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TL;DR Google Calendar allows Workspace users to set “focus time” for minimal distractions.
While you can edit focus time sessions on your phone, creating new ones currently requires Calendar on desktop.
Google now appears to be working to bring the option to make new focus time sessions right to your phone.
Who among us couldn’t use a little more focus in our lives? With a seemingly endless source of distraction no further than our phones away, sometimes it takes a concerted effort to make sure that you’re really putting all your attention on the tasks that need it most. Google Calendar already offers a “focus time” mode to help out with just that, and right now it looks like Google’s preparing to make it even easier to work with.
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Focus time works by letting you block off time in Calendar where you don’t want any distractions: no incoming chats, no meeting requests, no nothing. Any requests you do get can just be automatically declined, leaving you free to get done what you need to.
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If none of this sounds familiar to you, there’s a good reason for that — so far Google has restricted access to Workspace users on things like business and education plans. But it’s still a very handy tool for those who can take advantage of it — and it’s about to get even better.
Right now, you can only set a new focus time period when you’re using Google Calendar through its desktop web interface. While you can edit and delete focus time through the Calendar app on Android or iOS, you haven’t been able to add a new period.
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