Cut out the beeps and blooms and get some rest for a change. Gadgets are in constant communication with us, ringing and buzzing whenever friends want to chat, when new shows arrive on Netflix, or when coworkers send crucial memes over Slack. Silence Your Apps
Before you get to fiddling with your smartphone’s settings, look through the apps you’ve got installed—particularly if one or two keep interrupting your slumber. Slack is a good example, if folks from work are disturbing you across multiple channels and time zones. Set a quiet time for Slack alerts. In the app, tap on your profile icon and choose Pause notifications. Pick one of the suggested times or create a custom timeframe. Shut Up Your Smartphone Both iOS and Android have a Do Not Disturb mode that will silence all incoming notifications on your phone—with some exceptions, if needed. It’s perhaps the easiest and most effective way of stopping your smartphone from waking you up unnecessarily halfway through the night. Over on Android, open Settings and pick Notifications. Then toggle Do Not Disturb on. Here, you can set specific hours when Do Not Disturb kicks in automatically and manage what’s allowed through when DND mode is active. Keep Your Smart Speaker Quiet For the majority of the time, your smart speakers won’t make a sound unless they’re spoken to. They’re not suddenly going to interrupt your sleep unless you’ve set a timer or an alarm, and you don’t have to worry about them piping up with the latest news headlines in the early hours. With Echo speakers, open the Alexa app on your phone, tap Devices, then Echo & Alexa and the name of your speaker. From there, you can tap Do Not Disturb, which you can either turn on manually or set on a schedule. Any reminders, timers, or alarms will still give you an alert in this mode. To enable Whisper Mode on an Alexa to make audio responses quieter, just say, “Alexa, turn on Whisper Mode.” You can also do so in the Alexa app under More, Settings, and Voice Responses. Then choose the Whisper Mode toggle to activate it Mute Your Laptop or Desktop Sleeping next to a laptop or desktop is less common than sleeping next to a phone, but it may be hard to avoid for people with a computer in their bedroom. Other than just turning it off at night, here’s how to silence a computer and ensure no pesky, late-night notifications interrupt your slumbering.
How To Shut Up Your Gadgets At Night So You Can Sleep
