Focus your work and your personal time

Do Not Disturb is an excellent feature and for most of us it has become invisible. You barely notice it, and yet it performs a very important task, which is to give you some time away from incoming communications. More importantly, it helps you sleep. The new Focus feature takes the idea much further.

1Not quite hidden

Go to Settings > Focus and you will see a new screen, which includes the Do Not Disturb feature. The sections called Personal, Sleep and Work are important here.

4On the watch

Once you have set up your profiles for Personal, Work, etc, they will immediately be available on your Apple Watch. Tap the moon icon in the control centre.

2Be personal

Tap the ‘Personal’ option and then choose which apps are allowed to notify you when the profile is active. Tap ‘Add’ to include apps that are not listed.

5A simple indicator

When one of your profiles is active, you will see a small indicator at the top of the screen. These are colour coded as well for quicker recognition.

3 Choose your people

You also need to select the people who can notify you while the Personal profile is active. Try to keep the list as short as possible to limit interruptions.

6 Automate your focus

You can use the Shortcuts app to automate when each profile becomes active. Every possible situation has been covered to make Focus work with your lifestyle and needs.