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Each app has its own notification switch, plus separate control over the Lock Screen, banners, notification centre, sounds and badges.

Settings > Notifications > App name > Allow Notifications

A Focus is a named set of rules deciding who and what can reach you, and it can change your Home Screen and Lock Screen at the same time.

Settings > Focus

Your iPhone uses its motion sensors to notice when you lift it and turns the screen on without you pressing anything.

Settings > Display & Brightness > Raise to Wake

Calls from numbers not in your contacts, recent outgoing calls or Siri suggestions are silenced and sent to voicemail.

Settings > Apps > Phone > Silence Unknown Callers

Screen Time reports how you use your iPhone and provides the limits, downtime and content restrictions used for parental controls.

Settings > Screen Time

Silent Mode stops the ringer and alert sounds, but it never silences alarms, media playback or critical alerts.

Settings > Sounds & Haptics

Sleep Focus silences notifications during your sleep schedule and simplifies the Lock Screen so a glance at night shows only the time.

Settings > Focus > Sleep

Badges are the red counters on app icons, and they can be turned off per app without losing notifications.

Settings > Notifications > App name > Badges

Driving Focus silences notifications while you are in a moving vehicle and can auto reply to anyone who messages you.

Settings > Focus > Driving

The Dynamic Island turns the camera cutout into a live status area that expands to show calls, timers, directions and Live Activities.

Settings > Notifications > App name > Live Activities

Messages from numbers not in your contacts are moved to a separate list and do not generate a notification.

Settings > Apps > Messages > Unknown & Spam

Colour Filters adjusts the display for colour vision differences, or tints the whole screen a single colour.

Settings > Accessibility > Display & Text Size > Color Filters

Notifications from apps you choose are held back and delivered together at times you set, instead of interrupting you all day.

Settings > Notifications > Scheduled Summary

When someone leaves a voicemail you see a live transcript as they speak, and you can pick up mid message if it matters.

Settings > Apps > Phone > Live Voicemail

An app can mark a notification as urgent, which lets it break through a Focus and skip the Scheduled Summary.

Settings > Notifications > App name > Time Sensitive Notifications

Calls to your iPhone can also ring on your iPad, Mac and other devices signed into the same Apple Account.

Settings > Apps > Phone > Calls on Other Devices

Your sleep schedule lives in the Health app and drives Sleep Focus, the wake up alarm and the wind down period before bed.

Health > Browse > Sleep

Your iPhone can play rain, ocean, stream or noise sounds continuously in the background to mask distractions or help you concentrate.

Settings > Accessibility > Audio & Visual > Background Sounds

When someone messages you, they can be shown that you have notifications silenced, with the option to notify you anyway.

Settings > Focus > Focus name > Focus Status

Video and FaceTime calls can shrink into a floating window when you leave the app, so playback continues while you do something else.

Settings > General > Picture in Picture

This decides whether your iPhone prompts you about nearby networks when no known network is available.

Settings > Wi-Fi > Ask to Join Networks

A Focus Filter changes what an app displays, such as showing only your work calendar or only one mail account while Work Focus is active.

Settings > Focus > Focus name > Focus Filters