Isn't it easier to kick to the back anyone with a mobile phone with a sound?
replyIf this was a user controlled option, I would enable this. Not that my phone wouldn't receive sms at all, but just go into do not disturb mode.
replyI don't see why Android or iOS couldn't enable location based DnD at certain locations. Of course make it optional, but they already have your location and know that the place you are at is an Opera house, theater, etc...
replyThere are plenty of apps in which you can setup an action on geolocation
replyiOS focus does let you have location-based activations ("when I arrive at work", etc.)
replyNo thanks. "I tried to reach you yesterday". "Oh sorry, I happened to walk by an opera house." PLEASE, less, not more automatisms. Everything has a tendency to produce false positives.
reply> "Oh sorry, I happened to walk by an opera house."
replyIt would be unfortunate for them to phone you precisely in the small period where DND was turned on as you walked past the opera house (even a large one would be, what, under two minutes of walking?) and not try you again.
(Because if you have instant location-based DND, yes, it might turn on as you walk by an opera house but equally it would turn off when you were past the opera house. Normally, though, I'd expect location-based DND to only kick in after a certain period of time in the same location - say 10 minutes.)
So like sitting at a coffee shop next to the theatre. Or chatting with a person on the street.
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