How to Use Insight Timer to Meditate on Android

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Last Updated: May 25, 2021 Tested

This wikiHow teaches you how to install, set up, and start the Insight Timer app to time your meditation with bell and background sounds, using Android.

Steps

1
Open the Play Store app. Find and tap the
icon on your Apps menu to open Play Store.
2
Tap the search bar at the top. Your keyboard will slide in from the bottom of your screen.

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3
Search Insight Timer on the Play Store. Type "Insight Timer" into the search field, and tap the
icon in the lower-right corner of your keyboard.
4
Tap INSTALL next to the Insight Timer app. This is a green button below the app’s name and icon in the search results. It will download and install the app on your Android.
5
Open the Insight Timer app on your Android. The Insight Timer icon looks like a brown bowl. You can find and tap it on your home screen or Apps menu.
6
Tap Timer at the bottom. This option looks like a clock icon on a navigation bar at the bottom of your screen. It will take you to the Timer page.
7
Select your starting bell. Swipe the starting bell bar at the top of the Timer page to set your starting bell sound.
8
Tap Duration to set a duration. This will open a new page to set a duration for your meditation.
9
Set your duration. Scroll the hour, minute and second bars to adjust your duration.
- Optionally, you can select Warm up at the bottom of the page, and set a warm up duration as well.
- Tap
  on the top-left to save, and go back to the Timer page.
10
Tap Interval bells on the Timer page. This will open a new page.
11
Tap Add bells at the top of your screen. This will allow you to add bell sounds for different intervals during your meditation.
12
Set your bell intervals. Adjust the hour, minute and second bars to add intervals to your meditation and warm up.
- Tap
  twice on the top-left to save and go back. This will take you back to the Timer page.
13
Tap Ambient sound on the Timer page. This will open a list of the available ambient sounds on a new page.
14
Tap the sound you want to use as your background sound. This will select the sound, and save it as your meditation's background sound.
- If you prefer no ambient music in the background, you can skip this step.
- Tap
  to go back to the Timer screen.
15
Tap the Ending Bell option. This will allow you to add a specific bell sound at the end of your meditation.
16
Swipe the ending bell selection to the left and right. You can preview all the bell sounds here.
- Tap
  to save your ending bell, and go back to the Timer page.
17
Tap the white START button. This will start your meditation timer.

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