iCreate - UK (2021-07)

Soothing

Sleep Sounds

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Phase4 Mobile

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Step-by-step Soothing Sleep Sounds

Get iOS 1 5 Background

Sounds right now!

Apple is adding a new feature to

iOS called Background Sounds

I

n May, Apple announced some great new

accessibility features coming to iOS later in the

year (https://apple.co/3wYZLcB), and they

will likely appear in iOS 1 5 in the autumn. One of

these new features isBackground Sounds, and

Apple says that ocean, rain and stream sounds

will play in the background to help you focus, stay

calm or rest. We need a bit of ‘zen’ these days!

This may sound like several dozen apps already

in the iOS App Store, but you can have this iOS

15 feature right now, and out of all the apps, we

like Soothing Sleep Sounds. It’s free, and works

brilliantly. Find it in the App Store on your iPhone,

and you will be calmer after consistent rest.

Browse the collections of sounds and mix them

to createuniquebackground sounds

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Set a timer

Some people find that rain, wind,

chirping insects and other sounds help them

to fall asleep. Tap ‘Timed Play’ and set a timer

so that the app stops when you are asleep.

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Create a mix

Skip back a couple of steps and press

‘Add to Mix’. Although the collection of free

sounds is small, they can be mixed in endless

ways. Start with a sound, then tap ‘+’.

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Add more sounds

Browse the categories of sounds,and

select another one to add to the mix. For

example, select one of the sea sounds to add

to the pacific thunderstorm mix here.

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Choose a category

Soothing Sleep Sounds organisesthe

audio into categories like rain, ocean, river

and streams just like Apple, but there are also

crickets, insects and frogs. Press one.

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Browse the sounds

Each category contains a small collection

of sounds. In ‘Rain’, for example, there are

five types of rain sounds, like ‘Blizzard’ and

‘Australian Thunderstorm’. Tap one.

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Sound options

Tap ‘Play’, and the sound plays until you

stop it. Use it during the day to relax or mask

the sounds around you, like a busy office or

traffic. It works great with AirPods!