Silence Notifications From Specific Apps When in Driving Focus Mode??

[noanker]

I have eagerly awaited iOS 16 and the ability to silence apps in focus mode. One rather chatty app is WhatsApp, something I would have rather not used but due to the prevalence of its use by immediate and extended family, I'm either on it or out of the loop.

I looked at the how-to article posted here on MacRumors how to enable this but am unable to do it in Driving Focus.

Was this functionality not enabled in Driving Focus but in other, user-created Focuses instead?

Seems like poor implementation if it was left out of Driving Focus, where you really want to have total control over what does or doesn't alert you.

 

[NoBoMac]

Not a WhatsApp or Driving Focus user, but get the feeling that the Driving Focus is going back to a more all or nothing direction. They got rid of the "Allow Time Sensitive" notification option.

It looks like "only these people can call me and no-one/nothing else can ping me" type setup in 16.

 

[noanker]

Not a WhatsApp or Driving Focus user, but get the feeling that the Driving Focus is going back to a more all or nothing direction. They got rid of the "Allow Time Sensitive" notification option.

It looks like "only these people can call me and no-one/nothing else can ping me" type setup in 16.

Definitely would appear that way.

I wish Apple was more granular under their pre-configured Focuses to permit app silencing, especially under Driving. I had to create my own Driving Focus and incorporate an automation to make it work. Under manually created Focuses, you then have the option to silence apps.

It's a hack, but at least I will get some respite from the constant alerts on WhatsApp.