Third-party app Pixel Clock offers Material 3 alarm, timer and clock features
A newly released Android app called Pixel Clock, roughly two weeks old, provides alarm, timer, stopwatch and world clock functions with a Material 3 Expressive design that adapts to the user's chosen system color. Android Authority's Andy Walker reports it replaced several other timing apps on his device after he had also tried an app called Chrono as an alternative to Google Clock.
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The review frames Pixel Clock's polish as highlighting long-standing complaints about Google Clock, including missed alarms and slow feature updates such as the recent addition of timer presets. This suggests third-party developers may be filling gaps left by Google's own first-party apps, though whether Google responds with its own improvements remains unknown.
- Pixel Clock is a new Android app, about two weeks old, combining alarm, timer, stopwatch and world clock features.
- Its design uses Material 3 Expressive styling that matches the user's system accent color.
- The review positions it as superior to Google Clock, which has faced reports of alarm failures and slow feature rollout.
Source: androidauthority.com, 2026-09-30
Published there as: “This new Android app fixes everything wrong with Google Clock”
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