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How to use the Focus Sessions widget on Windows 11
Microsoft just released the 23481 Build to Windows Insiders.
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Updated onAugust 28, 2023
updated onAugust 28, 2023
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Good news for Windows 11 users this week: it seems that you can use the Focus Sessions widget on the operating system sooner than expected.
Microsoft releasedWindows 11 Insider Preview Build 23481to the Dev Channel andyou can download the ISO fileas well if you find it more convenient this way.
The release brings some important improvements toWindows Ink, which is a very useful tool for organizations. But among the new features, the Focus Sessions widget steals the show.
The Focus Session feature is already on Windows 11, but not as a widget, though. You can find it in the taskbar, below your calendar, and it’s very useful for when you have to focus at work. However, you can easily forget about it, because it’s simply not in your glance.
Here’s how you can use the Focus Sessions widget on Windows 11
Because it’s not in your glance, you can easily forget about using the Focus Sessions option, however, Microsoft is putting it in a widget, so that way, you can use it when you check for the weather. Or when you’re using the other widgets.
The new Focus Sessions Widget will be part of the Clock app update, and currently, it’s available in Microsoft Store in Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels.
You’ll be able to access it by clicking on theWidgetsbutton >Focus Sessions Widget.
As you can see, accessing it will be very easy, but if you find it annoying, you can alsodisable focus sessionsto revert to the old clock style.
What other features and improvements are coming to Windows 11, you may ask?
Here’s the complete list:
Changes and Improvements
[Taskbar & System Tray]
[File Explorer]
[Voice access]
Fixes
[Dev Drive]
[File Explorer]
We fixed the following issues for Insiders with the modernized address bar in File Explorer:
We fixed the following issues for Insiders who have the modernized File Explorer Home:
[Search on the Taskbar]
NOTE: Some fixes noted here in Insider Preview builds from the Dev Channel may make their way into the servicing updates for the released version of Windows 11.
Known issues
[Dev Drive]
[Search on the Taskbar]
[File Explorer]
Insiders who have the modernized File Explorer Home that began rolling out withBuild 23475:
Insiders who have the modernized File Explorer address bar that began rolling out withBuild 23475:
Insiders will have issues with the following commands on recommended files in File Explorer that began rolling out withBuild 23403:
[Notifications]
[Dynamic Lighting]
[Windows Ink]
What are your thoughts and opinions about the new Focus Sessions Widgets? Be sure to let us know in the comments section below.
More about the topics:widgets,Windows 11
Flavius Floare
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Flavius is a writer and a media content producer with a particular interest in technology, gaming, media, film and storytelling.
He’s always curious and ready to take on everything new in the tech world, covering Microsoft’s products on a daily basis. The passion for gaming and hardware feeds his journalistic approach, making him a great researcher and news writer that’s always ready to bring you the bleeding edge!
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