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I'd love for both Android and iOS to find a way to be smart about audible notifications. Low-hanging fruit seems to be to disable, or drastically reduce notifi
by mseebach 8y ago
I'd love for both Android and iOS to find a way to be smart about audible notifications.
Low-hanging fruit seems to be to disable, or drastically reduce notification volume when the device is held in a hand and the screen is on. I get nervous ticks when someone is texting in a public space with loud notifications.
Another feature that might make sense is somehow detecting when the owner of the phone is out of earshot. Phones left behind in an open plan office, getting notifications, ringing etc is very annoying.
- dpcan 8y agoLove the idea of a phone not making noise if its owner is a certain distance away! It also stops eavesdroppers and prying eyes who go over and press the home button to get a glance at who's texting the lonely phone sitting on the counter.
- kough 8y agoDon't you want your phone to make noise so that you can come back and get it because you have a phone call or message? This makes no sense to me.
- tinus_hn 8y agoIt’s antisocial to leave your phone about so it disturbs other people while you’re gone. It’s a mobile phone, take it with you if you need to receive calls or messages. If you don’t need to receive calls or messages and want to leave it somewhere, put it on silent.
- mattkrause 8y agoSurely it depends on where you leave it? Leaving it ringing for hours in a crowded office is obnoxious; leaving it on a side table in your house while you do some chores is totally normal.
- bschwindHN 8y agoAnd if you're at home by yourself?
- tinus_hn 8y agoThen it doesn’t disturb other people, does it?
- dpcan 8y agoJust referring to around the house or my shop really. I leave my phone just lying wherever, texts still come in. If it knew I wasn't nearby and I left it on the dining room table at home, at least it wouldn't buzz to disrupt the rest of my family.
- ljm 8y agoI'd love to see Handoff become more clever, and for Apple to choose a more gentle sound for calls and notifications, along with the vibrations. I had a colleague once who left his iPhone on full volume and he seemed to get a lot of messages. One 'DING/BRRRRR!' was okay but when you were trying to work and all you could hear was 'DING DING DING BRRRBRRBRRRBRBRBRRR DING DING DING DINGDING' in a tone that penetrates all walls and earbuds, it's too much. Meanwhile, the person who has suddenly become popular is listening to music in their insane-impedance headphones so they don't hear shit, they don't know how fucking annoying their phone is, and they don't put it on silent. Make phones silent by default. If you need the notifications to be audible it has to be a choice.
- brisance 8y agoYou’re asking Apple to cure obnoxiousness.
- mauriciob 8y agoMaybe. But there is room for improvement on the notifications, there is no reason why the phone needs to ring and vibrate on every notification. If it notified the user a few seconds ago, it should have a delay until the next ring/vibration.
- alsetmusic 8y ago> If it notified the user a few seconds ago, it should have a delay until the next ring/vibration. Multiple rapid notifications in a short window of time alert me to emergencies. Phones should be on vibrate in public, of course.
- radley 8y agoOr, honestly, just get an Apple Watch. Turn phone sounds off, wrist gets buzzed. It just works.
- letsgetphysITal 8y ago
- tinus_hn 8y agoBut then how will people know how much friends you have? Some people that have these obnoxious continuous gongs going off while they are messaging other people are just oblivious but many want to make sure others can’t miss how incredibly popular they are.
- scottmf 8y agoiPhone X does this if you’re looking at the screen
- hammock 8y agoYes and Android phones have been doing it for a while
- beenBoutIT 8y agoThat should be Apple's new motto.
- k_sze 8y agoAs far as the iPhone goes, it’s probably good enough if it can be configured to always send notifications to the associated Apple Watch and/or AirPods, and just plain shut up if those accessories are not around.
- letsgetphysITal 8y agoBy default the Apple Watch duplicates the settings on the iPhone (Whether to show notification content, DND settings etc) but it can be customised. You could set the phone to never show notifications and always be silent, and the Watch to show notifications and vibrate.