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Apple’s Focus filters are a great feature, but they have a glaring blind spot: group chats
Apple's Focus Filters, introduced in iOS 16, aim to enhance productivity by allowing users to limit notifications and messages from selected contacts. However, a significant limitation arises when a contact in a user's Work focus is part of a group chat, as the entire group chat still appears in the Messages app, forcing users to exclude certain contacts to maintain focus.
Key points
Focus Filters in Messages exclude conversations from non-selected contacts, impacting group chats.
Users must exclude contacts from their Work focus to avoid distractions from group chats.
