Setting the Alarm

Changing the Wakeup Time

1. Press and hold the alarm time until the time selector popup shows.

2. Choose your desired wakeup time.

3. Tap anywhere outside the popup to change the time.




Changing the Sunrise Duration

Drag the Sunrise Time slider to set the sunrise duration. You can vary this between 1 and 60 minutes. If you set it to 15 mins, the light will turn on 15 minutes before your wakeup time, and be maximally bright at the wakeup time. The brightness increases using a sigmoidal function as described by Avery. The colour temperature of the light starts at the minimum colour temperature and increases to 3700K at the alarm time. After this, the colour temperature continues to increase gradually until the end of your wakeup sound.


Activating the Alarm

To activate the alarm tap the alarm time. If the light is turned on, it will change to a red colour and then back again, to demonstrate that the bulb control is working.A short segment of your alarm sound will play so you can ensure that your audio is also working. If you do not hear audio, check that you haven’t turned the device to silent. Tap cancel and then tap the alarm time again.If the alarm has been set, but the sunrise has not yet started the time will be shown in red. Below the time the following are listed:

The date at which the sunrise will start.

The time at when the sunrise will start.

The time the audio will start

The time the alarm will finish

The remaining time until the audible alarm will start.


Start of Sunrise

Once the sunrise simulation starts, the screen will change to emulate a sunrise. The alarm time will change colour to orange.


End of Sunrise

If the alarm has not been cancelled by the end of the sunrise the audible alarm will sound until the time shown next to the sun emoji. If you have not chosen Sirens as your alarm sound, the light will continue to increase in colour temperature until the sound finishes. If you have chosen Sirens, the light will strobe blue and red.Checking if the Alarm is WorkingOnce the alarm has started, there will be a timer counting down the time until the alarm will sound. If the alarm is set and functioning the countdown will change every second.Cancelling the AlarmTo cancel the alarm, tap the cancel button in the app. If you have chosen Sirens as your alarm sound, you will need to tap the cancel button to stop the alarm sound.


Heavy Sleepers

Most of the alarm sounds are designed to help you have a gentle wakeup. If you are a heavy sleeper, you can choose the Sirens sound. This will not only sound a siren, it will strobe the light during the alarm sound, and continue to play notifications until you press the Cancel button.