Can it replace the game mode? The focus mode updated in the official version of iOS 15 is surprisingly practical

Game mode is not some black technology. In essence, the purpose of game mode is to eliminate all interference, turning the phone into a pure gaming console, allowing players to achieve a fully immersive gaming experience.

As we all know, iOS has always had a regret: no game mode. As an old iOS user, I often encounter this situation when playing games: when the team battle is fierce, an APP notification suddenly appears at the top of the screen, and my attention is instantly dissipated, resulting in operational errors.

Since iOS does not have a game mode, there is only one solution to avoid interruptions: through system settings, set all apps except chat software to "not allow notifications". Of course, this setting will have a certain impact on daily use, because the app cannot work normally.

Many people haven’t noticed that iOS 15 has a new feature called “Focus Mode”. After a simple setup, I found that “Focus Mode” can replace the “Game Mode” on Android phones, and it is fully automatic.

After upgrading to iOS 15, find the entrance to "Focus Mode" in the system settings, and you will find that the system has three preset modes: personal, work, and sleep. Click the "plus sign" in the upper right corner to enter the game mode option.

iOS15 gives a brief explanation of "Game Mode": it allows notifications from some important contacts and apps to open automatically, and you can share your status to tell others that you are playing games and your phone is on silent.

The settings for focus mode are very detailed, for example, you can set certain contacts to allow calls, or not allow any calls at all. If you make two calls within three minutes, the system will assume that there is an emergency, and provide an option to unmute repeated calls.

After turning on the game mode, you can further set rules to solve the most troublesome APP notification problem. Enter the home screen options and turn on "Hide notification badge". From now on, notifications received while playing games will not be displayed on the home screen.

At the same time, the game mode supports automatic settings, which means you don’t have to turn it on manually. You can set it to automatically turn on by time or location, or let the system turn it on intelligently, or add it to the game list and it will automatically turn on after entering the game.

For example, in the Automation-APP, I set it to automatically turn on the game mode when I open Genshin Impact. At this time, as soon as I open Genshin Impact, the game mode will automatically turn on.

When I switch to the background, the game mode will be automatically turned off. In other words, the game mode can be switched at any time, seamlessly, and will not affect the daily use experience - although there are no fancy functions, as a game mode, it has achieved the most basic do not disturb.

Automatically block notifications, fully automate the switch, and switch seamlessly. This is the experience that iOS15 game mode gives me. In summary, just from the perspective of do not disturb, it is very close to the game mode on Android phones.

I think Apple's new focus mode is very practical, and this may be the most noticeable improvement of iOS 15. Have you upgraded to iOS 15?