Hi there! This updates brings some major improvements to Ember as a desktop timer and as a companion for better time awareness. Name your time: • Use a few words to optionally describe the time you set aside. This can be anything from work to play to daily routines. • Recent entries are remembered so you can repeat what you do with just two taps. Better with Siri AI: • Siri can start a timer for you in Ember, or control the timer such as pausing it or reporting the duration left on the run. • You can use natural language to start a task timer, for example with “Start a breakfast timer in Ember for 25 minutes” Improved UI: • We improved the layout of Ember so the interface stays familiar. The app rotates to landscape smoothly, to fit wherever you place it. iPhone Duo support: • We specially optimized the app for iPhone Duo to support its many positions and orientations. Folded, open flat, partially open or tended — we covered them all. Silent alarms: • You can mute the alarm for the timer and there shall be only vibration. Might have been the most wanted feature in a library! • If you have a connected Watch, you still get tapped on your wrist. Improvements and fixes: • Certain labels and elements were broken with VoiceOver. Fixed. • Theme and font changes did not reach the Home Screen widget or the Live Activity until the next timer. Fixed: now they update as you make changes. • The Live Activity showed a 5:00 placeholder while the alarm was ringing. Fixed: it shows the finished countdown. • An expired timer could be paused from Shortcuts, and resuming it brought it back to life. Fixed. • The alarm permission prompt was not localized properly. Fixed — the prompt is available in the language that you speak. • The alarm permission prompt only appeared after the first timer had started. Fixed: Ember asks first, then starts the timer. • Some terms and labels were inconsistent across locales. Fixed. To simplify app maintenance, we are increasing the minimum supported OS version to 26.1, and we are dropping notifications as a means of timer alerts. Thank you for your understanding, and we hope you’ll enjoy this update!

New in this version: timer notes and snooze. Jot down what a timer is for, and Ember keeps it in view — on the timer screen, the Lock Screen, the Dynamic Island, and your widgets. You can also set notes when starting a timer from Shortcuts. And when time’s up, tap Snooze for a few more minutes — one for the 5-minute timer, two for the 10, and five for the 25 and 45. It works right from the alarm, too.

This update addressed a few issues with the app.