Re:Google Calendar to end SMS notification on June 27th
by alialkhatib on Saturday May 30, 2015 @05:14AM
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This is disheartening. I had Google Calendar's number whitelisted so I'd get notifications (ie event reminders) from Google Calendar (and important people) when I was in meetings and whatnot. Now that I can't simplistically use iOS's contact whitelist to trump Do Not Disturb, do I have to get more involved about which apps have permission to send me notifications? Do I even have that fine-grained control in iOS?
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Re:Google Calendar to end SMS notification on June 27th
by citruspi on Saturday May 30, 2015 @06:28PM
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> Do I even have that fine-grained control in iOS?
You do. Settings > Application Name > Notifications > (Dis)Allow Notifications
Re:Google Calendar to end SMS notification on June 27th
by alialkhatib on Sunday May 31, 2015 @02:46AM
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Ah, maybe I should have clarified. While I've taken some care to curate the notifications I get on my phone, there are nevertheless times that Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, etc... would just be a nuisance. When I'm meeting with someone, the buzz of my phone is distracting to me and strikes me as a little rude to the other person (we both know I'm thinking about that buzz, and I want to be completely present in that conversation), which is why I tend to enable Do Not Disturb mode when I'm supposed to be engaged. The problem is that some notifications are valid to let through - in particular, a reminder that I have an event in 15 minutes (particularly a one-on-one meeting) is absolutely worth letting through.
My question was whether there's a policy suitably fine-grained to let me whitelist an app (or a certain type of notification) so that it can get around Do Not Disturb mode and reach me without having to completely shut down notifications from other apps in the settings.