---
title: "I asked Google to set a two-minute, thirty-second timer."
description: "I asked Google to set a two-minute, thirty-second timer. “Okay, I’ve started a two-minute timer called ‘30 second.’”"
author: "Pau Friedman"
kind: "short"
published_at: "2026-03-16"
url: "https://pau.fm/blog/2026/03/16/google-timer"
markdown_url: "https://pau.fm/blog/2026/03/16/google-timer.md"
canonical_url: "https://pau.fm/blog/2026/03/16/google-timer"
---

# I asked Google to set a two\-minute\, thirty\-second timer\.

I asked Google to set a two-minute, thirty-second timer. “Okay, I’ve started a two-minute timer
called ‘30 second.’”