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The Pomodoro timer is part of Focus now. The old Pomodoro address opens Focus, and a session that was already running keeps running there.

What you see

  • The session card in Focus: the task (or Session without a task), a big timer with of 25 min and a bar, the steps with now, and a field to drop a thought without leaving the work — the thoughts of this session are listed under it with their time.
  • Pause and Finish, and then a 5 min break ▾ to choose the break that follows: short, long or none.
  • ⋯ on the card: the lengths of a session, the short and the long break; the whole-screen view; Task done.
  • In the head of Focus while a session runs: today and this week in hours and minutes.
  • In the desktop app on Windows, with the session feed on: Feed is recording · steps stay on this computer under the title, with Pause feed (see Tasks → the session feed).

How to use it

  1. In Focus, press Start session on the task — or Session without a task.
  2. Work until it rings. Drop stray thoughts into the field; tick steps as you go.
  3. At the end the card shows what got done and where your thoughts went; take the break or go again.
How it worksfor the curious
  • Every session counts, even a short one. Finishing early keeps the minutes you actually worked. A task shows how many sessions and minutes went into it.
  • One timer everywhere. The timer in Focus, the island at the top of the screen and the phone's session screen are the same; you can leave Focus while it runs.
  • The long break comes after every fourth session of the day, unless you choose another.
  • Thoughts dropped during a session go to the archivist, which files them by itself.
  • OnePuls can read your sessions and point you to Focus, but it does not start or change timers.
  • Your end-of-session answer goes to the archivist, which files it into the project's History like any other thought. The card shows at most once per session and never blocks the screen.
What OnePuls can do herefrom the code

OnePuls knows the way here and can read it, but does not change anything.