This is originally a story published on KSAT that will be distributed to other stations.
Are you someone who brings a phone with you to bed at night? Are your phone’s notifications and calls keeping you awake? Want to turn off your phone or leave it in another room, but afraid you’ll miss an important call or message from a family member or close friends?
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One way of fighting those constantly incoming notifications and phone calls from disrupting your sleep is with something that’s built into your smartphone: Do Not Disturb. The feature not only will silence calls when enabled, but it will silence notifications that come in. Do Not Disturb could also come in handy in trying to silence robocalls from bothering you at certain times, but more on this below.
The great thing about Do Not Disturb is you can use it to fit around your lifestyle, such as having it automatically turn on about an hour before going to bed at night (rather than exactly when going to sleep) and then about an hour after you’d normally get up (so you can focus on getting ready for the day). But this is just one example of how to use the feature.
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Here’s a look at how to customize Do Not Disturb on your device, whether it’s running iOS or Android. The way that it is set up and functions varies a bit for each operating system and its version.
Be sure to read the section further down about what to keep in mind when Do Not Disturb is turned on, such as the potential to miss an important call or message.
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