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Other How many of you use mute switch all the time vs seldom or never?
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Yeah I wasn’t sure how to answer the poll either. It’s combining two different questions—1) how much of the time is your phone on mute, vs. 2) how often do you use the mute switch—into one poll, which makes it hard to answer if the answers to each question are different. One can have their phone on mute all the time and never touch the switch, and vice versa one can use the switch many times per day but be muted for only a small total portion of the time. Not sure if it’s too late the change the poll question/choices, but it should really ask only one of those questions in order to get meaningful results.
For me, my phone is on mute maybe half the time in total, but I use the switch a few times per day. I voted for ‘I use mute seldomly/occasionally’.
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Always muted. So basically useless hardware.
A lot of people around here seem to mute at work and unmute at home.
So it seems it would be better to not have it on a static switch. That way people could automate it by location.
Or/and bind it to a focus mode.
I have a focus mode for work, because i only want the important apps to notify me at work. and it is automatically activated on location and that works perfectly. As soon as i leave work, it gets disabled.
A lot of people around here seem to mute at work and unmute at home.
So it seems it would be better to not have it on a static switch. That way people could automate it by location.
Or/and bind it to a focus mode.
I have a focus mode for work, because i only want the important apps to notify me at work. and it is automatically activated on location and that works perfectly. As soon as i leave work, it gets disabled.
I think the focus mode thing is a great idea. But some regiggering of the system will need to happen.
I've completely been frustrated by Focus Modes because of Apple's intent to sync everything. Just because I set my laptop or iPad to DND shouldn't affect my phone, and vice versa.
Mine is seldon turned on i'd rather not hear any notifications and whatnot. My watch volume is also turned all the way down.
You should be able to turn the sync of Focus Modes off. I had the same reaction as you initially, but changed my mind now. The sync between all my devices helps me keep everything silent or audible at the same time.
I use it once I am getting a new iPhone: to set it to mute and leave it there forever.
I hate it when my phone is making noises! Vibration and an AppleWatch are more than enough to catch my attention, no need of fancy-ringi-dingi-tones 😜
I hate it when my phone is making noises! Vibration and an AppleWatch are more than enough to catch my attention, no need of fancy-ringi-dingi-tones 😜
Maybe it’s because I use my devices for different purposes, but I absolutely love do not disturb engaged on my Mac during a meeting, but I’m happy to receive message notifications on my watch and phone during that meeting.
Always at work but with the flash on to let me know of incoming calls, messages or notifications.
I have it set so that my iPhone vibrates when sounds are off, but sometimes I would just like it to be completely silent in those situations where I can simply see the screen light up (I mean without having to dig deeper into settings). Perhaps a three-position switch?💡😃
The poll is ambiguous.
Does using “mute all the time” mean using the button frequently or just that the phone is always muted and the switch is never changed?
In either case, the new phones will still allow switching but there will be multiple ways to do that with an action button, control center, or do not disturb automation.
Does using “mute all the time” mean using the button frequently or just that the phone is always muted and the switch is never changed?
In either case, the new phones will still allow switching but there will be multiple ways to do that with an action button, control center, or do not disturb automation.
I took it to mean use the button often.
We have all that now: physical button, Focus/DND option, control center.
