Google Clock just made it harder to sleep thanks to your alarms

• Google Clock has been updated to version 8.5
• This includes a new option to dismiss alarms with a swipe rather than a tap.
• You can always stick to the tap approach if you prefer

If you use Google Clock on your Android phone, you will probably have received or will soon receive an update that could help you not sleep through your alarms.

Now, rather than being presented with big “Snooze” and “Stop” buttons when an alarm goes off, you can choose to have a slider that will snooze the alarm if you swipe it to the left and stop it if you swipe right.

Since having to swipe in a specific direction is a more complex gesture than simply tapping the screen, you’re less likely to accidentally stop the alarm when you want to snooze it, or vice versa.

An optional approach