How to revert the timer interface on iPhone 15 with iOS 27.0.1?

LD150 wrote:

billsoares wrote:

I would scroll down if it would let me, but it forces me to start the timer and then once the timer started, I can scroll down and see the timers.

Well I can scroll it. Put your thumb on the area next to the word Sound and drag up

The problem is if you start the timer from the Control Center the interface is different then starting it from the clock app on the screen. This is what it looks like:

There is no option to scroll, only to choose a time setting by scrolling left and right, then tap Start. Once you start the timer it reverts to the full Clock app and you can then stop the timer and choose another one.

I suspect the intention here is to make it easy to start a single timer without having to tap or scroll to find another, or to enter a time.

A workaround (other than opening the timer from the Home screen) is to tap the Alarm Clock icon in the Control Center, then select Timer.

Crisis averted. I use the timer everyday in food prep/cooking and the 27.1.1 revamp completely destroyed its functionality. I always went to it thru the control panel. All I could find now was a single side slide control to set the time and a few seconds after you did, it disappeared. Clicking on the control panel didn’t bring it back but just let you start a new timer - the first one was counting down still but you couldn’t see it. The suggestion here to access the timer from the clock app restores the old format. I had hidden the clock app many screens away from my Home Screen for years but now it is front and center and life can go on. I am still using an iPhone 13 so didn’t expect any help from Apple.

I think we are talking past each other here

what Chris and Bill are experiencing is a new timer UI from Control Center (swiping down from Home Screen).

for reasons passing understanding, ios27 uses a different (horizontal) slider for the Timer in CC than the one available via the Clock app. the new Timer UI (pic attached) is NOT as functional as the traditional Clock Timer, which is oddly still available via Clock if you want to bypass CC and login to your phone.

Apple: can you help users find a way to add the Clock Timer UI to Control Center? Thanks!

Not perfect, but better… remove the Timer widget from Control Center. Add the Stopwatch widget to Control Center. When you open the Stopwatch widget, you just tap one over to get to the classic Timer.

Tech—Guy wrote:

The way I got around this until (hopefully) Apple gives us options, was to create a shortcut for "open timers", and add that to the control center.

The way I do it is say: “Hey Siri, open timers"

But if you read the thread there are several ways to do it. This new feature allows you to very quickly set a timer without having to go through the process of opening Timers, without affecting other ways of using timers using by launching the clock app.

If you use a long press (instead of just a tap) on the Timer icon in the Control Center you'll open a small menu with one of the three choices being Start Timer. Tap it and you'll get your expected timer

When you say revert, do you mean to how the time worked before iOS 27? If yes, you cannot roll back the timer to an earlier version. Here is everything says about how to use the Timer on iPhone --> Set timers in Clock on iPhone - Apple Support

The way I got around this until (hopefully) Apple gives us options, was to create a shortcut for "open timers", and add that to the control center.

Rabadonne wrote:

This interface was both beautiful and very convenient. Bring it back.

No one participating here can do that. Tell Apple:

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I don't recall ever having seen that as I use Siri to set timers. I can't tell by looking how it's supposed to work.

Allison Westbrook wrote:

Why would you make this sophisticated piece of high tech less useful?

I didn't. Nor did anyone else participating in this forum. You can certainnly let Apple know your thoughts here:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/

It's also important to consider that not everyone will have the same idea of what consitutes "better." Personally, I think fiddling with the timer app, regardless of what it looks like is annoying. I haven't done it in years. I recognize, though, that using Siri may not be a "better" option for you. However, you might want to try it for a while. You may change your mind. Right now, you're mind changing is at least marginally more likely to happen than Apple is to change the app in the immediate future.

Simply scroll down to find previous (saved) timers.

billsoares wrote:

I would scroll down if it would let me, but it forces me to start the timer and then once the timer started, I can scroll down and see the timers.

Well I can scroll it. Put your thumb on the area next to the word Sound and drag up

I couldn’t find any noticeable difference in the Timer interface between iOS 26 (iPhone 12 Pro) and iOS 27 (iPhone 13 Pro). I have included a screenshot of the Timer interface on my device below for your reference.

You mentioned: “I have an iPhone 15 with iOS 27.0.1 installed yesterday. Is there any way to roll back the Timer interface? Specifically, the slider at the top.”

Based on my observation, I am unable to identify the change in the Timer interface you are referring to, particularly the slider at the top. Therefore, either I have misunderstood what you mean by the change, or your claim that the Timer interface has changed in iOS 27.0.1 may be incorrect.

Could you please post a screenshot of your Timer interface and point out the specific slider you are referring to? Comparing it with the screenshot I have provided should help us establish whether there is an actual difference between the two iOS versions or whether the issue lies elsewhere.

I hated this change too! I ended up having to change the timer in the control center to the clock to get to the old screen. So much better! Them just hit the timer option.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

I’ll add that I really like this, because I can start a 10 minute or 20 minute timer by scrolling left or right. And if I want a precise time (such as 40 seconds) I just say “Siri, start a 40 second timer”. I’ve never actually opened the timer app to set a timer, I just ask Siri to do it for me.

Me as well. I only ask Siri to start a time for me. Siri can set it for any duration I want, like a 12 second or set a 7 minute and 15 seconds timer. I don't have to touch my phone at all to do this.

carla1321 wrote:

It's not quicker, in my opinion, because you have to fiddle around with it to get an exact number. Awful update for me - a baker.

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Personally, I NEVER physically set a timer on my iPhone. I simply say, "Siri, set a 5 minute timer."

I would scroll down if it would let me, but it forces me to start the timer and then once the timer started, I can scroll down and see the timers.

Hi,

i am also having a huge problem with the new design of the timer widget. To me it is now useless, because i do spontaneous short timers with my apple watch. But on my iPhone and iPad i usually want to set the sleep timer for my podcasts etc. with the new widget i cannot customize the timer at all, i cannot see, if a timer is active, and i cannot access the timer menu at all. If i press short, the rudimentary UI overlay appears, if i long press, i get the option to set a stop clock, set an alarm or… stop a f***in timer? Why do i not have the option to set a timer in the timer menu?

this new widget seems to be implemented by an AI and neither reviewed nor tested by a human dev, therefore it is in my opinion kind of embarrasing for the usually so UX-sensitive Apple development…

MaxWojtyla wrote:

this new widget seems to be implemented by an AI and neither reviewed nor tested by a human dev, therefore it is in my opinion kind of embarrasing for the usually so UX-sensitive Apple development…

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I don’t like the new initial timer interface either, in iOS 27.0.1. We must choose a number of minutes on a sliding scale from 1 to 120, then if you pause you can have the scale change to 15 second increments. Of course your finger is hiding the actual display so it makes the interface difficult. Please revert back to the previous initial timer interface.

Of course your finger is hiding the actual display so it makes the interface difficult. Please revert back to the previous initial timer interface.

This design of scroll has been around for years. Start the number scroll by touching the screen half an inch above or below the visible number then slide.

MalvernIPhone wrote:

I think we are talking past each other here

what Chris and Bill are experiencing is a new timer UI from Control Center (swiping down from Home Screen).

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Maybe they should have mentioned that, my crystal ball is in for servicing.

I’ll add that I really like this, because I can start a 10 minute or 20 minute timer by scrolling left or right. And if I want a precise time (such as 40 seconds) I just say “Siri, start a 40 second timer”. I’ve never actually opened the timer app to set a timer, I just ask Siri to do it for me.

LD150 wrote:

Maybe they should have mentioned that, my crystal ball is in for servicing.

The real problem is that neither the OP nor the camp followers mentioned Control Center until much later in the discussion, wasting our time.

Maybe they don't know that there's another way of using the timer. It was news to me.

The *newest change to the quick access control panel timer for iOS 27.0.1 really is useless! — here’s why:

Having to precisely move a slider to your preferred timer duration takes so much more time than the old list of commonly used timers or to enter your exact preferred timer duration; I commonly start many timers simultaneously, and this new “feature” doesn’t allow me to do that. The feel is off for this new pop-down timer feature — it feels too bulky and imprecise. Please, Apple; you are actively losing my confidence in the Simple, Obvious, Straightforward, Clear and Easy ethos of Apple’s OS aesthetics. Please don’t stray too far from the original vision!!!

Please offer the ability to revert to the former style! Just anything but a slider.

-AppleLoyalist84

lobsterghost1 wrote:

carla1321 wrote:

It's not quicker, in my opinion, because you have to fiddle around with it to get an exact number. Awful update for me - a baker.

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Personally, I NEVER physically set a timer on my iPhone. I simply say, "Siri, set a 5 minute timer."

Hands free - no flour on the phone 👍

This timer change is awful. There shouldn’t be “workarounds” to set a timer. The worst aspect is that the shortest timer on the slider is 1 minute. Speaking to your phone to set a shorter timer is NOT a better option. Has anyone considered that one might not want or be able to speak into the phone to set a 30 second timer? I wouldn’t mind the slider if there was an option to set it for intervals smaller than one minute. Why would you make this sophisticated piece of high tech less useful?

Just to clarify, I’m dragging down from the top of my screen to get to control center and that’s where the timer widget is that I normally use.

Well no. The real problem is that neither the OP nor the camp followers mentioned Control Center until much later in the discussion, wasting our time.

This is a user to user forum, you are not addressing Apple.here.

Send feedback to Apple -

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It's not quicker, in my opinion, because you have to fiddle around with it to get an exact number. Awful update for me - a baker.

This interface was both beautiful and very convenient. Bring it back.

then In 27.0.2 they uglified that as well

vtd2010 wrote:

then In 27.0.2 they uglified that as well

There was never a version 27.0.2. It went from 27.0.1 to 27.1 to 27.2, the current version.