Apple could easily throw in an alarm preference for a custom snooze time, but it isn’t and probably won’t be anytime soon. It’s been requested many, many times since the iPhone became a thing, but the nine-minute snooze tradition wins out every time. I have some bad news: There’s no way to change the snooze time for alarms in the Clock app. This is where a short snooze comes in handy – to keep you from falling asleep again and feeling more tired. The early stage encourages deep sleep, so when you wake up with the snooze alarm, you feel more tired than before. However, if you typically sleep poorly or fall back asleep when you activate the snooze button, you are more likely to fall back asleep at the beginning of your sleep cycle. If it’s been working since the 50s, why change it? After all, digital watches continued the 9-minute snooze trend when dial watches went out of style, and Apple most likely felt inclined to uphold the tradition for its snooze time on the iPhone alarm. In case you’re wondering, old-school mechanical clocks had physical restrictions that prevented them from using 10 minutes as snooze time, so nine minutes was set as the default because 11 minutes was punctual enough. If you fall asleep early, you may be better off with a two-minute snooze.
However, your iPhone’s default nine-minute snooze may be too long or too short for your preferences. Hitting snooze won’t help you much if you fall back asleep, it can help you wake up more gently.
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