15 Minute Timer

Fifteen minutes is a quarter of an hour, a length that fits stand-up meetings, coffee breaks and short exercise sessions. This timer starts when the page opens and counts down to a repeating alarm.

Because a quarter-hour is easy to divide, it also works as a unit for splitting a longer block among several people or tasks.

How to use this tool

1. Open the page and 15:00 begins counting down.
2. Press Pause (Space) if the meeting is interrupted, and press it again to continue.
3. Press Restart (R) to start a new quarter-hour.
4. Press +1 minute if a discussion needs a little longer, or Stop when the alarm sounds.

Meetings that end on time

A daily stand-up works best when it is short. Share the page on a call or leave it on a meeting-room screen, let each person speak briefly and move anything long into its own session. When the beep rings, the meeting is over.

You can also divide the time ahead of the meeting: for five people, give each three minutes.

Rest and recovery

People often use fifteen minutes for a lunchtime walk, a coffee with a colleague or a short rest with eyes closed. If you plan to doze, remember this timer only sounds while the tab is open and the device is not muted; test the volume first.

At the other end of the day, fifteen minutes is a manageable amount of tidying before bed or of reading aloud to a child.

Quick workouts

A short circuit such as squats, push-ups and planks in rounds fits well. Choose a few moves, work through them until the beep and note how many rounds you finished. Next time, try to beat that number in the same fifteen minutes.