How fixing notifications changed my relationship with my phone

Unread texts and emails piled up. He said turning off notifications that don’t come from humans—think text messages, not Yelp promoting takeout options nearby—helped him use devices more intentionally. The iPhone’s Scheduled Summary batches notifications from selected apps at a specific time. On Android, you can’t batch alerts, but you can set apps to deliver notifications “silently." The work chat app Slack offers many ways to customize alerts, including special notifications for group channels, which you can set to be pinged only if you’re directly “@" mentioned.