iOS 16.2 Focus Status Issue

Salutations jojoyahn, 

When you set a Focus, the icon appears in the status bar and on your Lock Screen, and your status is automatically displayed in the Messages app. When people try to send you a message, they'll see that you've silenced notifications, but they can still notify you if it's urgent.

Use Focus on your iPhone or iPad

However, you can enable or disable that functionality for your entire Focus, as well as add a Focus filter to choose which message conversations you want to see during a Focus. Set up a Focus on iPhone 

Set up a Focus

1. Go to Settings > Focus, then tap a Focus—for example, Do Not Disturb, Personal, Sleep, or Work.

For the Focus you select, you can set up the options described in the steps below, but you don’t have to set up all of them.

2. Specify which apps and people can send you notifications during your Focus. See Allow or silence notifications for a Focus on iPhone.

After you specify which people and apps to allow notifications from, an Options link appears.

3. Tap Options, then do any of the following: 

• Show silenced notifications on the Lock Screen or send them to Notification Center: Turn Show On Lock Screen on or off.

• Darken the Lock Screen during this Focus: Turn on Dim Lock Screen.

• Hide notification badges on Home Screen apps: Turn on Hide Notification Badges.

4. When you’re finished selecting options, tap left arrow at the top of the screen.

5. To change the Lock Screen to use with this Focus, tap the Lock Screen preview below Customize Screens, select a Lock Screen, then tap Done at the top of the screen.

6. To choose a Home Screen page to use with this Focus, tap the Home Screen preview below Customize Screens, select a page, then tap Done.

The Home Screen options that appear include the apps and widgets most relevant to the Focus you’re setting up.

To make changes to the Home Screen to customize it further for your Focus, see Move apps and widgets on the Home Screen.

7. To share your Focus across your Apple devices, tap left arrow, then turn on Share Across Devices (you must be signed in with the same Apple ID on all your devices).

After setting up your Focus, you can return to Settings > Focus at any time and change any of the options you chose above.

Add Focus filters

When you set up a Focus, you can add app filters that determine what information apps will show during the Focus. For example, you can choose which mail account or which calendar to use during the Focus.

1. Go to Settings > Focus, then tap the Focus you want to add filters to.

2. Scroll down to Focus filters, then tap Add Filter.

3. Tap an app, then select the information from that app you want to use during the Focus:

• Calendar: Choose which calendars you want to show during the Focus.

• Mail: Choose which mail accounts you want to use during the Focus.

• Messages: Choose which message conversations you want to see during the Focus—for example, only conversations from people you’ve allowed notifications from during this Focus.

• Safari: Choose which Tab Group you want to use during the Focus.

4. Tap Add to add the filter to the Focus.

Thanks.