Sleep focus is waking me up

When in sleep focus I am getting notifications to stand, or alerts from Life 360, etc. This started happening near end of July 2023. I have also tried activating movie focus, etc. to stop my watch from awakening me but no luck yet. This worked fine for years.

Posted on Aug 3, 2023 8:13 AM

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