When I try to create a new Focus, I don’t have the option to create a new Home Screen. This option seems to only exist when I alter one of Apple’s pre-made Focuses (work, sleep, etc).
how can I create a new Home screen when I create a new Focus?
iPhone XR, iOS 16
Thanks, Chris_1. I tried that also but it didn’t help.
the issue is really about creating custom Focuses - when doing so, one cannot create a new Home Screen, but rather must use one of the already defined ones.
perhaps this is just a missing feature??
cheers,
tim
Thanks, Chris_1. I tried that also but it didn’t help.
the issue is really about creating custom Focuses - when doing so, one cannot create a new Home Screen, but rather must use one of the already defined ones.
perhaps this is just a missing feature??
cheers,
tim
Hello Nbotros,
Thanks for the reply, but I don’t think you quite understood my question. The point is, in some Focuses, there is no option to add a new home screen. I took a short screen cast where you can see the first two focuses. I want to edit, will not allow me to add a new home screen. However, the last one will. I don’t understand why the ability to create a new home screen is only available in some of the Focus options.
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Hello TimeBomb76,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We'd be happy to get your questions answered. To get started, please follow the steps here:
Connect Home Screen pages to Focus
After you set up Focus, you can silence notifications or allow only notifications from the people and apps that match your Focus. You can also customize a Home Screen page that has only apps related to your Focus and make that page the only one accessible during the time you have the Focus enabled.
1- Go to Settings > Focus.
2- Select the Focus that you want to customize, then choose the Home Screen.
3- Create a new Home Screen page, select an existing Home Screen page, or select multiple pages that you want to connect to this Focus.
4- Tap Done.
From here, you can also tap Options and turn on Hide Notification Badges, which hides notifications on your Home Screen apps.
Use Focus on your iPhone or iPad
We hope this information is useful. Kind regards.
TimeBomb76,
You can submit feedback to inform Apple of your experience using Focus on your iPhone if you'd like.
You can also provide suggestions on how you think the feature should work.
Thank you for posting in Apple Support Communities.
Cheers!
Hey there TimeBomb76,
Perhaps you will need to recreate the Focuses you are unable to customize the Home Screens for. If you have created new versions of your Focuses, and are still unable to locate the option to customize the Home Screens, you'll want to Contact Apple Support for assistance.
Have a good one!
Can’t add new home screen
