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October 4, 2022

Improved Music Player

The music player now sits in a fixed spot on the Rize dashboard with volume controls, so you can listen anytime instead of only during sessions.

September 15, 2022

0.16.13 Release - Windows Opera Incognito Fix

Enhance your browser privacy with a fix ensuring Rize no longer tracks window titles when using Opera incognito mode on Windows.

August 9, 2022

0.16.9 Release - Windows Notification Buttons

Rize 0.16.9 adds notification-specific buttons to Windows notifications, creating parity with the buttons already available on macOS.

August 5, 2022

0.16.8 Release

Rize 0.16.8 ships bug fixes and improvements. Upcoming meeting notifications now link directly to the meeting's video conference.

August 4, 2022

Improved Calendar Integration for Timeboxing

Schedule Meetings, Breaks, and Focus Sessions automatically by adding specific keywords to your calendar events.

August 2, 2022

New Apps and Websites Dashboard Card

The new apps and websites dashboard card shows how your time is spent across daily, weekly, and monthly views, with recategorization built in.

August 1, 2022

0.16.6 Release - Refocus notification

Maintain your concentration and enhance productivity with the new refocus notification that alerts you when you are distracted from focus session activities.

August 1, 2022

Rize Free Tier

Experience Rize with the new free tier, allowing you to utilize the Session Timer for basic productivity tracking without cost.

July 18, 2022

0.15.8 Release

Rize 0.15.8 adds the ability to start and stop sessions directly from the menu tray, along with a number of bug fixes.

July 18, 2022

Improved Keyboard Shortcuts

New keyboard shortcuts for Rize. Press Cmd+K or Ctrl+K for the command palette and Cmd+S or Ctrl+S to start Focus, Break, and Meeting Sessions.

June 27, 2022

0.15.3 Release - Improved Live Updates

Rize 0.15.3 includes infrastructure changes that greatly improve the speed of live updates within the app, so data refreshes faster.

June 21, 2022

New Categorization UI + Keyword Categorization

Gain flexible control over your tracking by utilizing the new categorization UI to create rules based on specific URLs or keywords.

June 14, 2022

0.15.1 Release - SigmaOS Support

Rize 0.15.1 adds support for the SigmaOS browser, so Rize can automatically track the time you spend browsing in SigmaOS.

June 9, 2022

0.15.0 Release

Rize 0.15.0 adds a setting to disable auto-updates, plus SigmaOS browser support, bug fixes, and performance improvements.

June 3, 2022

New Side Navigation Menu in Desktop

Enhance your desktop navigation experience with the new side menu, providing streamlined access to key settings and features.

May 31, 2022

0.14.5 Release

Rize 0.14.5 lets you right-click the desktop widget to disable or temporarily hide it, and moves widget options into their own settings submenu.

May 26, 2022

0.14.3 Release - Rize Desktop Widget

The new Rize desktop widget sits on top of your windows and shows break time remaining, focus and meeting time, and time since your last break.

May 19, 2022

Custom Keyboard Shortcut and Hide Dock Icon

Rize 0.13.17 lets you customize the global keyboard shortcut that shows and hides Rize and hide the app from the macOS dock or Windows taskbar.

May 17, 2022

Drag and Drop on Your Timeline to Add and Remove Time

Create and manage your time entries on your timeline more easily than ever with Rize's new drag-and-drop functionality.

May 16, 2022

0.13.15 Release

Rize 0.13.15 fixes a bug where Gmail and other websites were categorized incorrectly due to a false positive URL match in the browser tab name.