -Well, these were the simple ways through which you can set sleep timer on both Android 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