If you have an iPhone or iPad with iOS 15 or later versions, I’m sure you may have seen or heard about Share Focus Status at least once. This is one of the most useful features of iOS users and today, I’m going to discuss this excellent feature in detail.
What is Share Focus Status?
Share Focus Status is a feature available on devices with iOS 15 or later which lets your contact know that you don’t want to get disturbed by their interactions and you have silenced your notifications.
Let’s talk a bit more on this topic and see how you can utilize this feature to increase your productivity by minimizing distractions.
Let’s get started.
1. How to turn on the Share Focus Status on your iPhone or iPad?
Here’s how you can enable the focus mode on your iPhone or iPad:
- Launch the “Settings” on your iOS device.
- Tap on “Focus”.
- Select “Do Not Disturb”.
- Click on “Focus Status”.
- Finally, turn on the “Share Focus Status” and you are done.
And now, you have successfully enabled the Share Focus Status on your iOS device.
Note: If you have an older iPhone or iPad which has older firmware before iOS 15, you’ll not get this feature unfortunately and there is nothing you do about it.
After enabling this feature, users will get to know that you will not respond to their messages as you might be busy with your work and probably, they won’t get offended for not replying to them as they’ll understand your situation with this feature.
Whether you want to have a peaceful time with your loved ones or want to focus on your productivity, this feature is really useful for almost every iOS user.
By default, Apple has provided 4 focus modes and they are,
- Do Not Disturb.
- Personal.
- Sleep.
- Work.
Depending on your situation, you can opt for any of these modes as per your requirement and you can change it anytime you want.
In case, you want to turn off this feature after you are done with your work or some other stuff, simply follow the same steps as above and at least, disable “Share Focus Status” and that is it.
2. Customizing the Focus Mode:
If your preferred focus mode isn’t available by default, you can create your mode and customize it. Here is how you can do that:
Step 1: Launch the “Settings” on your device and select “Focus”.
Step 2: Open the drop-down menu on that page and click on “Custom”.
Step 3: Now, Enter the name of your preferred focus mode, select any color, and choose an icon that represents your focus mode.
Complete the setup and you are done.
The default focus mode might not be suitable for everyone and that’s the reason Apple has provided a feature that lets you customize it as per your requirement.
Apart from these customizations, you can also customize which specific contact you want to enable the “Share Focus Mode” and don’t want their notifications.
Here’s how you can do that:
- Launch the “Message app” on your device.
- Open the “Chat” of your preferred contact which you want to enable the “Share Focus Status”.
- Click on the profile.
- And finally, enable the “Share Focus Status” option from the bottom.
And that is it.
From now on, you’ll not be disturbed by this specific contact from their notifications unless you make the changes. Pretty cool, isn’t it?
How To Fix Share Focus Status Greyed Out On iPhone Or iPad?
Some users have reported that they are not able to turn on Share Focus Status because the feature has got greyed. If you are facing the same error, here’s how you can fix it.
Method 1: Restart Share Across Devices
Here’s how to restart the Share Across Devices feature on your iPhone or iPad.
Step 1: Open “Settings” on your iOS device.
Step 2: Go to “Focus”.
Step 3: Turn off the “Share Across Devices” option, wait a couple of seconds, and then turn it on again.
Due to some technical errors, Share Focus Status might not be running properly on your phone and it is one of the best ways to fix the issue.
Method 2: Restart Shared with Messages
To restart Shared with Messages, just follow these steps.
Step 1: Launch the “Settings” app on your iOS device.
Step 2: Scroll down a bit and tap on “Privacy”.
Step 3: Click on the “Focus” option.
Step 4: Now disable the Messages option and turn it back on after a couple of seconds.
A lot of people have followed this method when their Share Focus Status option got greyed out on their iOS devices and they can fix this error with this simple method.
Bonus Tip: If you are still not able to fix the issue, simply restart your device and you’ll be able to use this feature as usual.
Frequently Asked Questions:
No, iPhone’s Share Focus Status doesn’t block calls however, it silences the notifications of any call you may get after enabling this feature. You can also specify any contact who you want to enable the Share Focus Status and whom you don’t want. It’ll make things easier for you to manage the notifications.
If you can’t Share Focus Status with someone, you may not have enabled it from the settings. By default, Share Focus Status is turned off and whoever wants to use this feature can advantage of this feature by enabling it from the settings. Just go through the above steps I talked about earlier in the post and you can understand the process.
Conclusion:
Nobody likes to get interrupted when they are busy with their important work or some personal stuff and that’s why Apple has brought you the Share Focus Status feature.
It lets you manage the notifications and the contact who wanted to get in touch with you would know that you may have silenced your notifications. You can use this useful feature If you have a device with iOS 15 or later by enabling it from the settings.
I hope you may have learned about Share Focus Status with this post If you have any other queries related to this topic, drop your comments below and I’ll get back to you ASAP. Thanks.
Since 2014 I have been writing about tech and helping others to fix tech issues related to Android, Windows, iOS, Chromebook, and more.
I love to help others to fix any technical issues they might be facing.
