# Is there a way on Android, to set regular alarms **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 24, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-on-android-to-set-regular-alarms/1006139 "2024-08-24T10:41:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-on-android-to-set-regular-alarms/1006139/21 "2024-08-25T16:34:02Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > You can also set an alarm for a specific future date, say if you want to get up early a week from Tuesday To be clear, I meant this with the Clock app, not the calendar app. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-on-android-to-set-regular-alarms/1006139/22 "2024-08-25T16:34:44Z")
Android used to have a feature where you just used the google voice option to say ‘set an alarm for XYZ’ where you’d say something like 530pm or 1 hour from now, etc. They got rid of this feature a few months ago and it sucks. I miss that feature. I had to download an alarm app and use that instead. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-on-android-to-set-regular-alarms/1006139/23 "2024-08-25T19:20:44Z")
Huh? I still do that all the time. When i say that, it doesn’t use my alarm clock app, it uses some system thing. ETA: I tried it right now, between posting the initial bit and this edit. I said, “okay Google, set an alarm for 2 minutes”. It advertised Gemini, but it also set the alarm. And the alarm just went off. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-on-android-to-set-regular-alarms/1006139/24 "2024-08-26T03:55:14Z")
It doesnt work for me, it just gives me a Google seatch result ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-on-android-to-set-regular-alarms/1006139/25 "2024-08-26T19:32:54Z")
Yes, you can set a “task” to recur daily and repeat until a particular date or number of occurrences. I think you need to label each on differently, though not sure. So “Pill 1”, “Pill 2”, as an example. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-on-android-to-set-regular-alarms/1006139/26 "2024-08-26T19:45:10Z")
Works on my phone too. I have a Pixel which is the vanilla Android thing though. No using other apps. It is all the built in Android stuff and it just…works. One reason I like this phone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-on-android-to-set-regular-alarms/1006139.md?page=1)