How to Use YouTube’s Take a Break Reminder on Android and iPhone

While watching your favorite movie or video on YouTube, you are so much engrossed that you forget to take a break. Thankfully, YouTube has introduced a feature – Take a break reminder. Want to set this on your Android and iPhone? Here is how to use YouTube’s Take a break reminder feature on Android and iPhone.

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YouTube’s ‘Take a break’ reminder is a boon for many YouTube watchers in the world. It is a given that a video blogger, it is sacrosanct to watch a number of videos to derive inspiration. But as an end user, you should limit your time of watching YouTube videos. Normally, viewers go overboard and watch videos for hours; for such viewers, YouTube has introduced ‘Remind me to take a break’ feature. Here is how to use YouTube’s ‘Take a break’ reminder on your Android and iPhone.

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The minimum and maximum time after which you can take a break are 15 and 180 minutes respectively. In between, you can set break reminder for 30, 60, and 90 minutes on your Android or iPhone. For a tablet, iPad, and web users, they have to wait for some time, as the feature is limited to the phones.

How to Use “Take a break” Reminder in YouTube on Android and iPhone

Before we go ahead, note that your break reminder will be paused if you pause or exit the video. Moreover, the reminder timer will be reset in case you leave the app, log out of YouTube, switch account or devices, or pause a video for more than 30 minutes.

If you have not updated YouTube App recently, you should quickly do it.

Step #1. Now open the YouTube app on your Android or iPhone.

Step #2. Next, tap on Profile icon.

Step #3. Then you need to tap on Settings.

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Step #4. Tap on General.

Here, you can see the first option as ‘Remind me to take a break’ above ‘Limit mobile data usage’ option.

Note: iPhone users will get this option under Settings.

Step #7. Tap ‘Remind me to take a break,’ and you will see Reminder frequency pop-up, which shows six options: Never, Every 15 minutes, Every 30 minutes, Every 60 minutes, Every 90 minutes, and Every 180 minutes.

You can choose any one option to set a break reminder on YouTube in Android and iPhone.

That’s all friends!

Now while watching YouTube videos, when you reach the time limit you have set, YouTube flashes an alert that it is time to take a break. I like this feature and particularly the image of a monkey hanging down a tree and holding a cup of tea or coffee. When the alert appears, you can take action there to adjust the interval time or to ignore it to keep watching your favorite videos on YouTube.

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Google has rolled out this feature very recently, and some Android phones with Oreo may not show you the option to set break reminder. Have patience! And don’t forget to share your feedback with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus.

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