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# 🏝️ Dynamic Island

> Your focus session, always in view

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/forgetwork/8SAVTfjKX5FHy06u/images/ios/island-compact.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=8SAVTfjKX5FHy06u&q=85&s=facc85491f6dbf1afc934a506af3d9dd" alt="Dynamic Island showing a live focus timer" style={{ borderRadius: "0.5rem", width: "100%", maxWidth: "480px" }} width="1206" height="560" data-path="images/ios/island-compact.png" />
</Frame>

## What is this?

Start a [focus session](/ios/focus-time), switch to another app, and
your session doesn't disappear: it moves into the Dynamic Island.

The elapsed time ticks on one side, a progress ring fills on the
other. Your session is always one glance away, no matter what you're
doing.

## How does it work?

There's nothing to set up. Whenever a focus session is running, the
island shows it. Pause, and it shows the pause icon. Finish, and it
celebrates with a checkmark.

**Press and hold** the island to expand it:

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/forgetwork/8SAVTfjKX5FHy06u/images/ios/island-expanded.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=8SAVTfjKX5FHy06u&q=85&s=20fb1b43dea0f91dcb7cc85df2a4f96a" alt="Expanded Dynamic Island with task name, progress, and controls" style={{ borderRadius: "0.5rem", width: "100%", maxWidth: "480px" }} width="1146" height="540" data-path="images/ios/island-expanded.png" />
</Frame>

The expanded view shows the task name, elapsed time against your
target, and a full set of controls: **back**, **pause**,
**complete**, and **skip ahead**. They work right there, without
opening the app.

<Info>
  On iPhones without a Dynamic Island, the same live card appears on
  the [Lock Screen](/ios/lock-screen) and in Notification Center.
</Info>


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