How to use the urgent notification feature on iPhone

The urgent notification feature on iPhone will help you not to miss any important notifications, when the notification continuously displays for 1 hour. Apps that have urgent notifications enabled will always show notifications even if you have Focused mode enabled on your iPhone. With urgent notifications on iPhone, you won't be bothered by unimportant notifications, but you won't miss out on other essentials either. The following article will guide you to use the urgent notification feature on iPhone.

How to use urgent notifications on iPhone for specific apps

Step 1:

At the interface in the Settings application , users click on Notifications to adjust notifications for applications on iPhone. Now display a list of installed applications on iPhone for you to choose to turn on urgent notifications.

Note, not all applications have an urgent notification option, so you need to pay attention.

Step 2:

In the application notification interface, you must first enable notifications for that application. You will then see the Urgent Notifications setting to enable . We just need to turn on urgent notifications for this application.

How to enable urgent notifications on iPhone in Focus mode

Step 1:

You also need to access Focus mode on your iPhone first . Now you choose the focus mode to adjust.

Step 2:

In this focus mode customization interface, you click on the Application section to adjust. You then need to enable notifications for this focus mode.

Step 3:

Next, below the user clicks the Add button to add an application to receive notifications. Then display a list of apps installed on your phone for you to choose from. Tap the app you want to add to this focus mode.

After selecting the application, press the Done button in the upper right corner to save it.

Step 4:

Apps that add to this focus mode will have urgent notifications enabled. Then only these apps have urgent notifications when you use Focused mode on iPhone.

Lesley Montoya

Update 24 July 2023