Widget overhaul with session controls and improved functionality {PLANNED}

[jbullock42]

The current widget is super lackluster. I don’t even mind the size, but right now I have no reason to keep the widget on my screen vs just the app icon; they’re functionally identical. Love the app, but the widget doesn’t have a place or purpose on my screen in it’s current state. Even just a shortcut to start/break/end a session would be a huge step in the right direction. Thank you

[Niall_Harris_Smith]

Would love to see a live Lock Screen notification showing how long you have of your session

[kenneth]

This is from @joshhawaii orignally in Missing Pro Features? 49 App Limit, Inactive Widget, and Lack of Intentions?

@joshhawaii

Inactive Widget
I tried to set up a dashboard of sorts for my evening focus session. The Lockscreen widget shows a countdown, but the Homescreen widet only shows my gem without any information at all. Is this widget supposed to show anything? I would love to see a focus session length and countdown, or at least a minimum “Session in Progress”. Right now it’s just an icon that takes the space of 8 app icons.

[Niklas]

It would be nice to show the daily statistics (the current focus level + graph and its current rate of change) in the widget.
The stone looks nice, but doesn’t really have any use on my Home screen.

Thanks!

[Felix_Abraham]

I am also hoping to see smaller widgets!

[kenneth]

Summing up ideas:

• Active Session: show how long you have of your session
• Shortcut to start/break/end a session
• Smaller widget option

[user21]

Would love a widget option that shows the current focus level/average focus level for the day, regardless of if I’m in a session or not.

[kenneth]

FYI the new Shortcuts now allow you to Start / End / Break sessions + access the Session Status and Screen Time Today!

[Kory_Kraning]

What if you created widgets that did more than just show the status of a current focus?

Example: create a widget that shows and uses shortcuts to open only this apps that are available during a block/focus session.

There’s an app called “Minimis” that does this but they lack the strength off app blocking, focus score and more that Opal offers.

It would be amazing to see these two concepts blended together.

[Sarah_K]

Hey @Kory_Kraning,

Thanks for the feedback! I’ve merged this into the existing requests about our widget upgrades and escalated this to our engineers to consider as we continue to upgrade the app. Stay tuned!

All the best,
Team Opal

[GabrielRivera]

I would like a widget like the one from the ios native screen time app so I have today’s stats info at a glance. Having to open the app to see today’s screen time is an unnecessary extra step.

A widget with the info from this picture would be perfect.

[Ciara_Shaye]

Would be really nice to be able to change the focus now times on the widget, I’ve looked everywhere on the app and that doesn’t seem to be an option.