Published Apr 29, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT I cover Android with a focus on productivity, automation, and Google’s ecosystem, including Gemini and everyday apps. With a background in engineering and software development, I tend to go beyond surface-level tips and focus on how features fit into real workflows. Before joining AP, I wrote for tech publications such as Gizbot  in 2023 and iJunkie (formerly known as iPhoneHacks) from 2021 to 2022. For the longest time, I thought fixing my sleep schedule meant going to bed earlier, setting more alarms, or maybe even downloading a sleep app. But none of it really worked. So I dropped all that and tried to keep things simple. Even then, I’d end up doing the same thing every night: lying in bed, scrolling for way longer than I intended, and pushing sleep later without even realizing it. All I really used in Google Clock was the alarm. I’d set it for the next morning and snooze it a couple of times. I never paid attention to anything else in the app.…