diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2199d82..b404e1f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ The first release of Clockula: alarms, timers, a stopwatch and a world clock.
   can play it vibrates.
 - An alarm list that shows when each alarm will ring and marks the next one.
   Changes apply as you make them, with no Save button.
+- Setting an alarm, switching it on or changing its time or repeat days says
+  how long until it rings, such as "Alarm set for 7 hours and 12 minutes from
+  now", so an AM/PM or wrong-day slip shows at once.
 - Repeat days that start on your locale's first day of the week, and a "skip
   next alarm" switch so you can sleep in once without turning the alarm off.
 - An "Upcoming alarm" notification two hours before an alarm rings, with a
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/domain/alarm/AlarmSetCountdown.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/domain/alarm/AlarmSetCountdown.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6eccb85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/domain/alarm/AlarmSetCountdown.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.alarm
+
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.format.NextFireFormat
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.format.NextFireLabel
+import kotlin.time.Instant
+
+/**
+ * What "Alarm in 7 hours and 12 minutes" says once the user has
+ * set an alarm, or null when it should say nothing (#19).
+ *
+ * Only a natural occurrence is announced. A switched-off alarm will not ring at
+ * all; a ringing or snoozed one is answering the snooze, not the change the
+ * user just made, and "Alarm in 9 minutes" would read as a mistake.
+ */
+object AlarmSetCountdown {
+    /** Pure. The rounding is [NextFireFormat]'s, so the chip and the row agree. */
+    fun of(upcoming: UpcomingAlarm?, now: Instant): NextFireLabel? {
+        // A switched-off alarm resolves to FireSource.NONE, so this one check
+        // also covers it.
+        if (upcoming?.source != FireSource.OCCURRENCE) return null
+        val nextFire = upcoming.nextFire ?: return null
+        return NextFireFormat.labelFor(nextFire, now)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmEditorScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmEditorScreen.kt
index 3e4a3dc..7cfa77e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmEditorScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmEditorScreen.kt
@@ -84,6 +84,15 @@ fun AlarmEditorScreen(
         onBack = onBack,
         modifier = modifier,
         predictiveBack = true,
+        // In the snackbar slot, so it follows the predictive-back preview, and
+        // lifted over the live pill, which floats above every screen.
+        snackbarHost = {
+            AlarmSetChipBand(
+                notice = viewModel.alarmSetNotice,
+                onShown = viewModel::onAlarmSetNoticeShown,
+                modifier = Modifier.padding(bottom = LocalLivePillInset.current),
+            )
+        },
         actions = {
             if (state is AlarmEditorUiState.Editing) {
                 IconButton(onClick = { confirmingDelete = true }) {
@@ -144,6 +153,9 @@ private fun AlarmEditorContent(
     // about losing a half-entered time).
     var openPicker by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf<OpenPicker?>(null) }
     var pickingTime by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(openTimePicker) }
+    // True until the picker a new alarm opens on is first closed: cancelling
+    // that one still leaves a freshly set alarm to announce (#19).
+    var pickingNewAlarm by rememberSaveable { mutableStateOf(openTimePicker) }
 
     TimeCard(time = editing.time, onClick = { pickingTime = true })
     Spacer(Modifier.height(16.dp))
@@ -225,8 +237,13 @@ private fun AlarmEditorContent(
             onConfirm = { hour, minute ->
                 viewModel.onTimePicked(hour, minute)
                 pickingTime = false
+                pickingNewAlarm = false
+            },
+            onDismiss = {
+                if (pickingNewAlarm) viewModel.onNewAlarmTimeKept()
+                pickingTime = false
+                pickingNewAlarm = false
             },
-            onDismiss = { pickingTime = false },
         )
     }
     when (openPicker) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmEditorViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmEditorViewModel.kt
index be4879f..4ed4f61 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmEditorViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmEditorViewModel.kt
@@ -18,14 +18,21 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.ui.common.RingtonePicker
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.ui.common.RingtonePickerUiState
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.floret.di.ApplicationScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineStart
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.asStateFlow
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.collectLatest
 import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.combine
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.map
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.Mutex
+import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.withLock
 import java.time.DayOfWeek
 import javax.inject.Inject
+import kotlin.time.Duration
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.seconds
 
 /**
  * The editor writes as the user goes: no Save, no dirty state, no discard
@@ -41,6 +48,7 @@ class AlarmEditorViewModel @Inject internal constructor(
     private val engine: AlarmEngine,
     private val ringtones: RingtoneCatalog,
     private val preview: RingtonePreviewer,
+    private val announcer: AlarmSetAnnouncer,
     // `@param:` — the qualifier has no explicit @Target, and K2 resolves a bare
     // annotation on a constructor `val` to the property instead.
     @param:ApplicationScope private val appScope: CoroutineScope,
@@ -74,6 +82,21 @@ class AlarmEditorViewModel @Inject internal constructor(
     /** What the previewer is sounding, so the next preview knows to stop it. */
     private var previewing: String? = null
 
+    /**
+     * "Alarm in …" after a change that moves when the alarm rings
+     * (#19). Nothing for a switched-off alarm, and nothing for the label or the
+     * sound: those move no fire time. Only ever about *this* alarm — the
+     * countdown names no alarm, so one about the row the user just switched
+     * on in the list would read as this one's.
+     */
+    val alarmSetNotice: Flow<AlarmSetNotice?> =
+        announcer.notice.map { notice -> notice?.takeIf { it.alarmId == alarmId } }
+
+    fun onAlarmSetNoticeShown(notice: AlarmSetNotice) = announcer.consumed(notice)
+
+    /** Orders [scheduleWrite]s. */
+    private val scheduleWrites = Mutex()
+
     /** Memoised catalog answers, keyed on URI — see [metaOf]. */
     private val ringtoneMeta = mutableMapOf<String, RingtoneMeta>()
 
@@ -99,9 +122,17 @@ class AlarmEditorViewModel @Inject internal constructor(
 
     /** Clamped, never throws. */
     fun onTimePicked(hour: Int, minute: Int) =
-        edit(reschedule = true) { it.copy(time = TimeOfDay.clamped(hour, minute)) }
+        edit(reschedule = true, announces = true) { it.copy(time = TimeOfDay.clamped(hour, minute)) }
 
-    fun onDayToggled(day: DayOfWeek) = edit(reschedule = true) { alarm ->
+    /**
+     * The picker a new alarm opens on was closed without a time. The alarm
+     * exists and is enabled at its default hour all the same — this is the
+     * moment it was set, so it is announced (#19).
+     */
+    fun onNewAlarmTimeKept() = announcer.announce(alarmId)
+
+    /** Announced once the taps settle: setting Mon–Fri is one chip, not five (#19). */
+    fun onDayToggled(day: DayOfWeek) = edit(reschedule = true, announces = true, settle = ANNOUNCE_SETTLE) { alarm ->
         val days = if (day in alarm.repeatDays) alarm.repeatDays - day else alarm.repeatDays + day
         alarm.copy(
             repeatDays = days,
@@ -121,9 +152,14 @@ class AlarmEditorViewModel @Inject internal constructor(
     }
 
     fun onSkipNextChanged(skip: Boolean) {
-        viewModelScope.launch {
+        // Absolute, so it must land in tap order against a day toggle that
+        // disarms the skip: see [scheduleWrite].
+        scheduleWrite {
             alarms.setSkipNextOccurrence(alarmId, skip)
             engine.reschedule()
+            // Skipping moves the next ring a day or more out, which is exactly
+            // the kind of jump worth saying out loud.
+            announcer.announce(alarmId)
         }
     }
 
@@ -208,7 +244,7 @@ class AlarmEditorViewModel @Inject internal constructor(
 
     /** Dismisses a ring first (M5 D11), deletes, and the state becomes [AlarmEditorUiState.Gone]. */
     fun onDelete() {
-        viewModelScope.launch {
+        scheduleWrite {
             if (engine.ringSession()?.alarm?.id == alarmId) engine.dismiss(alarmId)
             alarms.delete(alarmId)
             engine.reschedule()
@@ -235,13 +271,42 @@ class AlarmEditorViewModel @Inject internal constructor(
     /**
      * Every editor write. [reschedule] is on only for a change that can move a
      * fire time — so fiddling with sound settings costs no AlarmManager traffic
-     * (M5 D12).
+     * (M5 D12). [announces] is on for the same changes, after [settle] (#19).
+     *
+     * A change that moves a fire time runs on the application scope. Pick →
+     * OK → back is the usual way to set an alarm, and back clears this
+     * ViewModel: on its own scope the reschedule — and the "Alarm in …"
+     * the list is meant to pick up — could be cancelled half-way, leaving a
+     * stored time the system had not been given yet.
      */
-    private fun edit(reschedule: Boolean = false, transform: (Alarm) -> Alarm) {
-        viewModelScope.launch {
-            alarms.edit(alarmId, transform)
-            if (reschedule) engine.reschedule()
+    private fun edit(
+        reschedule: Boolean = false,
+        announces: Boolean = false,
+        settle: Duration = Duration.ZERO,
+        transform: (Alarm) -> Alarm,
+    ) {
+        if (!reschedule) {
+            viewModelScope.launch { alarms.edit(alarmId, transform) }
+            return
         }
+        scheduleWrite {
+            alarms.edit(alarmId, transform)
+            engine.reschedule()
+            if (announces) announcer.announce(alarmId, settle)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A write that moves a fire time, its reschedule and whatever follows, on
+     * the application scope (see [edit]) and **in tap order**: started
+     * undispatched, each takes its place in [scheduleWrites]' fair queue on the
+     * caller's thread, before the first suspension. The application scope is
+     * multi-threaded, so without it "skip next" followed at once by untapping
+     * the only repeat day could commit out of order, leaving a one-shot with a
+     * skip armed — which the resolver answers by disabling it (D14).
+     */
+    private fun scheduleWrite(block: suspend () -> Unit) {
+        appScope.launch(start = CoroutineStart.UNDISPATCHED) { scheduleWrites.withLock { block() } }
     }
 
     private suspend fun render(inputs: Inputs): AlarmEditorUiState {
@@ -313,3 +378,6 @@ class AlarmEditorViewModel @Inject internal constructor(
         val accessMayLapse: Boolean,
     )
 }
+
+/** How long the repeat days must stay untouched before the editor says when the alarm rings. */
+private val ANNOUNCE_SETTLE: Duration = 1.seconds
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmSetChip.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmSetChip.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee3993b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmSetChip.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+package de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.ui.alarms
+
+import android.content.res.Resources
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.BoxWithConstraints
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxHeight
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxWidth
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.height
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
+import androidx.compose.material3.MaterialTheme
+import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
+import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
+import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.runtime.mutableStateOf
+import androidx.compose.runtime.remember
+import androidx.compose.runtime.rememberUpdatedState
+import androidx.compose.runtime.setValue
+import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
+import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalAccessibilityManager
+import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalResources
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.Dp
+import androidx.compose.ui.unit.dp
+import androidx.lifecycle.Lifecycle
+import androidx.lifecycle.compose.LocalLifecycleOwner
+import androidx.lifecycle.repeatOnLifecycle
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.R
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.alarm.AlarmEngine
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.alarm.AlarmSetCountdown
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.format.NextFireLabel
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.time.ElapsedRealtimeClock
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.time.WallClock
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.floret.components.SnackChip
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.floret.components.SnackChipHeight
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.floret.components.SnackChipMargin
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.floret.di.ApplicationScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
+import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.Flow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.MutableStateFlow
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.collectLatest
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.distinctUntilChanged
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flatMapLatest
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.flowOf
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.map
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.update
+import kotlinx.coroutines.isActive
+import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import javax.inject.Inject
+import javax.inject.Singleton
+import kotlin.time.Duration
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.seconds
+
+/** "Alarm in …", about one alarm, as a screen should show it (#19). */
+data class AlarmSetNotice(
+    val alarmId: Long,
+    val countdown: NextFireLabel,
+    /** Which announcement this is, so [AlarmSetAnnouncer.consumed] takes back only that one. */
+    val sequence: Long,
+)
+
+/**
+ * Says how long until an alarm rings, right after a user action in the app set
+ * it — the moment an AM/PM or wrong-day slip is cheapest to notice (#19).
+ *
+ * Only the list and the editor call it, so an alarm set through the
+ * `AlarmClock` intents never announces itself: those already get the
+ * status-bar icon.
+ *
+ * It records only *which* alarm was set, and when. What to say is derived from
+ * the engine while a screen shows it, so it is never a stale or superseded
+ * value, and an alarm switched off or deleted by any path — the row's switch,
+ * the ring screen, a notification, an intent, a restore — says nothing.
+ *
+ * App-wide, and a **state** rather than an event: the announcement stands
+ * until a screen has shown it to the end ([consumed]). The usual way to set an
+ * alarm is pick → OK → back, and back disposes the editor's chip a moment
+ * after it appeared; the list underneath picks the same announcement up. The
+ * settle runs on the application scope for the same reason — leaving the
+ * editor while its repeat days settle must not lose them.
+ */
+@Singleton
+internal class AlarmSetAnnouncer @Inject constructor(
+    private val engine: AlarmEngine,
+    private val wall: WallClock,
+    private val elapsed: ElapsedRealtimeClock,
+    // `@param:` — the qualifier has no explicit @Target, and K2 resolves a bare
+    // annotation on a constructor `val` to the property instead.
+    @param:ApplicationScope private val appScope: CoroutineScope,
+) {
+    /** One user action's announcement. [at] is monotonic: a wall clock set back must not refresh it. */
+    private data class Announcement(val alarmId: Long, val at: Duration, val sequence: Long)
+
+    private val current = MutableStateFlow<Announcement?>(null)
+
+    /** The request still settling, and the alarm it is about. Guarded by `this`. */
+    private var pending: Job? = null
+    private var pendingFor: Long? = null
+    private var sequence = 0L
+
+    /**
+     * The notice to show, or null.
+     *
+     * Freshness is judged once, when a screen picks the announcement up: past
+     * [FRESH_FOR] it is dropped unshown — a countdown surfacing when the user
+     * came back to the app a while later would be about something they did
+     * long ago — but one already showing is not cut off half-way. The engine
+     * is observed only while an announcement stands, and a new announcement
+     * re-subscribes, so its first read is from after the write that asked.
+     */
+    @OptIn(ExperimentalCoroutinesApi::class)
+    val notice: Flow<AlarmSetNotice?> = current
+        .flatMapLatest { announcement ->
+            if (announcement == null || elapsed.elapsedRealtime() - announcement.at >= FRESH_FOR) {
+                flowOf(null)
+            } else {
+                // Worded once, from the first read: later writes — the next
+                // repeat-day tap, a label keystroke across a minute — must not
+                // restart a chip already showing. They can only take it
+                // down, when the alarm stops ringing at all.
+                var worded: AlarmSetNotice? = null
+                engine.upcoming().map { upcoming ->
+                    val entry = upcoming.firstOrNull { it.alarm.id == announcement.alarmId }
+                    val countdown = AlarmSetCountdown.of(entry, wall.now())
+                    if (countdown == null) {
+                        // Nothing to say is the answer for good: left standing,
+                        // it would speak up long after the action, should
+                        // something else switch the alarm back on.
+                        clear(announcement.sequence)
+                        null
+                    } else {
+                        worded ?: AlarmSetNotice(announcement.alarmId, countdown, announcement.sequence)
+                            .also { worded = it }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        .distinctUntilChanged()
+
+    /**
+     * Call once the write is stored. Announces [alarmId] after [settle], unless
+     * a newer request replaces this one first. Latest wins, across alarms too:
+     * the chip names no alarm, so a settling announcement about one must
+     * never land on top of the user's newer action on another and read as
+     * that one's countdown.
+     */
+    fun announce(alarmId: Long, settle: Duration = Duration.ZERO) {
+        synchronized(this) {
+            pending?.cancel()
+            pendingFor = alarmId
+            pending = appScope.launch {
+                delay(settle)
+                synchronized(this@AlarmSetAnnouncer) {
+                    // A retract or a newer request may have cancelled this one
+                    // after its delay, while it waited for the monitor.
+                    if (isActive) current.value = Announcement(alarmId, elapsed.elapsedRealtime(), ++sequence)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Takes back anything said or about to be said about [alarmId]. For a
+     * change of state the engine would read as "still rings" — a dismissal
+     * that skips the occurrence being counted down to.
+     */
+    fun retract(alarmId: Long) {
+        synchronized(this) {
+            if (pendingFor == alarmId) {
+                pending?.cancel()
+                pendingFor = null
+            }
+            current.update { standing -> standing?.takeUnless { it.alarmId == alarmId } }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** [notice] was shown until it timed out. */
+    fun consumed(notice: AlarmSetNotice) = clear(notice.sequence)
+
+    private fun clear(sequence: Long) {
+        current.update { standing -> standing?.takeUnless { it.sequence == sequence } }
+    }
+
+    private companion object {
+        /** Comfortably longer than the chip stands, so a hand-over between screens fits. */
+        val FRESH_FOR = 10.seconds
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Shows [notice] as the family's [SnackChip] while the screen is resumed, in a
+ * FAB-height band along the bottom edge. Latest wins: a new countdown replaces
+ * the one on screen rather than queueing behind it, and a null takes it down.
+ *
+ * Resumed, not merely composed: during a navigation cross-fade only the screen
+ * arriving is resumed, so the two never show it at once, and in the background
+ * nobody would see it. [onShown] runs only when the chip stood for its full
+ * time; one cut short — by leaving, a rotation, the app going to the
+ * background — stays pending for whichever screen resumes next.
+ *
+ * The chip carries no timer of its own, so the stand is a short snackbar's,
+ * stretched the way the accessibility settings ask.
+ *
+ * [endClearance] is what the band keeps free at its end for a FAB sharing it;
+ * the message ellipsises short of it instead of running underneath.
+ */
+@Composable
+internal fun AlarmSetChipBand(
+    notice: Flow<AlarmSetNotice?>,
+    onShown: (AlarmSetNotice) -> Unit,
+    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
+    endClearance: Dp = 0.dp,
+) {
+    val resources = LocalResources.current
+    val lifecycle = LocalLifecycleOwner.current.lifecycle
+    val accessibility = LocalAccessibilityManager.current
+    val shown by rememberUpdatedState(onShown)
+    // Kept after the chip hides, so its exit animation still has words in it.
+    var message by remember { mutableStateOf<String?>(null) }
+    var visible by remember { mutableStateOf(false) }
+    LaunchedEffect(notice, resources, lifecycle, accessibility) {
+        lifecycle.repeatOnLifecycle(Lifecycle.State.RESUMED) {
+            notice.collectLatest { current ->
+                if (current == null) return@collectLatest
+                // A notice with nothing to say is used up all the same, so it
+                // cannot sit pending for ever.
+                alarmSetMessage(resources, current.countdown)?.let { text ->
+                    message = text
+                    visible = true
+                    try {
+                        delay(
+                            accessibility?.calculateRecommendedTimeoutMillis(
+                                SHOWN_FOR_MILLIS,
+                                containsIcons = false,
+                                containsText = true,
+                                containsControls = false,
+                            ) ?: SHOWN_FOR_MILLIS,
+                        )
+                    } finally {
+                        visible = false
+                    }
+                }
+                shown(current)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    BoxWithConstraints(
+        modifier = modifier
+            .fillMaxWidth()
+            .padding(start = SnackChipMargin, end = SnackChipMargin, bottom = SnackChipMargin)
+            .height(SnackChipHeight),
+        contentAlignment = Alignment.CenterStart,
+    ) {
+        message?.let { text ->
+            // The band's full height, as a chip with an Undo stands in the
+            // other apps; on the secondary container, so it reads apart from
+            // the alarm cards behind it.
+            SnackChip(
+                visible = visible,
+                message = text,
+                modifier = Modifier.fillMaxHeight(),
+                maxWidth = maxWidth - endClearance,
+                color = MaterialTheme.colorScheme.secondaryContainer,
+            )
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/** A short snackbar's stand. */
+private const val SHOWN_FOR_MILLIS = 4_000L
+
+/**
+ * The full sentence: proper plurals, and the unit pairs the row's countdown
+ * uses — minutes, hours and minutes, or days and hours. A zero second unit is
+ * left out, as the row leaves it out: "7 hours", not "7 hours and 0 minutes".
+ */
+internal fun alarmSetMessage(resources: Resources, countdown: NextFireLabel): String? {
+    fun days(n: Int) = resources.getQuantityString(R.plurals.alarm_set_days, n, n)
+    fun hours(n: Int) = resources.getQuantityString(R.plurals.alarm_set_hours, n, n)
+    fun minutes(n: Int) = resources.getQuantityString(R.plurals.alarm_set_minutes, n, n)
+    fun pair(first: String, second: String?) =
+        if (second == null) first else resources.getString(R.string.alarm_set_units_pair, first, second)
+
+    val span = when (countdown) {
+        NextFireLabel.NotScheduled -> return null
+        NextFireLabel.Imminent -> return resources.getString(R.string.alarm_set_imminent)
+        is NextFireLabel.InMinutes -> minutes(countdown.minutes)
+        is NextFireLabel.InHoursMinutes ->
+            pair(hours(countdown.hours), countdown.minutes.takeIf { it > 0 }?.let(::minutes))
+        is NextFireLabel.InDaysHours ->
+            pair(days(countdown.days), countdown.hours.takeIf { it > 0 }?.let(::hours))
+    }
+    return resources.getString(R.string.alarm_set_for, span)
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmsScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmsScreen.kt
index ed3a195..cd5d757 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmsScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmsScreen.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 package de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.ui.alarms
 
 import android.content.Intent
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Box
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Column
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.PaddingValues
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.WindowInsets
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.WindowInsetsSides
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.fillMaxSize
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.only
 import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.padding
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.systemBars
+import androidx.compose.foundation.layout.windowInsetsPadding
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyColumn
 import androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.items
 import androidx.compose.material.icons.Icons
@@ -19,6 +25,7 @@ import androidx.compose.material3.Text
 import androidx.compose.runtime.Composable
 import androidx.compose.runtime.LaunchedEffect
 import androidx.compose.runtime.getValue
+import androidx.compose.ui.Alignment
 import androidx.compose.ui.Modifier
 import androidx.compose.ui.platform.LocalContext
 import androidx.compose.ui.res.stringResource
@@ -66,65 +73,77 @@ fun AlarmsScreen(
         viewModel.openEditor.collectLatest(onCreateAlarm)
     }
 
-    CollapsingScaffold(
-        title = stringResource(R.string.tab_alarms),
-        modifier = modifier,
-        scrollable = false,
-        actions = {
-            IconButton(onClick = onOpenSettings) {
-                Icon(
-                    imageVector = Icons.Rounded.Settings,
-                    contentDescription = stringResource(R.string.settings_title),
-                )
-            }
-        },
-        floatingActionButton = {
-            FloatingActionButton(
-                onClick = viewModel::onAddAlarm,
-                // The pill is bottom-centre and the FAB bottom-end, so on a
-                // narrow phone they would otherwise overlap (M5 D6).
-                modifier = Modifier.padding(bottom = pillInset),
-            ) {
-                Icon(Icons.Rounded.Add, contentDescription = addAlarm)
-            }
-        },
-    ) {
-        LazyColumn(
-            modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
-            verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp),
-            contentPadding = PaddingValues(
-                top = AlarmsDefaults.ListBottomPadding,
-                bottom = AlarmsDefaults.ListBottomPadding + AlarmsDefaults.FabBand + pillInset,
-            ),
+    Box(modifier = modifier.fillMaxSize()) {
+        CollapsingScaffold(
+            title = stringResource(R.string.tab_alarms),
+            scrollable = false,
+            actions = {
+                IconButton(onClick = onOpenSettings) {
+                    Icon(
+                        imageVector = Icons.Rounded.Settings,
+                        contentDescription = stringResource(R.string.settings_title),
+                    )
+                }
+            },
+            floatingActionButton = {
+                FloatingActionButton(
+                    onClick = viewModel::onAddAlarm,
+                    // The pill is bottom-centre and the FAB bottom-end, so on a
+                    // narrow phone they would otherwise overlap (M5 D6).
+                    modifier = Modifier.padding(bottom = pillInset),
+                ) {
+                    Icon(Icons.Rounded.Add, contentDescription = addAlarm)
+                }
+            },
         ) {
-            if (rows != null && rows.isEmpty()) {
-                item { AlarmsEmptyState() }
-            }
-            items(rows.orEmpty(), key = { row -> row.id }) { row ->
-                AlarmRow(
-                    row = row,
-                    // A ringing alarm's row leads back to its ring screen, the
-                    // way out if its notification was swiped away.
-                    onClick = {
-                        if (row.ringing) {
-                            context.startActivity(
-                                Intent(context, AlarmRingActivity::class.java)
-                                    .addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK),
-                            )
-                        } else {
-                            onEditAlarm(row.id)
-                        }
-                    },
-                    onToggle = { enabled -> viewModel.onToggleEnabled(row.id, enabled) },
-                    onDismissComing = {
-                        row.dismissibleFireAt?.let { viewModel.onDismissComing(row.id, it) }
-                    },
-                    // An alarm whose time changed slides to its new place
-                    // instead of teleporting.
-                    modifier = animateItemMotion(),
-                )
+            LazyColumn(
+                modifier = Modifier.fillMaxSize(),
+                verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(12.dp),
+                contentPadding = PaddingValues(
+                    top = AlarmsDefaults.ListBottomPadding,
+                    bottom = AlarmsDefaults.ListBottomPadding + AlarmsDefaults.FabBand + pillInset,
+                ),
+            ) {
+                if (rows != null && rows.isEmpty()) {
+                    item { AlarmsEmptyState() }
+                }
+                items(rows.orEmpty(), key = { row -> row.id }) { row ->
+                    AlarmRow(
+                        row = row,
+                        // A ringing alarm's row leads back to its ring screen, the
+                        // way out if its notification was swiped away.
+                        onClick = {
+                            if (row.ringing) {
+                                context.startActivity(
+                                    Intent(context, AlarmRingActivity::class.java)
+                                        .addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK),
+                                )
+                            } else {
+                                onEditAlarm(row.id)
+                            }
+                        },
+                        onToggle = { enabled -> viewModel.onToggleEnabled(row.id, enabled) },
+                        onDismissComing = {
+                            row.dismissibleFireAt?.let { viewModel.onDismissComing(row.id, it) }
+                        },
+                        // An alarm whose time changed slides to its new place
+                        // instead of teleporting.
+                        modifier = animateItemMotion(),
+                    )
+                }
             }
         }
+        // Beside the FAB, not stacked above it as a snackbar would be: the band is
+        // the FAB's own, measured from the same insets the scaffold gives it.
+        AlarmSetChipBand(
+            notice = viewModel.alarmSetNotice,
+            onShown = viewModel::onAlarmSetNoticeShown,
+            endClearance = AlarmsDefaults.FabBand,
+            modifier = Modifier
+                .align(Alignment.BottomStart)
+                .windowInsetsPadding(WindowInsets.systemBars.only(WindowInsetsSides.Bottom))
+                .padding(bottom = pillInset),
+        )
     }
 
     // "Which alarm should I dismiss?" — asked only when a search named more
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmsViewModel.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmsViewModel.kt
index 28341c3..0005bef 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmsViewModel.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmsViewModel.kt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class AlarmsViewModel @Inject internal constructor(
     private val wall: WallClock,
     private val zones: ZoneProvider,
     private val source: AlarmListSource,
+    private val announcer: AlarmSetAnnouncer,
 ) : ViewModel() {
 
     val state: StateFlow<AlarmsUiState> = source.rows()
@@ -45,6 +46,14 @@ class AlarmsViewModel @Inject internal constructor(
     // into two navigations (M5 D22).
     private val newAlarms = Channel<Long>(Channel.CONFLATED)
 
+    /**
+     * "Alarm in …", after the row's switch turns an alarm on — or
+     * handed over by the editor the user has just left (#19).
+     */
+    val alarmSetNotice: Flow<AlarmSetNotice?> = announcer.notice
+
+    fun onAlarmSetNoticeShown(notice: AlarmSetNotice) = announcer.consumed(notice)
+
     /** One-shot: the id of a freshly created alarm, for the caller to navigate to. */
     val openEditor: Flow<Long> = newAlarms.receiveAsFlow().onEach { creating = false }
 
@@ -63,7 +72,8 @@ class AlarmsViewModel @Inject internal constructor(
             val time = AlarmDefaults.nextWholeHour(wall.now(), zones.current())
             val id = alarms.create(AlarmDraft(time = time))
             // Created enabled, so it schedules at once — which is what tapping
-            // "+" asked for (M5 D22).
+            // "+" asked for (M5 D22). Not announced here: the editor opens on
+            // its time picker, and announces whichever time the user keeps.
             engine.reschedule()
             newAlarms.send(id)
         }
@@ -74,6 +84,10 @@ class AlarmsViewModel @Inject internal constructor(
         // One engine verb, so the contract's dismissal and the user's are the
         // same code: it closes a ring, arms a repeating alarm's skip, or
         // disables a one-shot — each of which moves state only the engine owns.
+        // First, so the chip never re-reads the skip and counts down to the
+        // occurrence after it. Not re-announced: this is the `AlarmClock`
+        // contract's request (M9 D13), which the chip stays out of (#19).
+        announcer.retract(alarmId)
         viewModelScope.launch { engine.dismissUpcoming(alarmId) }
     }
 
@@ -92,6 +106,10 @@ class AlarmsViewModel @Inject internal constructor(
             if (!enabled) stopRingIfRinging(alarmId)
             alarms.setEnabled(alarmId, enabled)
             engine.reschedule()
+            // Switching on says when it will ring (#19). Switching off needs
+            // nothing: the notice is read from the engine, so one about this
+            // alarm falls silent by itself, and one about another stands.
+            if (enabled) announcer.announce(alarmId)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 3db934f..2f46517 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -118,6 +118,22 @@
     <string name="alarm_next_in_days_hours">in %1$dd %2$dh</string>
     <string name="alarm_next_ringing">Ringing now</string>
     <string name="alarm_next_snoozed">Snoozed \u00b7 %1$s</string>
+    <!-- #19: the chip after the user sets an alarm, short enough to sit beside the FAB. %1$s is alarm_set_days/hours/minutes, or two of them joined by alarm_set_units_pair. -->
+    <string name="alarm_set_for">Alarm in %1$s</string>
+    <string name="alarm_set_imminent">Alarm in less than 1 minute</string>
+    <string name="alarm_set_units_pair">%1$s and %2$s</string>
+    <plurals name="alarm_set_days">
+        <item quantity="one">%1$d day</item>
+        <item quantity="other">%1$d days</item>
+    </plurals>
+    <plurals name="alarm_set_hours">
+        <item quantity="one">%1$d hour</item>
+        <item quantity="other">%1$d hours</item>
+    </plurals>
+    <plurals name="alarm_set_minutes">
+        <item quantity="one">%1$d minute</item>
+        <item quantity="other">%1$d minutes</item>
+    </plurals>
     <string name="alarm_skipping_next">Skipping next</string>
     <string name="alarm_repeat_once">Once</string>
     <string name="alarm_repeat_every_day">Every day</string>
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/domain/alarm/AlarmSetCountdownTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/domain/alarm/AlarmSetCountdownTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88bb8d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/domain/alarm/AlarmSetCountdownTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.alarm
+
+import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.format.NextFireLabel
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.T0
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.alarmAt
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.days
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.hours
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.minutes
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.seconds
+import kotlin.time.Instant
+
+/**
+ * "Alarm in …" speaks only for an alarm that will ring at a
+ * natural occurrence, and rounds the way the row's countdown does (#19).
+ */
+class AlarmSetCountdownTest {
+
+    private fun upcoming(
+        nextFire: Instant?,
+        source: FireSource = FireSource.OCCURRENCE,
+        enabled: Boolean = true,
+    ) = UpcomingAlarm(alarmAt(hour = 7, enabled = enabled), nextFire, source)
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an alarm due in hours and minutes says both`() {
+        val countdown = AlarmSetCountdown.of(upcoming(T0 + 7.hours + 12.minutes), now = T0)
+
+        assertThat(countdown).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.InHoursMinutes(7, 12))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `under a minute away is imminent`() {
+        val countdown = AlarmSetCountdown.of(upcoming(T0 + 40.seconds), now = T0)
+
+        assertThat(countdown).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.Imminent)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `minutes away rounds up, as the row does`() {
+        val countdown = AlarmSetCountdown.of(upcoming(T0 + 4.minutes + 1.seconds), now = T0)
+
+        assertThat(countdown).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.InMinutes(5))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `more than a day away says days and hours`() {
+        val countdown = AlarmSetCountdown.of(upcoming(T0 + 2.days + 3.hours), now = T0)
+
+        assertThat(countdown).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.InDaysHours(2, 3))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a switched-off alarm says nothing`() {
+        val countdown = AlarmSetCountdown.of(upcoming(nextFire = null, FireSource.NONE, enabled = false), now = T0)
+
+        assertThat(countdown).isNull()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a snoozed alarm says nothing about its snooze`() {
+        val countdown = AlarmSetCountdown.of(upcoming(T0 + 9.minutes, FireSource.SNOOZE), now = T0)
+
+        assertThat(countdown).isNull()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a ringing alarm says nothing`() {
+        val countdown = AlarmSetCountdown.of(upcoming(nextFire = null, FireSource.RESUMED_RING), now = T0)
+
+        assertThat(countdown).isNull()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an unknown alarm says nothing`() {
+        assertThat(AlarmSetCountdown.of(upcoming = null, now = T0)).isNull()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmEditorViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmEditorViewModelTest.kt
index 69fe199..f25bd99 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmEditorViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmEditorViewModelTest.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.ui.alarms
 
 import androidx.lifecycle.SavedStateHandle
+import androidx.lifecycle.viewModelScope
+import app.cash.turbine.test
 import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.data.alarms.AlarmMapper
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.DismissChallenge
@@ -8,8 +10,10 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.RepeatDays
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.RingtoneOption
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.Ringtones
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.TimeOfDay
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.format.NextFireLabel
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.AlarmEngineHarness
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.BERLIN
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.FakeElapsedRealtimeClock
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.FakeRingtoneCatalog
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.FakeRingtonePreviewer
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.MainDispatcherExtension
@@ -22,8 +26,11 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.instantAt
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.offsetInstant
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CompletableDeferred
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.cancel
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.first
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.StandardTestDispatcher
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.TestScope
+import kotlinx.coroutines.test.advanceTimeBy
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.advanceUntilIdle
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.runTest
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.setMain
@@ -32,6 +39,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.time.DayOfWeek
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.hours
 
 /**
  * The editor over the **real** alarm engine: every control writes at once
@@ -52,7 +60,16 @@ class AlarmEditorViewModelTest {
     private val sevenToday = offsetInstant("2026-06-10T07:00+02:00")
     private val sevenTomorrow = offsetInstant("2026-06-11T07:00+02:00")
 
-    private fun TestScope.editor(harness: AlarmEngineHarness, alarmId: Long = 1L) =
+    private val elapsed = FakeElapsedRealtimeClock()
+
+    private fun TestScope.announcer(harness: AlarmEngineHarness) =
+        AlarmSetAnnouncer(harness.engine, harness.wallClock, elapsed, appScope = this)
+
+    private fun TestScope.editor(
+        harness: AlarmEngineHarness,
+        alarmId: Long = 1L,
+        announcer: AlarmSetAnnouncer = announcer(harness),
+    ) =
         AlarmEditorViewModel(
             savedStateHandle = SavedStateHandle(mapOf(AlarmRoutes.ARG_ALARM_ID to alarmId)),
             alarms = harness.alarms,
@@ -60,6 +77,7 @@ class AlarmEditorViewModelTest {
             engine = harness.engine,
             ringtones = catalog,
             preview = previewer,
+            announcer = announcer,
             appScope = this,
         )
 
@@ -253,6 +271,282 @@ class AlarmEditorViewModelTest {
             assertThat(viewModel.editing().canSkipNext).isTrue()
         }
 
+    // --- "Alarm in …" (#19) ---
+
+    private suspend fun AlarmEditorViewModel.countdown() = alarmSetNotice.first()?.countdown
+
+    @Test
+    fun `picking a time says how long until it rings`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 7)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.onTimePicked(6, 45)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.countdown()).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.InHoursMinutes(1, 45))
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a time picked earlier than now says it rings tomorrow`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 7)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            // The AM/PM slip the chip is there to catch: 4:30 is behind
+            // us, so it rings tomorrow, 23½ hours away.
+            viewModel.onTimePicked(4, 30)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.countdown()).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.InHoursMinutes(23, 30))
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `keeping a new alarm's default time still says when it rings`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 6)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.onNewAlarmTimeKept()
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.countdown()).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.InHoursMinutes(1, 0))
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a burst of repeat-day taps is announced once, after it settles`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 7)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.alarmSetNotice.test {
+                assertThat(awaitItem()).isNull()
+                viewModel.onDayToggled(DayOfWeek.MONDAY)
+                advanceTimeBy(500)
+                viewModel.onDayToggled(DayOfWeek.TUESDAY)
+                advanceTimeBy(500)
+                viewModel.onDayToggled(DayOfWeek.WEDNESDAY)
+                advanceTimeBy(500)
+                expectNoEvents()
+                advanceUntilIdle()
+
+                // 2026-06-10 is a Wednesday: 7:00 today, two hours out.
+                assertThat(awaitItem()?.countdown).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.InHoursMinutes(2, 0))
+                expectNoEvents()
+            }
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `day taps while a notice shows do not restart it before they settle`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 7)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+            viewModel.onTimePicked(9, 0)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.alarmSetNotice.test {
+                assertThat(awaitItem()?.countdown).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.InHoursMinutes(4, 0))
+                viewModel.onDayToggled(DayOfWeek.MONDAY)
+                advanceTimeBy(300)
+                viewModel.onDayToggled(DayOfWeek.TUESDAY)
+                advanceTimeBy(300)
+                expectNoEvents()
+                advanceUntilIdle()
+
+                // One more chip, once settled: Wednesday 05:00 to Monday 09:00.
+                assertThat(awaitItem()?.countdown).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.InDaysHours(5, 4))
+                expectNoEvents()
+            }
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `leaving while the days settle still announces them, for the list`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 7)
+            val announcer = announcer(harness)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness, announcer = announcer)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.onDayToggled(DayOfWeek.MONDAY)
+            advanceTimeBy(200)
+            // What `ViewModel.clear()` does first: the settle must not die with it.
+            viewModel.viewModelScope.cancel()
+            viewModel.onCleared()
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            // Wednesday 05:00 to Monday 07:00.
+            assertThat(announcer.notice.first()?.countdown).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.InDaysHours(5, 2))
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `arming a skip says it rings at the occurrence after it`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 7, repeatDays = RepeatDays.EVERY_DAY)
+            harness.engine.reschedule()
+            val viewModel = editor(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.onSkipNextChanged(true)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.countdown()).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.InDaysHours(1, 2))
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a switched-off alarm's new time says nothing`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarm(id = 1L, hour = 7, enabled = false)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.onTimePicked(6, 45)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first()).isNull()
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a change that moves no fire time says nothing`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 7)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.onLabelTyped("Gym")
+            viewModel.onSnoozeMinutesChanged(5)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first()).isNull()
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a notice shown to the end is gone`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 7)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+            viewModel.onTimePicked(6, 45)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.onAlarmSetNoticeShown(checkNotNull(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first()))
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first()).isNull()
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a notice nobody showed in time is dropped, not shown stale`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 7)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+            viewModel.onTimePicked(6, 45)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            // Monotonic: a wall clock set back an hour must not make it fresh again.
+            elapsed.advance(1.hours)
+            harness.wallClock.instant = fiveToday - 1.hours
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first()).isNull()
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a notice about another alarm is not shown in this editor`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(id = 1L, hour = 7)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(id = 2L, hour = 22)
+            val announcer = announcer(harness)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness, alarmId = 2L, announcer = announcer)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            announcer.announce(1L)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(announcer.notice.first()?.alarmId to viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first())
+                .isEqualTo(1L to null)
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `deleting the alarm takes its notice back`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 7)
+            val announcer = announcer(harness)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness, announcer = announcer)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+            viewModel.onTimePicked(6, 45)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.onDelete()
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(announcer.notice.first()).isNull()
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `a ring moved by another path is announced with its new countdown`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 7, repeatDays = RepeatDays.EVERY_DAY)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+            viewModel.onTimePicked(7, 0)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            // A skip armed from the upcoming-alarm notification: no retract.
+            harness.alarms.setSkipNextOccurrence(1L, true)
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.countdown()).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.InDaysHours(1, 2))
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `skip then untapping the only day lands in tap order`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 7, repeatDays = RepeatDays.of(DayOfWeek.MONDAY))
+            val viewModel = editor(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.onSkipNextChanged(true)
+            viewModel.onDayToggled(DayOfWeek.MONDAY)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            val stored = harness.alarmDao.stored.single()
+            assertThat(stored.enabled to stored.skipNextOccurrence).isEqualTo(true to false)
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an alarm switched off by another path is not announced as set`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir, now = fiveToday)
+            harness.givenAlarmWith(hour = 7)
+            val viewModel = editor(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+            viewModel.onTimePicked(6, 45)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            // The ring screen, a notification or an intent: none of them retracts.
+            harness.alarms.setEnabled(1L, enabled = false)
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first()).isNull()
+        }
+
     // --- label ---
 
     @Test
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmsViewModelTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmsViewModelTest.kt
index 1317b97..f2ad9d4 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmsViewModelTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/clockula/ui/alarms/AlarmsViewModelTest.kt
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.TimeOfDay
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.domain.format.NextFireLabel
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.AlarmEngineHarness
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.BERLIN
+import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.FakeElapsedRealtimeClock
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.MainDispatcherExtension
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.RingEvent
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.alarmEngineHarness
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.instantAt
 import de.jeanlucmakiola.clockula.testing.offsetInstant
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.first
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.StandardTestDispatcher
 import kotlinx.coroutines.test.TestScope
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.minutes
+import kotlin.time.Duration.Companion.seconds
 
 /**
  * The list over the **real** alarm engine: what the rows say, that the readout
@@ -46,12 +49,16 @@ class AlarmsViewModelTest {
      * `collectAsStateWithLifecycle`; without one there is no subscriber and
      * nothing upstream would run.
      */
-    private fun TestScope.viewModel(harness: AlarmEngineHarness) = AlarmsViewModel(
+    private fun TestScope.viewModel(
+        harness: AlarmEngineHarness,
+        announcer: AlarmSetAnnouncer = AlarmSetAnnouncer(harness.engine, harness.wallClock, FakeElapsedRealtimeClock(), this),
+    ) = AlarmsViewModel(
         alarms = harness.alarms,
         engine = harness.engine,
         wall = harness.wallClock,
         zones = harness.zones,
         source = AlarmListSource(harness.engine, harness.wallClock, harness.ticker),
+        announcer = announcer,
     ).also { viewModel -> backgroundScope.launch { viewModel.state.collect {} } }
 
     private fun AlarmsUiState.rows(): List<AlarmRowState> = (this as AlarmsUiState.Loaded).rows
@@ -190,6 +197,122 @@ class AlarmsViewModelTest {
             assertThat(harness.scheduler.next?.fireAt).isEqualTo(sevenToday)
         }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `switching an alarm on says how long until it rings`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir)
+            harness.givenAlarm(id = 1L, hour = 7, minute = 12, enabled = false)
+            val viewModel = viewModel(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.onToggleEnabled(1L, enabled = true)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first()?.countdown).isEqualTo(NextFireLabel.InHoursMinutes(2, 12))
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `switching the announced alarm back off takes the announcement back`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir)
+            harness.givenAlarm(id = 1L, hour = 7, enabled = false)
+            val viewModel = viewModel(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            // Both taps before either has run: the "on" read must not land last.
+            viewModel.onToggleEnabled(1L, enabled = true)
+            viewModel.onToggleEnabled(1L, enabled = false)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first()).isNull()
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `switching off another alarm leaves the announcement standing`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir)
+            harness.givenAlarm(id = 1L, hour = 7, enabled = false)
+            harness.givenAlarm(id = 2L, hour = 9)
+            val viewModel = viewModel(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.onToggleEnabled(1L, enabled = true)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+            viewModel.onToggleEnabled(2L, enabled = false)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first()?.alarmId).isEqualTo(1L)
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `dismissing the announced alarm takes the announcement back`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir)
+            harness.givenAlarm(id = 1L, hour = 7, repeatDays = RepeatDays.EVERY_DAY, enabled = false)
+            val viewModel = viewModel(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+            viewModel.onToggleEnabled(1L, enabled = true)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.onDismissUpcoming(1L)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            // Skipped, still on — and still not re-announced: the dismissal is
+            // the AlarmClock contract's, which the chip stays out of.
+            assertThat(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first()).isNull()
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `switching another alarm off keeps one still settling`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir)
+            harness.givenAlarm(id = 1L, hour = 7)
+            harness.givenAlarm(id = 2L, hour = 9)
+            val announcer = AlarmSetAnnouncer(harness.engine, harness.wallClock, FakeElapsedRealtimeClock(), this)
+            val viewModel = viewModel(harness, announcer)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            // The editor's repeat days on alarm 1, still settling...
+            announcer.announce(1L, settle = 1.seconds)
+            // ...when alarm 2 is switched off in the list.
+            viewModel.onToggleEnabled(2L, enabled = false)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first()?.alarmId).isEqualTo(1L)
+        }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `an announcement that fell silent does not speak up when something else re-enables the alarm`(
+        @TempDir tempDir: Path,
+    ) = runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+        val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir)
+        harness.givenAlarm(id = 1L, hour = 7, enabled = false)
+        val viewModel = viewModel(harness)
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+        viewModel.onToggleEnabled(1L, enabled = true)
+        viewModel.onToggleEnabled(1L, enabled = false)
+        advanceUntilIdle()
+        check(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first() == null)
+
+        // An AlarmClock intent switching it back on: intents never announce.
+        harness.alarms.setEnabled(1L, enabled = true)
+
+        assertThat(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first()).isNull()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `adding an alarm leaves the announcement to the editor`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
+        runTest(main.dispatcher) {
+            val harness = alarmEngineHarness(tempDir)
+            val viewModel = viewModel(harness)
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            viewModel.onAddAlarm()
+            advanceUntilIdle()
+
+            assertThat(viewModel.alarmSetNotice.first()).isNull()
+        }
+
     @Test
     fun `switching off the ringing alarm silences it first`(@TempDir tempDir: Path) =
         runTest(main.dispatcher) {
diff --git a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
index 094838e..29ceaac 100644
--- a/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
+++ b/docs/ARCHITECTURE.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ kit module: the kit's roadmap keeps schedulers app-local.
 | Package | Holds |
 |---|---|
 | `domain/` | `Alarm.kt`, `Timer.kt`, `WorldClock.kt`, `Stopwatch.kt`, `ClockDefaults.kt`, `Ringtone.kt` (the silent and bundled-tone sentinels), `RepeatSummary.kt`, `AlarmDefaults.kt`. Plain Kotlin, no Android |
-| `domain/alarm/` | the alarm engine's pure half: occurrences, the resolver, the ring state, the presentation and scheduling policies, the challenge gate, `VolumeButtonPolicy` (#18). The *shared* ring vocabulary moved out to `domain/ring/` in M6 |
+| `domain/alarm/` | the alarm engine's pure half: occurrences, the resolver, the ring state, the presentation and scheduling policies, the challenge gate, `VolumeButtonPolicy` (#18), and `AlarmSetCountdown`, what the "Alarm in …" chip says (#19). The *shared* ring vocabulary moved out to `domain/ring/` in M6 |
 | `domain/ring/` | what both ring paths share: `RingAudio` (the ramp tick, the volume floor), `VolumeRamp`, `AudioSourcePolicy`/`RingtoneSourceKind`, `RingFallbackPolicy`, `VibrationPattern` |
 | `domain/stopwatch/` | the stopwatch path's pure half: `StopwatchReadings` (the one reading the pill, the shade and the tab share), `LapStats` (best and worst), `StopwatchLaps` (the lap cap), `StopwatchNotificationPolicy` |
 | `domain/timer/` | the timer path's pure half: `TimerReadings` (the app's one timer precedence), `TimerExpiry` (the sweep and the slot's value), `TimerRingPolicy`, `TimerNotificationPolicy`, `TimerPresets`, `TimerDurationEntry`, `TimerSettings`, `TimerRing` |
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ kit module: the kit's roadmap keeps schedulers app-local.
 | `ui/theme/`, `ui/crash/` | the M0/M1 theme and the crash-report surface |
 | `ui/shell/` | the navigation policy (`ShellNavigation`), the adaptive shell, the live pill and its source/ViewModel, the notification-permission ask. `EmptyTabScreen` is gone: its KDoc said it existed only until each of M5–M8 replaced its own tab, and the world clock was its last caller |
 | `ui/common/` | `rememberLocalTimeFormatter`, the app's one 12/24-hour formatter, over a `java.time.LocalTime`, with `rememberAlarmTimeFormatter` delegating to it (M8 D17); and, since M6, the ringtone picker (`RingtonePickerState`, `RingtonePickerScreen`), which both editors need |
-| `ui/alarms/` | the real Alarms tab (M5): the routes, the list's pure row builder and its source, the two ViewModels, the list, the editor, the M3 time-picker host, the repeat-day selector and the override pickers (the ringtone picker moved to `ui/common/` in M6), and M9's `DismissChooser`/`DismissAlarmDialog`, the "which alarm should I dismiss?" question |
+| `ui/alarms/` | the real Alarms tab (M5): the routes, the list's pure row builder and its source, the two ViewModels, the list, the editor, the M3 time-picker host, the repeat-day selector and the override pickers (the ringtone picker moved to `ui/common/` in M6), and M9's `DismissChooser`/`DismissAlarmDialog`, the "which alarm should I dismiss?" question; and `AlarmSetAnnouncer`/`AlarmSetChipBand`, the "Alarm in …" floret `SnackChip` both ViewModels raise after a user action (#19) |
 | `ui/timers/` | the real Timers tab (M6): the routes, the pure row builder and its source, the two ViewModels, the list, the row, the setup panel and its keypad, the editor |
 | `ui/stopwatch/` | the real Stopwatch tab (M7): the pure row builder (`StopwatchRows`) and its source, the ViewModel, the readout panel with its controls, the lap table and its column header, `StopwatchDefaults` |
 | `ui/worldclock/` | the real World clock tab (M8): the pure row builders (`WorldClockRows`, `ZonePickerRows`) and their state, `WorldClockSource`, the ViewModel, the tab, the analog face, the row and the zone picker, `WorldClockDefaults` |
@@ -1125,6 +1125,22 @@ its own writes. `reschedule()` is called explicitly: from `ClockulaApp`, from
 the receivers, and from the alarm editor. `upcoming()` runs the same resolver in
 preview mode and *discards* the state it returns; a read must not write, and a
 test asserts the store recorded nothing across a full collection.
+The "Alarm in …" chip (#19) is built on `upcoming()` too.
+`AlarmSetAnnouncer`, an app-wide singleton, records only *which* alarm a user
+action in the list or the editor just set; while a resumed screen shows it,
+what it says is derived from `upcoming()`, through `AlarmSetCountdown` (pure,
+in `domain/alarm/`): only a natural occurrence of an enabled alarm, rounded as
+the row's countdown is, never a snooze or a ring. So an alarm switched off or
+deleted by any path is never announced as set, and the `AlarmClock` intents,
+which already get the status-bar icon, never reach it. The announcement is
+*state*, standing until a screen has shown it to the end: pick → OK → back
+disposes the editor's chip a moment after it appears, and the list
+underneath picks it up. The editor announces a time pick at once and waits a
+second for repeat-day taps to settle, so Mon–Fri is one chip; the settle,
+and the editor's fire-time-moving writes with their reschedule, run in tap
+order on the application scope, so leaving the editor at once neither loses
+the announcement nor leaves a stored time unscheduled. An announcement older
+than ten seconds on the monotonic clock is dropped unshown.
 
 `upcoming(refresh: Flow<Unit>)` takes its **re-read cadence as a parameter**.
 The resolver needs a `now`, and `upcoming` reads one inside a `combine` of the