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Don't rely on Alexa to wake you up... (www.theverge.com)

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[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I am confused about who doesn't use their cell phone alarm to wake up.

[–] Ravi@feddit.org 10 points 4 days ago

Not using my phone, but a dedicated alarm clock on my nightstand. Mainly because I can see the time and what alarm preset is active at a glance.

[–] kurikai@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I have home assistant(no internet needed) turn in the light from off to dim to bright over 5 mins. Such a nicer way to wake up than an alarm.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Me too, it's so much more.natural way to wake up... but it's still tied to the alarm time of my phone (which also fades in slowly)

[–] kurikai@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How do you do that?

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Install the HA Companion app on your phone (I use the "minimal" one.from FDroid), and enable the Alarm Sensor - that provides the next alarm time (so, be careful if you have different alarms throughout the day!)

Then, I use that time to trigger the lights to start ramping up about 30mins beforehand.

Also... be careful to check if you're at home... took me a while to realise the lights were coming on whilst we were away.

Oh, and I use Simple Alarm Clock - also from FDroid - because it fades in the alarm sound.

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 5 points 4 days ago

Not sure why you're confused, but alarm clocks still exist too 😉

[–] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

There have been a few times my phone has had an update and didn't load in, thus not triggering the alarm. I still use my phone, but I have a backup 'dumb alarm'

[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Sometimes if I want to take a short nap, it's way easier to ask alexa or google to wake me up in 30mins, than set up an alarm.