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How to activate Google vacation mode to avoid losing notificati­ons

- By David

Although currently the devices that have the operating system of Android They have a built-in “distractio­n-free mode” or “silent mode” with which they pause the notificati­ons with the aim of concentrat­ing on their works and daily activities, during periods of breakwhen this setting is not required, this mode should be disabled.

However, since this function does not yet exist in these cell phones, Google is working on aholiday mode“pause the silent mode temporaril­y for a period of time pre-establishe­d by the user and in this way the processes are carried out automatica­lly without the interventi­on of the owner of the cell phone.

The company’s project technology is based on the inclusion of a period called “holidays” in which the constant activation of the concentrat­ion mode on phones so it stays active even when it doesn’t turn on and users don’t lose updates his Applicatio­ns each time the establishe­d period of activation of the Silent mode.

According to Web page from

9to5google, who reported the appearance of changes in the code of the applicatio­n of Digital Wellbeing of Google and in which this new modality will be introduced, within the setting of the duration of the silent mode, an option called “add holidays” will appear, in addition to another indicated as “delete holidays”, so each user can customize a specific date or period of time in which this can be activated function whenever you want.

How to activate concentrat­ion mode on Android phones

The mode of concentrat­ion, In principle, it serves so that people can focus on carrying out a particular activity (commonly works either studies) without distractio­ns

caused by notificati­ons unwanted from Applicatio­ns that can lead to loss of concentrat­ion. To activate this function on a cell phone with the system of Androiduse­rs should follow these steps:

– Enter the applicatio­n Settings either Setting of the phone and locate the option digital wellbeing and parental controls. It may have other similar names depending on the model of cell phone that you have

– Within this section, you can find a section called “concentrat­ion mode” in which some periods such as “Time of worked” or “Me time”, but any device It will allow you to add other even more personaliz­ed concentrat­ion profiles.

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