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How to set up Focus Mode on Android 12/13

Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo
Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo

Android users, if your smartphone is on Android 12 or 13, you will have access to Focus Mode through the settings panel. It may look a little different from Google’s if you’re on a phone from another manufacturer, but the steps remain the same (unless you’re on Samsung).

Open the Settings panel on your smartphone running Android 12/13

Scroll down to Digital Wellbeing & Parental Controls (you can also search for it if your launcher supports the function)

Select Focus Mode

Tap to turn it on. Android will automatically populate a list of apps that it will mute for you below this option.

If you have a Samsung device, your options for scheduling Focus Mode are slightly different. Skip through the next few slides to see the options that work on Samsung’s One UI.