Windows 11’s New Focus Sessions feature integrates Spotify, making it easier for users to control their music playback. The new sessions are designed to help users focus on specific tasks, such as reading a book or working on a project. The integration is available in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and the Windows 11 Anniversary Update. Users can create and manage focus sessions by opening the Control Panel and clicking on the three lines in the top left corner of the window. The first line is for controlling playback, while the second and third lines are for managing settings. The new focus sessions are a great way to keep your music playing while you’re working or studying. They’re also a great way to keep your music library organized and easy to access.
Windows 11 will be here before we know it, and a Microsoft executive has just teased a new feature called Focus Sessions. It appears to integrate Spotify into the Windows operating system.
What Is “Focus Sessions” on Windows 11?
Chief Product Officer from Microsoft Panos Panay showed off a brief video on Twitter showing how Focus Sessions will work, and it looks promising. The video comes just a day after the executive teased the new Snipping Tool in Windows 11.
— Panos Panay (@panos_panay) August 5, 2021
The new feature is part of the Windows Alarms and Clock app. You select how much time you want to work without distractions and what task you need to work on. Then, Windows will block all other distractions during that time so you can get in the zone and get your work done.
Interestingly, it looks like Spotify is integrated at the OS level with Focus Sessions, as you can choose a playlist to listen to while you work right from the Alarms and Clock app. It seems pretty simple, and the fact that you don’t have to waste time switching to a separate app to get some music going seems like an excellent convenience to have.
(Of course, on Windows 10, a Spotify widget comes with the Game Bar, but you do have to have the Spotify app installed to use this particular Game Bar widget.)
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Lock Down Your Focus
Focusing on work is always tricky, but it looks like this new feature coming to Windows 11 (which is a modified version of Focus Assist from Windows 10) will help with that. Based on the video, it seems well-made and it’s great that it integrates nicely with the Windows 11 experience.
