If you are a health-conscious person, you would be glad to know that there is a way to automatically silence calls and alerts during Apple Watch workouts while you are in the midst of your focused workout. You are in the gym, doing a very rigorous workout, and want to concentrate on your workout by keeping all the distractions at bay.
However, your watch keeps buzzing with incoming calls or notifications. Wouldn’t you get disturbed? Most probably, you would. Thankfully, you will no longer have to bear with them.
Automatically Silence Calls and Alerts on Apple Watch in watchOS 10
So, how do you mute the never-ending notifications while you are working out? Well, this feature requires you to set up the Fitness Focus mode on your paired iPhone. Once you have perfectly set up and customized this mode, calls and alerts are automatically muted on the connected watch. Thus, you can concentrate on your workout without any disturbance.
Set Up Fitness Focus Mode to Automatically Silence Calls and Alerts on Apple Watch
- To begin with, open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- In the Settings menu, tap on Focus.
- Then, tap on the “+” button in the top-right corner.
- Next, tap on Fitness.
- After that, tap on Customise Focus.
- Next, tap on the People tab and then select the contacts you would like to receive notifications from. Likewise, tap on the Apps tab and then choose the apps you want to receive alerts from even when the Focus mode is enabled.
- There is also the option of changing your iPhone Lock Screen or Watch Face according to your preference. So, you can fine-tune both screens to your liking.
- When you scroll down, the option for Workout under Set a Schedule is available. Adjust the schedule to your heart’s liking.
That’s done! The above steps will activate the Fitness Focus and you will be able to work out with complete peace of mind.
Enable/Disable Fitness Focus on Apple Watch
As I said above, the fitness focus gets activated automatically on the connected Apple Watch when you enable it on the iPhone. However, you have the desired freedom to enable/disable this feature from your Apple Watch as well.
- On your Apple Watch, open the Settings app.
- Tap on Focus.
- Tap on Fitness.
- Now, turn on/off the toggle next to When Start Working Out depending on your needs.
Final Words…
Here we go! You can follow the steps above to activate your unbothered workout sessions. After a long day when you want to unwind after a workout or when you are determined to stay healthy but the watch won’t stop ringing, Auto-Silence is the answer.
Having used this feature for quite some time, I must say that it works as expected. Give it a try and let me know your feedback.