Set up a Focus on Apple Vision Pro

Focus settings on Apple Vision Pro, showing options to set up a focus, share across your devices and share Focus status.

Focus is a feature that helps you concentrate on a task by minimising distractions. When you want to concentrate on a specific activity, you can customise one of the provided Focus options — for example, Work, Personal or Sleep — or create a Custom Focus. Focus can temporarily silence all notifications — or allow only specific notifications (ones that apply to your task, for example) — and let other people and apps know you’re busy.

Tip: To quickly silence all notifications, open Control Centre, tap , then tap to turn on Do Not Disturb.

Set up a Focus or create a custom Focus

Go to Settings > Focus, then tap a Focus — for example, Personal, Sleep or Work.
You can also tap , then tap Custom. Choose a name for your focus and an icon to represent it.
Specify which apps and people can send you notifications during your Focus.
You can also schedule the Focus to turn on when you’re at a certain location, at a certain time of day and so on.

Keep your Focus settings up to date across all your Apple devices

You can use the same Focus settings on all your Apple devices where you’re signed in with the same Apple ID.

Go to Settings > Focus.
Turn on Share Across Devices.

Allow or silence notifications from specific apps or people during a Focus

When you set up a Focus, you can select people and apps you want to receive notifications from. For example, set up a Work Focus and allow only notifications from your co-workers and the apps you use for work.

Go to Settings > Focus, then tap a Focus — for example, Do Not Disturb, Personal, Sleep or Work.
Tap Allowed People or Allowed Apps, then select the options you want, such as the following:
- Allow apps to send time-sensitive notifications: Turn on Time Sensitive Notifications.
- Don’t silence repeated calls: Turn on Allow repeated calls.
- Create a list of allowed or silenced people or apps: Tap Allow Some People (or Allow Some Apps) or Silence Some People (or Silence Some Apps), then add people or apps to the list.

Share your Focus status

When you turn on a Focus, it limits the notifications you receive from people and apps. When someone outside your allowed notifications tries to contact you, your Focus status appears in Messages, so they know you’re busy. Focus status is shared in apps if you give an app permission to see your Focus status.

Go to Settings > Focus > Focus Status.
Turn on Share Focus Status, then select the options you want.

Delete a Focus

When you no longer need a Focus you set up, you can delete it.

Go to Settings > Focus.
Tap the Focus, then tap Delete Focus.
If you delete a provided Focus, you need to set it up again by going to Settings > Focus, then tapping .

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Apple Vision Pro User Guide