Tasks, groups, the feed and Focus Partners

Besides the room itself, StudyStream has a to-do list, groups and a community feed, and it keeps track of the people you focus with. This guide covers those. For views, tiles, pairing, hiding people, Focus+ and the participant list, see Focus rooms: everything you can do.

Tasks and your focus task

You have a to-do list on both platforms, and you can show the task you're working on right on your tile.

On the web

• Open the Tasks icon at the top-right of the page (a tray slides in; from inside a room it opens the full Task Board in a new tab) or the "Today's tasks" box on your Home page.
• Create: click "Create task", type in "Describe task...", optionally "Add Date" and a "Label", then "Add" (or press Enter). Tasks without a date sit under "Unscheduled"; the board shows the next 7 days, and past-due tasks move to a "reschedule" group.
• Edit: click the task text to change it; the calendar and label icons on the row change its date and label.
• Complete: tick the checkbox. Switch between "Active tasks" and "Completed tasks" with the toggle at the top-right of the board.
• Delete: hover the task and click the bin icon ("Delete task"), then confirm "Delete" ("This cannot be undone.").
• Focus task: click the target icon on a task to make it your current focus. It shows on your video tile as a target icon with the task text, and other people can read it, so keep that in mind. Click the target again, or complete the task, to clear it from your tile. Who can see the history of your focus tasks is a privacy setting (Privacy settings explained).
• Labels: "Create label" opens the Label Editor (colour + name, up to 10 labels).

On the mobile app (iOS & Android)

• Tap the Tasks icon (the right-most icon on the bottom bar) or the "Today's Tasks" card on Home.
• Create: tap "+", fill in Name, Date and Label, then "Add". Edit: tap the task. Complete: tap the round checkbox; the "Completed" switch shows your history.
• Delete: swipe the task to the left and tap the red bin, or long-press it and choose "Delete task". There is no confirmation either way.
• Focus task: the target icon on a task; the room's Settings also has "Set focus task".

How do I delete a task (to-do)?

• On the web: open the Tasks icon at the top-right (or app.studystream.live/tasks), hover the to-do and click the bin icon ("Delete task"), then confirm "Delete". Deleted tasks can't be restored. To only remove the task from your video tile, click its target icon again or tick it as complete.
• On the mobile app: swipe the to-do to the left and tap the red bin, or long-press it and choose "Delete task" (no confirmation).

Inside a Space, the Tasks panel on the right is a shared list for the Space (Spaces: study together (and talk) in a focus room); the Tasks tab of the participant list shows what people in the room are working on (Focus rooms: everything you can do).

Groups and the community feed

The feed is the community timeline (Following and Popular tabs) on your Home page (web, right column; app, the Feed tab, second icon on the bottom bar). Free accounts can post once and comment once a day, Basic can post twice a day with unlimited comments, Premium has no limits.

Groups are public communities around a subject or goal, each with its own feed.

• On the web: click "Groups" in the left sidebar. "Featured Groups" lists groups to join ("View" → "Join"); your groups are under "My groups". Only members can post and comment. Creating a group (the "+" next to "My groups") is a paid-plan feature: Basic can run one group, Premium several, and Free accounts see "Please upgrade to be able to create a public group." Share copies the group link to invite people; there's no invite list.
• On the mobile app: tap the Groups icon (fourth on the bottom bar). "Discover" lists groups to search and "Join"; once you're in at least one group, a "My groups" card appears above it with a "+" to create your own (the app can't create a group before you've joined one, so use the website for that).
• Leaving: in the group's About / members panel choose "Leave group" (app: the group menu). Deleting is for the group's admins: open the group, click its name (web) or the group menu (app) → "Edit group" → "Delete this group". A group always needs one admin, so the last admin can delete the group but can't leave it.
• Group admins and moderators can make members moderators, remove them or ban them from the group; feed and group posts can be reported like anything else.

What are Focus Partners, and how do I become someone's acquaintance?

Focus Partners are the people you keep focusing alongside. A partnership starts when you pin someone and they pin you back, both with your cameras on — from then on, every minute you spend in a room together while you're both pinned with cameras on is counted for the pair, together with the number of distinct days (UTC) it happened on. Nothing else counts: chatting, pairing or being in the same room without the mutual pin doesn't add time.

As the shared time and days grow, the partnership moves through levels, each with a badge and a notification when you reach it. Both the hours and the days are needed for a level:

So after a single 30-minute session pinned with the same person, they become your Acquaintance — that's the "you're on your way to your first Focus Partner" message you see in the room.

Where to see them (web): click your profile picture (top-right) → "View profile" → the "Focus Partners" tab. It lists each partner with the total time, the days, the current level and progress to the next one. The table is private — only you can see your own Focus Partners, and nobody can see that they're on yours. You don't have to do anything to "add" a partner; the mutual pin does it.

Focus Partners are separate from pairing (linking two tiles side by side, see Focus rooms: everything you can do) and from following someone — you can be Focus Partners without either.

First steps: the milestones bar

New to rooms? The milestones bar at the top of the room walks you through the basics — join, pin someone, send an encouragement, turn your camera on, post a tile message, complete your profile, and study your first 30 minutes. Dismiss it any time with the X.

When you're done: session summary

"Finish session" ends your room session and shows your session summary — duration, pins, encouragements and waves received, and any badges you earned. You can switch between your last session and the whole day, and download a screenshot to share. More on your hours, rank and badges: Your stats, hours, rank and badges.