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.

Can a smiley cartoon bean help you stay focused? Hank Green, one of the earliest and most influential online creators, hopes so. Focus Friend allows users to set a timer to get a task done, similar to ...

I needed to focus and write this article. Hank Green had just the bean for me. YouTuber Hank Green surprise-dropped his app "Focus Friend," saying in a TikTok that it was "the best idea I ever had." ...