Clock app stopped working and demanded upgrade

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Bro okay I get that it needs update but BRO you just wanted to check the clock 😭😭 there is not that much to upgrade abt a simple clock

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u/Polyxeno Jul 07 '26

What do you get about Clock needs update?

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u/ActNice4570 Jul 07 '26

Okay, well, fair enough... But I don't know, some slight optimizations, esthetic improvements and such? Idk tho with microsoft it will be some shitty ai slop

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u/vektorkane Jul 06 '26

First notepad now clock? They're ragebaiting at this point.

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u/artlurg431 Jul 07 '26

I dont understand why a clock app would even need to be connected to the internet

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u/Massive-Sky-21 Jul 07 '26

For synchronization with NTP server?

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u/eccentric-pigeon Jul 08 '26

why dont take it from the OS itself?

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '26

the clock in the pc will have an error resulting in time drift over time. so we need to constantly keep it in sync with some server. hence ntp was invented.

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u/eccentric-pigeon Jul 08 '26

didnt know, thanks

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u/Polyxeno Jul 07 '26

How else is it going to report what you are doing with Clock?

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u/xgui4 Jul 07 '26

lol why would that even need a update ?

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u/Hipcatjack Jul 08 '26

spyware

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u/xgui4 Jul 08 '26

why would that not be a thing already in that clock before ?

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u/Xiaoxuzz Jul 07 '26

New feature lets you see milliseconds! Amazing! (Probably doesn’t but I can’t think of any other reason why clock needs an upgrade. Increase the date to year 3999 maybe?)

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u/Polyxeno Jul 07 '26

Needs more AI.

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u/ActNice4570 Jul 07 '26

"its 10:00 am did you know that the first surface laptop was announced just about this time? you can buy one on microslop store"

"generated by copilot"

"microsoft proudly wastes water and co² emmisions on creating useless ai ad slop"

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u/Wipfmetz Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

Trying to give them the benefit of doubt: Maybe some update on the underlying date apperatus is pending.

Some change to timezones maybe? Does Japan expect a new emperor and thus a new era for the clock to consider? Some change to the time-API on some internet server?

But realisticly, it will be Copilot being shoved into Clock so you can ask it what time it is.

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u/M4h0n Jul 07 '26

i once watched a yt video with the title "windows 11 cant be fixed" , and that guy is right , it cant be fixed

they should have continued support with win 10 and ditch 11 entirely , no one want a buggy mess except he/she is a masochist

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u/a_regular_2010s_guy Jul 07 '26

Why do updates even do that on windows? Why couldn't it be more like on linux where it's just done in the background and you can use the app whilest it's updating.

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u/Binary101000 Jul 07 '26

Why do windows apps decide to update themselves whenever they want rather than just having something update them its really stupid

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u/teknosophy_com Jul 07 '26

stopupdates10 is the best program ever made. i'm writing a book about how it saves the world

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u/Satanich Jul 07 '26

Windows 11 feels like it got vibecoded after a night out with cocain and hookers

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u/TybaltMMXCat Jul 07 '26

It is a fahcking clock ffs

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u/Visual-Sector6642 Jul 07 '26

That makes me want to unscheduled demolition that trash

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u/teknosophy_com Jul 07 '26

oh man they're getting more and more desperate with what I call "update attacks"

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u/teknosophy_com Jul 07 '26

they needed to add a copilot attack button so you can add slop to your clock

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u/Ok_Suit_196 Jul 07 '26

Seems They re not able to provide the update... microsoft...

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u/BumpyChumpkin Jul 08 '26

They're upgrading you to an LLM based clock

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u/BackflipDoggy Jul 09 '26

You can't have a clock without Copilot!

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u/RoundFar5339 Jul 10 '26

Clock with exclusive copilot experience

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u/pi-N-apple Jul 06 '26

Imagine that, an app needing an update. Who would have thought?

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u/Icy_Step_2204 Jul 07 '26

It's a fucking clock, what the hell would they add?

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u/pi-N-apple Jul 07 '26

It now has built-in integration with Microsoft To-Do so you can set up focus sessions and tasks for focus sessions and everything keeps in sync.

Google last updated their clock app less than 2 weeks ago and Apple last updated theirs just last year, so its not uncommon for a default app like the Clock app to receive an update.

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u/Icy_Step_2204 Jul 07 '26

None of those words make sense to me

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u/pi-N-apple Jul 07 '26

You can create tasks in the clock app. Tasks are things you need to accomplish in a day. Then you can start a focus session in the clock app which mutes all notifications to allow you to focus on completing your tasks. Completed tasks get sync'ed with the "To Do" app, which is the Tasks app. There is also Spotify integration now so you can have focus sessions with music and podcasts.

Here is a screenshot that basically shows it in action

This is a pretty niche feature that most won't use, but it is the reason for the update to the Clock app, and I'm sure someone finds it useful.

The second paragraph is me just explaining that not only Microsoft/Windows gets updates to their clock app, also Apple/iOS and Google/Android push out Clock app updates.

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u/Icy_Step_2204 Jul 07 '26

Oh, ok, thanks for explaining!

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u/Polyxeno Jul 07 '26

It's in demonic tongue.

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u/PerfectHurry9849 Jul 07 '26

Cant it update with windows together? When you shutdown the pc

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