Start here
Getting started
Flight Day is a better alarm clock, on every screen you own. A launch countdown wakes you while the screen brightens, the morning briefing follows at liftoff, and Goodnight dims the screens at night.
Then it grows into your whole home dashboard and day planner as you add things: your calendar, the thermostat, lights, a robot vacuum, an AI house check, the Space feed. Each of those is optional and appears when you have it. See What you can add.
The screens it runs on
| Screen | How you use it | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Wall panel | Touch. An Android panel where Flight Day is the home screen and controls the backlight at night. | In daily use |
| Google TV | The remote’s D-pad, OK and Back. Tested on Sony TVs. A bedroom TV can be the night screen and play the alarm. | In daily use |
| iPhone, iPad, Mac | Native apps with touch, keyboard and widgets. | TestFlight beta |
| Apple TV | The Siri Remote, with Top Shelf. | TestFlight beta |
| Apple Watch | The Digital Crown and complications. | TestFlight beta |
Every screen has the same features, each in its own way. The wall panel and TVs share one web app; the Apple apps are native.
The five areas
| Area | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Home | The time, the next event or wake time, weather, Today or Tomorrow, what’s due, Sleep & Wake, what’s playing, alerts and plan limits. |
| Space | Launches, the globe, ISS passes, crew, events, news and Flight Director. |
| House | Lights and scenes, the thermostat and Smart Comfort, room readings, the vacuum, speakers, TVs and cameras. |
| Night | Tomorrow’s wake, the weekly schedule, bedtime targets, the sleep sound and recent mornings. |
| Status | What’s connected and what isn’t, plan limits and machines. |
Two more views open over the areas: Ambient, the idle picture, and Settings. The briefing and Flight Director open full screen.
Moving around
Wall panel
- Tap an area in the top bar. Number keys 1–5 also switch areas.
- Press and hold a Home tile to arrange Home.
- The gear opens Settings.
Google TV remote
- The D-pad moves focus and OK chooses. A focused reading card scrolls.
- Back closes what’s open, one step at a time, then returns to Home. During an alarm, Back means Snooze.
- Menu arranges Home when you’re on Home, otherwise it opens Settings.
- Play/Pause turns Ambient on or off, except during the alarm or at night.
- The Home card has Back to Apple TV to switch the TV’s input back.
- In Settings, Right or OK enters a group. Left from the first control, or Back, returns to the list.
Apple TV (Siri Remote)
- Swipe or press the ring to move, and press the centre to choose. Focus on the top bar switches areas.
- Play/Pause turns Ambient on or off, and Back closes a screen.
- Ambient starts after 5 idle minutes.
iPhone, iPad and Mac
- iPhone: five tabs at the bottom. Settings is the gear on Home.
- iPad: tabs across the top. An iPad on the wall goes to Ambient after 10 idle minutes.
- Mac: a sidebar, ⌘1–⌘5 for the areas and ⌘, for Settings. The menu bar shows a countdown to the next liftoff. During the alarm, Esc snoozes.
Apple Watch
- Five pages; turn the Digital Crown to move between them.
- On Night, the Crown nudges the wake time in 15-minute steps.
- Double tap to snooze is In development.
A normal day
- Look at Home for the time and the next event or wake time.
- Open Night before changing the morning. Use Tomorrow only for a one-off change.
- Choose Goodnight when you go to bed. Only you start it; a bedtime target never does.
- When the alarm rings, choose Snooze or I’m up. Choose Done when you’ve read the briefing.