Spotify "integration" in Clock for Windows 11 While I'm an old-fashioned guy who uses physical sticky notes attached on the wall to keep track of tasks, I fully appreciate the need for a digital tool to manage the same in Focus Sessions. Similarly, the box on the bottom-left allows you to set up tasks that you plan to achieve in your Focus Session. The "Daily Progress" box on the top-right is closely related to the Focus Session timer as it will help you set up daily goals and how far you have progressed with them. When you start a Focus Session, the UI will change to a countdown timer as seen in the screenshot above. A running timer for a Focus Session in Clock for Windows 11 For example, if I want my Focus Session to be 20 minutes instead of 15 minutes or 30 minutes, I'm out of luck. That said, I was quite surprised to find out that it does not allow setting up manual timers. The Focus Session themselves can are mostly in intervals of 15 minutes, like 15, 30, 45, 60, and so on. There are no breaks by default if your interval is less than 30 minutes. Depending upon how long you set the Focus Session for, the app will also automatically add break periods with intervals of 5 minutes, but you can also configure them manually. These are essentially time-boxed slots that Microsoft says will help you perform your tasks in a more productive and focused way. Starting with the top-left box, you'll see a timer through which you can set up Focus Sessions. Let's go through the capabilities present on this page one by one. The second thing you'll likely notice is that their is a new launch page called "Focus Sessions", which Microsoft announced back in August. Focus Sessions in Clock for Windows 11Ĭoming over to Windows 11, the first thing you'll notice is that Alarms & Clock has been renamed to "Clock" in Windows 11, which I think is a nifty change as it's simpler and more obvious.
But again, this is minor nitpicking, not a major issue that impacts the current usability of the app. I get that it's shown in the taskbar and there's no strong use-case for it, but I'd have liked a couple of fancy interfaces for analog and digital watch faces that I can pin to the Start menu or use as a screensaver. Just a bad user experience in my opinion.įurthermore, maybe it's just me, but I find it a bit odd that an app called "Alarms & Clock" does not have a dedicated UI to show you the current time. When you're viewing the World Clock (screenshot above), you can't click on areas on the map to view the time in those regions, you have to choose the "Add new city" option and then type in the name of the city in the search bar for it to show up on the map. I do have a couple of issues with it though. Since the app itself is quite basic, there's not much to say about it. World Clock in Alarms & Clock in Windows 10 You can configure different timers and alarms, and you will only be shown notifications for them if the PC is awake.
It offers some basic functionalities in the way of Timers, Alarms, World Clock, and Stopwatch. The app is titled "Alarm & Clocks" and is offered as a standalone app. Timers in Alarms & Clock in Windows 10Īs usual, before we dive into the finer details of the updated Clock app in Windows 11, it's worth getting a quick overview of its comparative offering in Windows 10. As usual, it is important to note that the OS is still under active development so it's possible that some of the features we talk about may change by the time of Windows 11's general availability. Today, we'll be taking a look at the updated Clock app present in the OS.įor the purpose of this hands-on, we'll be taking a look at Windows 11 build 22000.194 that was released to the Beta Channel a couple of weeks ago versus a publicly available and up-to-date Windows 10 (version 21H1 build 19043.1237). So far, we have taken a look at Search, Widgets, the Start menu, Snap Layouts and Snap Groups, the Taskbar, quick settings and notifications, Virtual Desktops, power and battery settings, default apps configurations, File Explorer, context menus, and Teams integration in Windows 11. This is why we've been covering the OS' main features in dedicated articles as part of our ongoing Closer Look series. As such, it makes sense to learn more about what the company has to offer, especially if you're looking to upgrade sooner rather than later. Windows 11's general release date is almost upon us, with Microsoft's latest OS beginning its rollout in less than a week.
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