Microsoft isn’t done yet with new Windows 11 features. A day afterteasing a new Snipping Tool, Windows and Devices chief Panos Panay just revealed a new Focus Sessions feature for Windows 11 — hinting at new ways for the operating system to help you stay productive and creative.
The short 14-second Focus Sessions teaser clip highlights a completely redesigned clock app for Windows 11. In addition to the usual timers, alarms, world clock, and stopwatch, the clock app looks to now be the home to a special “Focus” section. These are where you’ll find focus-themed hubs for setting timers, checking tasks, checking your daily focus progress, and even listening to songs on Spotify.
Another first look from the team…#FocusSessionson#Windows11coming soon. This has been a game-changer for me, especially with@Spotifyintegration#Productivity#Creativity#WindowsInsiderspic.twitter.com/HfJh4niDiS
— Panos Panay (@panos_panay)June 15, 2025
Judging from the video,Windows 11users can begin Focus Sessions by selecting a task, a song from Spotify, and then setting a timed-focus mode goal with optional breaks in between. The session will then begin, show a countdown timer, and can be tracked against overall daily progress. That daily progress will show a daily goal, a streak, as well as focus minutes and hours from the day before.
Overall, this seems to be a very interesting new Windows 11 tool. Apple’shighly talked about Focus Modein MacOS Monterey doesn’t seem nearly as complex. It doesn’t offer a Spotify integration, or the ability to track your focus goals. Rather, Apple’s implementation is all about syncing focus across devices and using A.I. to only allow notifications from different app types and different modes of work.
Microsoft didn’t share when this Focus Sessions feature will come to Windows 11. Panay mentioned that it would be “coming soon,” and Brandon LeBlanc, a Windows Insider Program manager,detailed in a Tweet that, “it is new and coming soon to Windows Insiders.”
Windows 11 is still in beta testing with Windows Insiders. Since this is the second tease from Panos Panay in two days, you may expect even more new features to be added to the operating system over time.
Microsoft is targeting a holiday 2021 release for Windows 11. The operating systemcan be installed on most devices right nowin a few simple steps via either the “Dev” or the “Beta” channel of the Windows Insider program.
