This is the premise of Focus Friend, a productivity app created by Honey B Games and Hank Green, the longtime online creator/entrepreneur/educator/ sock salesman.

Focus Friend is a new focus timer app released by YouTuber Hank Green that helps you focus using a cute cartoon bean companion.

Hank Green's "Focus Friend" asks users to put down their phone for 15 minutes so their bean friend has time to knit. I decided to give it a try.

Hank Green's "Focus Friend" asks users to put down their phone for 15 minutes so their bean friend has time to knit. I decided to give it a try.

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