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YouTube's "take a break" reminder now offers 'hour and minutes' option in 5-minute intervals

By Alan Friedman

Published: Jun 13, 2018, 1:29 PM

YouTube's take a break reminder setting now has more flexible options

Last month, we told you about YouTube's "take a break" reminder. This can be found by going to YouTube and clicking on this progression: Settings > General > Remind me to take a break. The feature originally gave users the option to be reminded of their binge watching after 15-minutes, 30-minutes, 60-minutes, 90-minutes and 180-minutes.

But life does not always adhere to such perfectly rounded-off time periods. So Google has decided to update the feature, allowing users to set the reminder frequency in hours and minutes. Users will be able to set reminders from 5 minutes to 23 hours and 55 minutes using 5 minute intervals. Now that seems more realistic that the three hour limit that was the maximum setting pre-update.

It isn't clear if the update to freshen up the "take a break" reminder is coming via OTA update, or a server side update. Our version of YouTube, 13.20.54, does include the updated reminder setting as you can see in the accompanying image on the right.

source: YouTube

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Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon. Beyond smartphones, Alan has covered the emergence of tablets, smartwatches, and smart speakers.

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