In lists of ideas for long-distance couples, the study date often gets a single line: «work side by side on a video call». This page covers the rest: what time, for how long, what you say and when, and how to wrap up before the call takes the whole evening.
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An example with two 25-minute sessions, at 21:00 and 21:30. You pick the times; the pattern stays the same.
If the invite was taken, the session is already in both your calendars: you just join.
One sentence each. «Finishing chapter four», «Answering work emails». That's enough.
Camera on, mic off if you like. You see each other working; you don't talk.
One more sentence each: «done», «halfway», «nothing, rough night». Anything goes.
Stand up, get a drink. Five minutes, not half an hour.
Same pattern: a sentence, the quiet, a sentence.
The rest of the evening is yours. If you want to talk, call each other the way you always do.
«Later» always moves. A booked time doesn't: it's in both your calendars, and it isn't renegotiated every night.
A call with no end eats the evening. Here the session closes on its own, at 25 or 50 minutes.
Two minutes at the start and two at the end. In between, the quiet is the part you're there for.
In the Invite section you pick the day and time, then «+ Another day» for the other evenings: say Tuesday and Thursday at 21:00. One link holds up to five dates. You send it in your chat, and on the other side one tap on «Take them all» is enough.
Every session taken lands in both your calendars in the app, and whoever takes it can also add it to the calendar they normally use, with a file. All the steps, with a message ready to send, are on the page about how to study with a friend online.
Whoever invites picks the time in their own time zone; whoever gets the link sees the same sessions in theirs. There's nothing to convert by hand.
If you already study well on a long call, keep it: a study date doesn't have to replace anything. This plan is for the evenings when you want a set time and an end, instead of a call that stays open for hours.
If one of you can't make it one evening, cancel that session from the calendar: the others stay.
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Two people studying or working, each on their own thing, at the same time, connected on a video call. People call it a study date even when it isn't romantic: it works for a couple as much as for two friends.
The session has two minutes for talking at the start and two at the end. In between you work quietly, and the mic can stay off.
25 or 50 minutes. If you want more, book two times back to back, say 21:00 and 21:30.
No. WeFocusBuddy doesn't record audio or video: on our server, recording doesn't exist. And recording the call is prohibited by the Terms.
Yes, a free one, adults only: you sign in with your email and a code, no password, or with a quick sign-in.
Yes. Each of you sees the sessions in your own local time.