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Notify Anyway Is Not Working Even Though My Settings Are Set Correct

Notify Anyway is not working/showing up on other's phone when my phone is in Do Not Disturb mode. Share Focus Status is turned on, I turned it on and off multiple times, I restarted and updated my phone, literally done every single thing that it's saying to do online. Can anyone help me figure this out?

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If you choose to share your Focus Status with others—either with everyone or only with selected people—you can control which Focus profiles are allowed to share the information that your notifications are silenced.


The important point is that Focus Status is controlled separately for each Focus profile. Simply enabling Share Focus Status does not mean that every Focus mode you use will automatically share your status with others.


For example, suppose you have enabled Share Focus Status for your Work Focus, but it is disabled for Do Not Disturb (DND).

  • When Work Focus is active, your contacts may see that your notifications are silenced, because Work Focus is configured to share its Focus Status.
  • If you subsequently enable Do Not Disturb, and Share Focus Status is turned off for DND, your contacts will not be informed that your notifications are silenced because of DND.
  • In other words, the sharing permission is profile-specific, not a single global setting that automatically applies to every Focus mode.


Therefore, when configuring Focus Status, check the Share Focus Status setting inside each individual Focus profile—such as Personal, Work, Sleep, or Do Not Disturb. This determines whether that particular Focus profile can communicate to people you are messaging that your notifications are silenced.


In short: Sharing Focus Status is not simply an “all Focus modes” switch. Each Focus profile has its own sharing setting, and only the Focus profile for which sharing is enabled can communicate your silenced-notifications status to others.

jd54-51 wrote:
that it's saying to do online.

To improve my understanding of the phenomenon, it would be highly beneficial if you could share a full screenshot (Do not crop it). Visual representations carry a greater impact than written descriptions.


Please remember that this is a public forum, so when attaching a screenshot, please avoid including any personal credentials such as IP addresses, card details, email IDs, Apple IDs, IMEI numbers, serial numbers, phone numbers, order IDs, or any identifiable location information if you are sharing a map.



With the limited information that you have provided, It is hard to even guess the problems faced by you. 


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