3 Ways to Set a Sleep Timer with Music Player on Android and iPhone

Most of us like to listen to music while going to bed, however, often times we fall asleep and the music keeps playing all night and drains the battery. In this case, a sleep timer on your phone’s music player will help you to automatically turn off music playback after a set period of time. Fortunately, many apps offer this feature. Let’s learn some of the easy ways to activate a sleep timer on your phone’s music player. Meanwhile, you can also learn to play music on your MacBook with the lid closed.

How to set sleep timer on phone music player?

In this read, we will discuss the three apps to set a sleep timer to automatically stop playing music. However, if you are using YouTube Music as your default music player app, you can check our detailed workaround guide to set a sleep timer in YouTube Music app.

Sleep timer app

Using the sleep timer app, you can easily set a sleep timer on your favorite app like Audible, Spotify, YouTube Music, etc. Here’s how to use it:

1. Download the sleep timer app on your phone and launch it.

2. From three dots iconPress on Settings.

3. In the Settings menu, tap Player to start at the start option.

4. Now choose your favorite music player.

5. Once done, simply choose the duration and press Begin. Your music will be automatically paused once the timer is turned off.

Set sleep timer in Mi Music app

Hey MIUI users, did you know that Xiaomi’s native music app has a built-in feature to use a sleep timer? Here is how you can easily enable it on your Xiaomi, Redmi or POCO phone running MIUI.

1. Launch it Mi Music app on your phone.

2. In the upper left corner, tap the Quick toggle icon.

3. Now press Settings.

4. In the settings menu, tap Advanced settings.

5. Here, enable toggle for Sleep Timer, and set the duration of the timer. It can go up to 90 minutes, once it goes off, the music will stop automatically.

Set Sleep Timer in Apple Music

The Mi Music app isn’t the only proprietary app with a sleep timer. Like iOS and Android users can use Apple Music to set a sleep timer. Here’s how:

1. Launch the Apple Music app on your phone and play a song or playlist of your choice. Now tap the list icon to view your next playlist/music.

2. On the next screen, tap the three dots icon from top right.

3. Now choose the sleep timer from the context menu and set the duration. Now the music will stop automatically after the time is up.

Wrap

In this read, we discussed the three apps you can use on your phone to set a sleep timer to automatically pause music. I hope you found this guide useful; if you did, be sure to like and share it. Check out other useful tech tips and tricks linked below, and stay tuned for more such tips and tricks.

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