Dear Smokuteurs,

Five years ago, the idea of creating an app to reduce tobacco consumption was germinating in my mind during a coffee - cigarette break. I immediately thought of a widget to go along with it because adding cigarettes had to be as simple as possible!

Having never set foot... nor fingers in Android code, developing an app was a big challenge for me, and I made myself a promise not to publish Smokut until the widget was working perfectly.

Back then, we were in the middle of the Covid era, and humanity had yet to embrace artificial intelligence! And while nowadays I can find an answer to any question in five seconds on ChatGPT, back then, I had to spend hundreds of hours combing through the scarce documentation on Android widgets. Even though I quickly released the first version of the widget, it took me two years to make it stable, especially after solving an infernal bug that haunted my days and tormented my nights! 😆

After a very timid start and a rather mixed adoption, it has become, since early February, the main way to log cigarettes on Smokut! More than 35,000 cigarettes have been added from your home screens!

So, this is the perfect occasion to give it a fresh look: long live Widget 2.0! Your monthly consumption trend has been added, allowing you to quickly visualize your progress from your home screen.

The update is available now on the Play Store: update now.

Take care,
Jacques,
Creator of Smokut.

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