My Favourite Focus Modes for iOS 15
And why it’s my favourite iOS 15 feature
A quick scan of the updates included in iOS 15 is rather uninspiring.
There are upgrades to FaceTime that include the ability to share content, listen to participants in spatial audio, and enjoy some spookily Zoom-like features. There’s also the usual updates to iMessage (which I’ll barely experience due to the UK’s obsession with WhatsApp).
Oh, and they’ve done some stuff to Maps. Again.
But buried within that list of iOS 15 headline features is something called ‘Focus’. And it’s probably my favourite new feature.
What is Focus in iOS 15?
“Focus helps you stay in the moment when you need to concentrate or step away,” explains Apple.
In non-copywriter speak, that simply means that you can create a bunch of one-tap modes for your iPhone that change how it deals with notifications. These modes can also change the Lock Screen’s appearance and even force your phone to display a particular…
