Start a focus session

A focus session is Latte's calm "time on task" timer — no countdown, no target, just a quiet count-up of how long you've been focused. Starting takes zero setup, because the win is finishing the task, not a timer reaching zero.

Before you start

You launch a focus session from the task Latte suggests you work on next, so you'll want at least one open task first — see Create a task.

🖥 Web
📱 Mobile

On the Home dashboard, find the task Latte suggests you work on next.

On that task's card, click Focus.

Screenshot coming soon

Home dashboard with the recommended-task card; the outlined Focus button (timer icon) sits between Not now and Start in the card's action row.

Capture spec (for maintainers)

{
  "id": "web.focus-sessions.start-a-focus-session.focus-button",
  "platform": "web",
  "route": "/",
  "actions": [
    {
      "waitForTestId": "task-predictor-card"
    },
    {
      "highlightTestId": "task-predictor-focus"
    }
  ],
  "clip": "task-predictor-card"
}

Latte opens the full-screen focus surface and starts counting. The first time, it asks Enable fullscreen to decrease distractions — accept to hide everything but your task, or decline to stay in the window. Your choice is remembered for next time.
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The full-screen focus surface just after starting: the task under "Focusing on", the large count-up with "focused so far" beneath, and the top-right Go fullscreen toggle.
Capture spec (for maintainers)
```
{
  "id": "web.focus-sessions.start-a-focus-session.focus-screen",
  "platform": "web",
  "route": "/focus",
  "actions": [
    {
      "clickTestId": "task-predictor-focus"
    },
    {
      "waitForTestId": "focus-timer"
    }
  ]
}
```
You can flip fullscreen any time with the toggle in the top-right — Go fullscreen or Exit fullscreen.

On the Latte desktop app

The desktop app works the same way; going fullscreen hides the window chrome too.

Open the Today tab.
On the recommended task's card, tap Focus.

The focus screen opens and immediately starts counting your focused time.

Screenshot coming soon

The mobile focus screen counting up, reached by tapping Focus on the Today tab's recommended-task card.

Capture spec (for maintainers)

{
  "id": "mobile.focus-sessions.start-a-focus-session.focus-screen",
  "platform": "mobile",
  "route": "/focus",
  "actions": [
    {
      "tapOn": {
        "id": "task-predictor-focus"
      }
    },
    {
      "assertVisible": {
        "id": "focus-screen"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Good to know

While a session is running, your status shows you're in a focus session, so friends can see you're heads-down. It flips back to idle the moment you leave or finish.

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