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My single feature that keeps me on Android is notifications. I want an unobtrusive visual only (I never want my phone to vibrate or make a noise unless my wife or kid is calling) indication that there's something needing my attention. On Android a tiny icon appears in the status bar. On iOS it's an obnoxious pop up banner or nothing at all.

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Has Google copied the "Focus" feature that allows you to have different notification settings for different activities?

For instance, when I set my focus to "at work" I may decide to mute all notifications for social media apps and send calls that aren't from my family straight to voice mail. When I'm at home or at the gym, I may want my notification settings to be completely different.

Without that feature the Android notification system is much less flexible.

yes....Android notifications are much better imo. I can respond to texts/whatsapp messages just by swiping down, don't even have to open the app.

> I can respond to texts/whatsapp messages just by swiping down, don't even have to open the app.

That's been true for iOS for years now, although I can't guarantee that all messaging apps support that mode of operation.

didn't know that about iOS. On android the standard messaging app, plus other apps like whatsapp allow this. It's extremely convenient.

What about privacy for notifications when the screen is locked? For example, on android, when my phone is locked, notifications pop up, but you can't see who is calling/texting. Is that the case with iOS?

my iphone is permanently in one of the focus modes and it works surprisingly well. it's work/sleep unless I expect a message or a call late night (sleep mode automatically declines calls.) there are some high priority notifications that go through in work mode, but honestly never bothered with figuring out how to make an app high or low priority or how to configure my own focus mode. it's enough for me that messages from my family pop up a high priority notification and most everything else doesn't.

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