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                 A Quick Primer on Time Sensitive Notifications

   Josh Centers

   Over the years, our devices have gotten noisy'we're under a constant
   barrage of distracting notifications. That's why Apple has introduced
   two features intended to tame them: Focus in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and
   macOS 12 Monterey, which is a customizable Do Not Disturb, and
   Notification Summary in iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, which lets you bundle
   non-urgent notifications so you receive them only at set times
   throughout the day.

   Both features attempt to build a virtual wall between chatty apps and
   your easily distracted brain. But how do you make sure urgent
   notifications'like timely reminders and messages from loved ones'break
   through when you need them?

   Apple has introduced yet another new notification concept: Time
   Sensitive notifications. They are, as the name suggests, time-sensitive
   and thus can bypass the restrictions of Focus and the Notification
   Summary. How do you set notifications to be Time Sensitive, and how do
   you keep apps from abusing their privileges?

   When you first upgrade to iOS 15 or iPadOS 15, you may be prompted to
   allow certain apps as Time Sensitive, and you may be asked to allow
   Time Sensitive notifications when you install an app. You can also turn
   Time Sensitive Notifications on and off in Settings > Notifications >
   App Name, although only if the app in question offers them. Regardless
   of how you enable them, Time Sensitive notifications offer a prompt
   that lets you turn off the time sensitivity or opt to leave it on.

   In Monterey, you control Time Sensitive notifications in System
   Preferences > Notifications & Focus > Notifications. Select an app in
   the sidebar and enable or disable 'Allow time sensitive alerts.'
   We would hyphenate or capitalize 'time sensitive' in the highlighted
   checkbox label.

   We plan to delve more into Focus and Notification Summary soon. In the
   meantime, I cover all these new notification topics in [1]Take Control
   of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15.

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