HOW TO Set up different Focus sessions

1 Create a Personal focus

Launch Settings and tap Focus. Tap Personal. Tap Next. Tap ‘+’ to choose who to allow notifications from, then Calls from to choose who can call you. Then choose an option, or No One. Tap Allow to confirm.

2 Choose apps to allow

Under Allowed Apps, tap ‘–‘ or Remove All to remove those suggested, or ‘+’ to allow different apps. Toggle to switch to choose whether to allow timesensitive notifications from all apps. Tap Allow to confirm then tap Done.

3 Set options for focus

Tap Focus Status to choose whether to share your status in Messages. Tap Lock Screen to dim the Lock Screen while you’re focusing or to show or hide silenced notifications. Tap Delete Focus if you no longer want it.

4 Custom Home Screen

Move the apps you want to use to a new Home Screen page. In Settings > Focus, tap the Focus you want to use the Home Screen with. Tap Home Screen. Toggle Custom Pages to on. Tap the page you created, then Done.

5 Automate your focus

In Settings > Focus, tap the focus to automate. Tap Add Schedule or Automation. Tap Time, Location or App to start it automatically based on those parameters, or tap Smart Activation to let iOS choose when to start it.

6 Create a Driving focus

Tap ‘+’ in Focus. Tap Driving then Next. Choose who to allow to contact you. Tap Turn Driving on Automatically to allow iOS to turn on the focus when you connect to your car’s Bluetooth, CarPlay or it thinks you are driving.

7 Create a Custom Focus

In Settings > Focus, tap ‘+’ then Custom. Type a name for your focus and choose an icon and colour to represent it. Tap Next. Choose who to allow to contact you, then Allow. Choose allowed apps, then tap Allow. Tap Done.

8 Control Centre

Swipe down from the top right of the screen to display the Control Centre. Tap Focus. Tap the Focus you want to activate. To specify how long it should be active for, tap the three dots (…) and choose an option from the list.

9 Sync across devices

To use the focuses you created across all your devices, you need to be signed in with the same Apple ID on all of them. Tap Settings > Focus, then toggle Share Across Devices to the On position. You can’t sync individual focuses.