Confused about the new Focus app

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Confused about the new Focus app

There is one thing that is not clear to me. When setting up a focus profile, you can configure what will get through to notifications in two ways :Allow People and Allowed apps. But how these interact is not clear to me! Let us say I want to be notified if I get an SMS from "Joe Bloggs". This will come via the "Messages" app. Do I have to BOTH add him to "Allowed People" AND also add Messages to "Allowed apps"? Or do EITHER one of these is all that is needed for his messages to be notified?

This is not clear to me.

iPhone 11

Posted on Dec 8, 2021 10:18 PM

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Jack-19

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Dec 8, 2021 10:20 PM in response to elliotau

Welcome to Apple Support Communities.

Please see: Use Focus on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support.

Jack

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elliotau Author

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Dec 12, 2021 2:09 PM in response to elliotau

I am surprised not to have received an answer to this question. Perhaps I should rephrase it!

If I want to set up a focus profile to allow notifications from a few of my contacts, but not from everyone, do I have to BOTH add these contacts to Allowed People AND ALSO add the Messages app to Allowed Apps?

i.e. is the relationship between these two lists AND or OR?

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elliotau Author

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Dec 9, 2021 12:36 AM in response to Jack-19

Thanks for replying. But had already seen this page! But it doesn't my question. That is why I posted it!

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