How to change my Focus DND outgoing announcement's "name" on the iPhone

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johnjm1234 Author

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How to change my Focus DND outgoing announcement's "name" on the iPhone

I have found the Focus DND outgoing announcement's name is not consistent.

I use both iPhone-x(15.3.1) and iPad mini-6(15.3.1), and I do actively use Focus and happy with it.

The only problem I have is my name in the outgoing announcement.

On my iPad, it sends out: John has notifications silenced

On my iPhone, it sends out: This person has notifications silenced

And interestingly, on my wife's iPhone-x and iPad mini-6, both devices sends out identical outgoing message, with her name in it.

My question is: How/where do I change it so they are consistent? I can not find in Focus, or anywhere in Settings, where I can change the name in the text. The only place I can change is the Driving Focus on the iPhone, but I can not change it on the iPad. However that is a different issue.

Thanks/John

iPhone X

Posted on Feb 21, 2022 7:49 AM

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Sparks0829

Community Specialist

Feb 22, 2022 9:55 AM in response to johnjm1234

Hello there johnjm1234,

Thanks for joining us in Apple Support Communities! We understand you're asking how to change the name that appears for your Focus notifications in Messages.

We'd suggest making sure your contact info is updated and you have the correct name for your iPhone set up on the device. The links below will walk you through how to do so:

Add your contact info on iPhone

Change the name of your iPhone

Let us know if that helps!

Take care!

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