{"id":154,"date":"2026-08-18T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/app\/2026\/08\/18\/loop-2-4-protected-focus-windows\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T09:00:00","slug":"loop-2-4-protected-focus-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/app\/2026\/08\/18\/loop-2-4-protected-focus-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Loop 2.4: protected focus windows and new widgets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"fs-d06000f0\">Loop 2.4 is rolling out this week on iPhone, Android and the web. It is our biggest release since habits, and almost all of it came from your support messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"fs-9c1ec153\">Protected focus windows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fs-a0acba99\">Insights has always known when you focus best. Now it can act on it. Turn on protection and Loop reserves that window on your calendar, declines conflicting invites with a polite note, and pauses notifications while you are in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fs-3a3d7694\">Your best ninety minutes deserve the same respect as any meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"fs-9c1ec153\">Widgets, rebuilt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fs-a0acba99\">The new home screen widgets show your daily loop ring, your next task and your running focus session. Lock screen widgets come along for the ride, and everything updates live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"fs-9c1ec153\">Also in 2.4<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"fs-a8376dc1 fs-block-list\" role=\"list\">\n<li class=\"fs-block-list-item\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fs-icon is-icon-check fs-block-icon fs-37995499 fs-text-color\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M20 6 9 17l-5-5\"\/><\/svg>\n<span class=\"fs-block-list-item__text\">Evening review now takes half the taps<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"fs-block-list-item\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fs-icon is-icon-check fs-block-icon fs-37995499 fs-text-color\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M20 6 9 17l-5-5\"\/><\/svg>\n<span class=\"fs-block-list-item__text\">Habit streaks show a gentle bend after a missed day<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"fs-block-list-item\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fs-icon is-icon-check fs-block-icon fs-37995499 fs-text-color\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M20 6 9 17l-5-5\"\/><\/svg>\n<span class=\"fs-block-list-item__text\">CSV export includes focus sessions<\/span><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"fs-block-list-item\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fs-icon is-icon-check fs-block-icon fs-37995499 fs-text-color\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M20 6 9 17l-5-5\"\/><\/svg>\n<span class=\"fs-block-list-item__text\">Dozens of small fixes and one very large one for Tuesday people<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p class=\"fs-80601fdb\">Loop 2.4 is free for everyone on Pro, Family and Lifetime. Update from your store of choice and tell us what to build next.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our biggest release since habits: focus windows that defend themselves, rebuilt widgets and a calmer evening review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-release-notes"],"_flatsome_builder_edit_link":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/app\/wp-admin\/index.php?page=flatsome-builder&postType=post&postId=154","_flatsome_builder_post_lock":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/app\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/app\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/app\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/app\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/app\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/app\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/app\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/app\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/app\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patterns.flatsome.com\/app\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}