Apple thinks about your well-being, your efficiency and your focus. For this, it offers with iOS 15 the Concentration function. Its goal ? Make sure that your digital life no longer pollutes your IRL activities.
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Apple offers a “Do not disturb” mode, which is a real barrier to any digital or telephone pollution. However, while it is perfect for keeping a peaceful sleep, it lacks flexibility for the majority of our activities. So, whether you want to focus on a work record, enjoying some play time with your kids, taking a nap, playing the latest quiet video game, that doesn’t mean you want to totally isolate yourself. The Concentration function will allow you to filter with precision who can call you or the notifications which will have the right to interrupt you.
How to configure Concentration mode?
Configuring Concentration mode is very easy, you need to be aware of the people and apps that may or may not disturb you during an activity.
- To configure Concentration, you will have to go to the application Settings, then select the line Concentration.
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- You arrive on the page Concentration, which presents the different existing modes. Before creating or customizing one, click on the button Share between devices. Thus, all your iOS devices will be synchronized and when you activate a mode Concentration, it will be active on all.
- There are already several Concentration modes predefined by Apple. To understand all the possibilities, we suggest you create one from scratch. You can then use this information to customize existing ones.
- Click on the button + at the top right of the page.
- A list of activities proposed by Apple is displayed, select Custom.
- Name the mode and associate it with a color, then an icon.
- Now click on Following.
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- A page named Authorized persons for notifications. By clicking on the button + in the framework of Authorized persons, you can add one by one the contacts who will have the right to interrupt you. The framework Other people, allows you to go faster by authorizing batch contacts:
- Everybody,
- Anybody,
- Favorites,
- All Contacts
- Or Groups (which you will have predefined in Contacts).
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- Note that Anybody will only allow incoming calls from parties selected in the Authorized Persons.
- Click on To allow to validate or Do not allow any so that this Concentration mode is a real vocal Wall of China.
Now that you have settled the incoming calls part, comes the management of apps and notifications.
- The page Apps allowed for notifications appears and allows you to configure notifications.
- The first frame Authorized Apps allows you to select the apps that will be able to send you notifications, this can be Slack, WhatsApp or stock alerts if you are a trader.
- The framework Other apps allows you to activate Urgent mode. In this case, only notifications marked urgent will be displayed. You will then receive regular Notifications that iOS considers urgent. The OS then asks you if the app can continue to send them to you; if you refuse they will never be displayed during a Concentration mode.
- Finish, by clicking on Allow only urgent notifications if you want to go faster or Do not allow any.
Your Concentration mode is now set up and you have mastered the ins and outs. Now let’s move on to customizing the existing Focus modes.
How do I customize my iPhone’s Focus mode?
Let’s go back to the Concentration home page where your list of available Concentration modes is displayed.
- Click on the one you want to customize.
- A dedicated page is displayed with several elements.
- The first line carries the Concentration name, here Work, and allows you to activate it immediately.
- The block Authorized notifications allows you to select the people and notifications who have the right to interrupt you, as we have already seen above.
- The block Options is very important: click on Concentration Status if you want to share your status with your contacts. Thus, if someone sends you a message, they are informed that you are in Concentration mode. Rest assured, the name of the Concentration is not shared, a simple message ” “Your name” notifications are hidden ” is displayed to your correspondent. Currently, this concerns Messages and FaceTime.
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- Homepage allows you to Hide notification dots. Thus, no notification will be displayed on the screen. Customize Pages allows you to limit the number of home screen pages. So if you play with your kids, you won’t be tempted to check your emails. Attention, you must first have well organized its pages.
- Lock screen gives you the option to dim the display of the lock screen by activating Darken the locked screen. Show on locked screen whether or not to allow notification dots to be displayed.
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How to automate Concentration?
Concentration offers a formidable function, automation.
- Repeat the above steps to customize a Concentration.
- After selecting a Concentration mode, on the page that is displayed there is a frame Activate Automatically.
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- By selecting Smart activation, you have the option of letting your iPhone launch Concentration mode automatically.
- To define the conditions, return to the Concentration personalization page. Click on Add a program or automation. You can then define precise times for a Concentration to be activated. Another possibility: a Concentration can activate when you arrive in a place, for example when you come home, go to the park with the children or arrive in your gym. It will automatically turn off when you leave this location. Finally, automation can start depending on the apps launched. You read a book, watch a movie, play a video game… you can automatically activate a Concentration just by launching the app that you have identified.
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Concentration benefits your entire Apple ecosystem. Thus, from your iPad to your Apple Watch, each iOS device can be used to activate a Concentration and it will activate it on the other devices.
How to activate Concentration?
If you are not using the Automatic Concentration mode, simply go through the Control Center to activate them.
- Swipe from the right angle of the screen to the center of the screen to reveal the Control center.
- Then click on Concentration
- Select the Concentration mode you want.
- To choose the Concentration time, press the three little dots to the right of the Concentration you want to activate.
- You can then the time it will last: one hour, until the next morning or until you leave the place where you are.
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- On this window, by clicking on the button+ at the bottom, you can launch the creation of a new Concentration. Otherwise, tap anywhere on the screen to return to the Control Panel. Your Focus is now active.
You now fully master this tool offered by Apple. You just have to make it your own and personalize it so that it fits perfectly into your daily life.
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