# The state of timers in Glide: 2023 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [February 24, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-state-of-timers-in-glide-2023/58444 "2023-02-24T23:33:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pigeonflight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pigeonflight/32/54611_2.png) [@pigeonflight](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pigeonflight)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-state-of-timers-in-glide-2023/58444/1 "2023-02-24T23:33:49Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Timer in Glide Apps](https://community.glideapps.com/t/timer-in-glide-apps/25194/12): Just curious is there is any new knowledge around integrating timers into Glide. I’m looking for a way to start a single global timer that all users of the app can see. Ideally it should trigger a sound once the time is up. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-state-of-timers-in-glide-2023/58444/2 "2023-02-24T23:51:35Z")
> [@pigeonflight](#): > > Ideally it should trigger a sound once the time is up. This is not possible, and I doubt it will be possible anytime soon. As of now, you can only trigger a sound to play natively when the user makes an interaction with the app. May we know more about your use case here? ---
**Author:** ![pigeonflight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/pigeonflight/32/54611_2.png) [@pigeonflight](https://community.glideapps.com/u/pigeonflight)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 5:11am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-state-of-timers-in-glide-2023/58444/3 "2023-02-25T05:11:32Z")
The rough idea is to be able to add a “global timer” to an app so that all users get a countdown. This can be used to to track time left on events that have specific start and end times. Once the timer finishes, it should play a sound. I’m fine with a user initiating the timer, being able to play the sound without further intervention would be good. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-state-of-timers-in-glide-2023/58444/4 "2023-02-25T23:18:11Z")
I’m not sure if there’s a way to do so, but the only way I think that would work in Pages at the moment is to find a site that allows embedding and supports countdown display. For the sound part, I think that’s still a no. Unless Glide allows you to have time-based actions in near future plus native notifications, then that might work. I’m not clear if notifications from PWAs would allow sound to be played or not. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/the-state-of-timers-in-glide-2023/58444/5 "2023-02-25T23:20:40Z")
Specifically about autoplaying sound, in 2017, Google made a move to disallow autoplay of audio and video elements. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/f/1/f1cbb6e72f19fd9671d9150fa4035e51b8e6ce25.png) > **[Autoplay policy in Chrome - Chrome Developers](https://developer.chrome.com/blog/autoplay/)** > > Learn best practices for good user experiences with the new autoplay policies in Chrome.