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Install the Chrome extension

The Chrome Web Store release is coming soon. There is no public Store installation link yet. You can use the free online timer now, without an account or installation.

The extension requires Chrome 120 or newer. If you already have a development copy, the first-install setup tab lets you pick durations and preview the alarm. Save and start when ready, or Skip to keep the current settings. Setup can be reopened from the popup’s Settings panel. Pin Get Up and Squat from Chrome’s Extensions menu to keep its icon beside the address bar.

Existing extension users: setup opens automatically only on a new installation, not each time Chrome starts or the extension updates.

Change focus and break times

The extension defaults to 45 minutes of work and two minutes of break time. Setup also offers 25/5 and custom durations. The online timer defaults to 25/5.

Open Settings, enter your durations and save. Focus can run from 0.5 to 240 minutes; breaks can run from 0.5 to 60 minutes. Changes apply to the next phase. A running or paused timer keeps its current remaining time. Reset starts a fresh focus session using your new settings.

Auto-repeat is off by default. When it is on, the next focus session starts after the break finishes. Pause holds your remaining time; Start or Resume continues it.

Control the alarm

The bundled recording contains strong language and loops while an unmuted break is running. Mute it, pause the timer or press Reset to stop it. Break completion stops it too.

The extension starts with sound on and volume at 100%. Its setup page has a deliberate five-second preview. The web timer starts with sound on at 75% volume. You can mute it at any time. Turning sound back on plays a five-second preview. On the web timer, volume changes take effect when you save Settings.

If there’s no sound, check the product’s sound control and volume, your browser or tab’s mute setting, your computer’s volume and its selected output device. A browser may block website audio until you interact with the page. If the timer shows a Play break sound button, select it to allow playback.

Closing the popup, sleeping and delayed alarms

Closing the extension popup leaves its timer running. At break time, the toolbar badge changes to BRK and the optional alarm plays. The popup opens only when you click the extension; it doesn’t cover other webpages or open a break window.

Chrome can deliver alarms late. Resuming the extension with less than 30 seconds left can leave the countdown at zero briefly before its background alarm arrives. Neither version can wake a sleeping computer. If an overdue focus timer is discovered later, a full break starts at that point. The product doesn’t invent a chain of completed sessions while it was inactive.

What the extension records

The progress icon in the popup opens today’s completed focus sessions, focus minutes and break timers, plus a seven-day view and a history list. These are completed countdowns, not verified attention, squats or physical activity.

Pausing a phase doesn’t complete it. Resetting an unfinished phase discards it. The original phase duration is used even if you change Settings while paused. There are no streaks, points or missed-day penalties.

Activity stays in this Chrome profile until you clear it or uninstall the extension. Clear history asks for confirmation and leaves your settings and active timer alone. Nothing syncs with the website or other devices. Read the privacy page for storage details.

How the online timer differs

The website needs its timer tab to stay open. Navigating away or closing it stops that page’s reminders. Background tabs can be throttled and sleeping devices delay updates. When you return to the tab, it checks elapsed time from the stored deadline.

In the same tab, session storage preserves your settings and timer across a refresh when the browser allows it. Closing a normal tab usually clears that session, but browser restore or tab duplication can bring it back. The website creates no activity history and never reads the extension’s storage.

If session storage is blocked, the timer still works while the page is open and displays a notice that a refresh will reset it. Your sound choice is saved in this tab and kept when you refresh or return to the timer.

Contact

For help with Get Up and Squat, email support@getupandsquat.com.

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