I switched from Android to iPhone multiple times and I swear I never saw much difference in the notification system between them. Always saw people complaining about it but never understood it. Grantly, I only use notification for whatsapp, calendar and banking apps, so that could be why.

Unfortunately notification tuning on iOS takes a lot more work than it does on Android. The biggest recommendation is to leverage focus modes. Create profiles for deep focus, work, home, sleep, and fitness.

Meh. I don’t know anything else.

My work emails and Teams are also on my phone and it works.

But I admit it could be better.

This is a crazy argument people make about iPhone. I get more done if I’m being bothered by notifications less. I don’t want my phone to run my life, it should only be there when I need it. The reminders app works perfectly. I can make lists. It reminds me of things I need to do as does the calendar app. I don’t need other bothersome notifications. Keep the Android crap on Android.

Thanks. Do you just periodically view your lists of things to do so you don't miss something?

I use the reminders app for lists and todos. I don’t need push notifications for lists and todos. My iPhone is my primary personal computer. I run my life with it. I have a Windows desktop that is 100% gaming only. I have a work issued laptop for work.

I much prefer them to some minuscule dimly light icon on an AOD.
But I wasn't a fan when they moved to the bottom of the screen from the middle. Now I have to take my phone out of my cupholder while driving to see what it is.

Overall, I want to interact less with my phone. When I've tried iOS in the past, I felt that I was having to do more with my phone, rather than get my phone to do things for me.

It's been a little while since I have done an iPhone trial, so I suspect things have improved. But there are a few things that I missed last time around.

Note: my lifestyle has been a parent and manager of boring household stuff, as well as a software engineer who has moved into the boring world of data. My kids are getting older, so I'm having to manage soccer practice, bball practice, etc for 3 kids while having a full-time job less now. This is one of the reasons I feel that I'm open to simplifying a bit more now.

• Android has a status bar along the top of the screen that has icons that tell you if you have notifications that you need to act on. I can work in whatever app I'm in and always be aware (without swiping) that I have something outstanding.

• Notifications have actions in the notification (reply, snooze, etc).

• Notifications stay until you have acted on it. There is no risk that something has disappeared because you looked at it.

• I need to get notifications from my work, but I don't want to be bothered by notifications from various systems that send out emails to everyone. I can decide how - or if - particular work emails notify me. These customizations can be made by sender and/or keyword. Some notifications never display, some display without sound, and some display and make a sound.

• The above type of customization means that any possible combination of variables that I can think of can be used to make my phone work for me, rather than me work for my phone. If I want to only receive notifications from people who text me about the "elephants" between the hours of 1:15pm and 2:45pm and I'm currently at work, I can make this happen.

• I value my sleep, but have needed my 3 kids to be able to reach me at all hours of the night if it's important. So, I don't get woken up when they message me unless they include a secret unmute word. This will allow the notification to make noise, so I will get it.

Overall, I just want to have control to make the phone work for me in a way that allows me to not have to try to remember the 500 things that need to happen. And I don't want to be forced to browse around my phone looking for app badges or anything else. I want to use my phone less and have it act like my personal assistant, so it can free me up to be more present.

(I'm sure I'm forgetting things from my last trial with iPhone. Plus, I'm sure it's changed since then.)

EDIT: Did I get downvoted for this? Fascinating.

Out of curiosity- what is it you would like iOS to do that it doesn't?

Not just you, I really love it

Not the above redditor but I use my phone similarly. The only apps with access to “time sensitive” (iOS wording) notifications are messaging, calendar and a few other apps I feel deserve immediate attention if something comes in.

Next are the “scheduled summary” notifications. I’ve set up summaries to happen every few hours throughout the day. These are apps I want to keep up with new info but don’t want flooding my phone with pings (the phone groups all the notifications into one bubble that can be expanded to see all contents)

Everything else I disable notifications on, drives me insane looking at some people’s phones with constant updates from 5 social platforms, messaging, email and ads from game apps.

There’s also the new Focus system, but I haven’t spent much time with it.

Can't speak for others, of course I use lists, calendars etc. But I look at them when I NEED and CHOOSE to! Similarly with messaging apps. Do I know how many messages/emails etc are waiting? Yes, of course, but all they do is change the counter- no summaries or extracts appear on the screen to interrupt whatever I am doing. I will choose a time when i will deal with/ignore them. NOTHING appears on the lock screen. What I use my phone/tablet for is my business alone.

The most precious resource I have is my attention. So I control how it is used.

Serious question - so, you only use the notification system for instant messaging apps? Do you use any productivity apps on your phone (todo lists like TickTick or Todoist or even calendar events)? Would you say that your phone is mostly a communication tool for you?

My bad. I am just going by my anecdotal experience. I work with people with iPhones, and they generally have different workflows for getting things done. Some use paper todo lists or have simple lists that they manage on regular intervals (check list in the morning and evening, for example).

Note: I'm still trying to convince myself that I could simplify my life and move to iOS. But I've had a personal assistant (Android) for so many years, that it would be challenging.

Anyway, don't mean to generalize. I should have meant to say that in my non-scientific observations, the people that I know seem to have a different relationship with their iPhone than I have with my Android - it is all down to notification systems.

This is the way. I only get notifications from three potential instant message apps and the phone. I found all other push notifications to be useless. All other apps are disabled for push notifications.

The secret of notifications is to ruthlessly minimise them!

Take charge of you own time and don't let systems and machines dictate it for you. This does not need a complex or sophisticated system/process surrounding notifications.

@ChowboyDan - your unfounded generalisation about iphone users is just that - unfounded. I suspect users of both iOS and Android are equally diverse. "Productivity" is often achieved by eliminating the superfluous - such as myriad notifications.

I really must be the only person who likes iOS notifications

Thank you!

Good luck! Seems like a decent phone, especially if camera quality is your priority.

I've been looking at moving to iOS, but need a functional notification system as well. I get the impression that most iPhone users use their phones for gaming and play, rather than productivity. Otherwise, there is no way they would tolerate this, right?

Yeah… I’m gonna get a new phone at the end of the month. Looking at the Pixel 7 pro.

That’s the reason. Battery is on the way out.

The moment it dips to 79, get that sucker replaced by Apple. That’s the source of your issues.

Alternately, switch up to an SE 2020 or 2022, same form factor as the 8 but newer internals. Assuming you prefer the 8 form factor over the 13/13 mini/14 Pro/Max/Plus/etc!

Battery replacement will be cheaper, but either SE will last you a lot longer.

80%… I’ve changed tons of settings so it can last all day

Battery issue. What’s the health at?

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