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The Android widget puts your tasks and the timer on your home screen. One tap starts a timer. No app to open.
The widget ships with the TimeTracker mobile app, which is not yet published to Google Play. There is no download link to give you today. This page describes what the widget does so you know what is coming.

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The two widgets

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Task list

A scrollable list of tasks assigned to you.

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Active timer

There is also a refresh control.

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What you can do

Taps respond immediately. The widget repaints straight away and then confirms with the server, so it never feels like it is waiting.

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Setting it up

There is nothing to pair. No code, no token, no linking screen.
1

Install the mobile app

See Mobile app.
2

Sign in

The same account and workspace as the web app.
3

Add the widget

Long-press your Android home screen, find TimeTracker in the widget list, and drag one out.
The app sets up the widget’s access quietly the first time you are signed in. If that does not succeed, it tries again the next time you open the app.
The widget talks to TimeTracker directly, which is why taps are near-instant. It never has more access than you do – it can only see and change your own tasks and your own timer.

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How it stays up to date

So if you start a timer on your laptop, the widget on your phone catches up within seconds without you touching it.

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Everything goes through the same rules

A tap on the widget runs exactly the same logic as the same action inside TimeTracker. There is no shortcut path. A time entry started from the widget is the same record as one started at your desk.

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Example

Jonas Bergman keeps the task list widget on his home screen.
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Morning

He taps play on “API integration” for Harbor Logistics – Mobile App. The row starts counting.
2

Lunch

He taps stop. Two hours are recorded. At 120/hourthatis120/hour that is 240 of billable value.
3

Afternoon

He finishes the task and taps its circle. It moves under Completed. Priya gets the notification. Jonas does not – he did it.
4

Later

A review reopens the task on the web. Within seconds the widget shows it back under open work.

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Permissions

Anyone who may run a timer may use the widget. It shows your own tasks only.

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When your access ends

The widget stops working immediately when your access does. The widget’s next request fails and it shows itself as signed out. There is no window where a removed person’s widget keeps working.

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Common questions

It ships with the mobile app, which is not published yet. There is no Google Play listing to point you at.
No. Sign in to the app once, then add the widget from your home screen. The app handles the rest quietly.
The Android widgets are the ones described here. Check the app’s own release notes for iOS.
It does not poll. It waits for a silent push and repaints, with an occasional periodic refresh as a backstop.
No. It shows tasks assigned to you, in your current workspace.
Yes, within seconds. It is one timer on one account.
No. Widget actions run the same checks as the app.

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Troubleshooting

The widget says I am signed out. Open the app and sign in. If you were removed from the workspace, your access ended – ask an Owner or Admin. The widget is stale. Tap refresh. If it stays stale, open the app once to re-establish its access. A timer will not start. Another timer is already running. Stop it first. My tasks are missing. The widget shows tasks assigned to you in your current workspace. If you switched workspaces on the web, open the app to catch up.

Mobile app

The app the widget ships with.

Using the timer

How the timer works everywhere.

My tasks

The tasks the widget lists.

Track your first hour

Start here if you are new.

Integrations overview

Everything TimeTracker connects to.

Remove a member

What ending access does.