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How to use the new Focus Assist and Notifications settings in Windows ... right-hand corner of the Notifications area, there is an icon shaped like a bell with sleeping Zs. Clicking that button ...

It is interesting to note that Cortana is also integrated with Focus Assist. When you click on the Action Center icon, you will see something like this: Location awareness through Cortana is not ...

[Adrian] uses his Canon 40D quite often in dark or low-light situations, and found the onboard auto focus assist functionality ... He mounted it on top of his camera and tweaked the lens to ...

Alternatively, you can open up 'Quick Settings' by clicking the network / volume / power icon in the taskbar. Now right-click the Focus assist icon and select Go to Settings. Another option is to ...

A tentpole feature of Windows 11 has been its Focus Assist feature ... can help you to eliminate distractions further by hiding icons on the Taskbar and making some notifications a bigger priority ...

To open the Action Center, click the Action Center icon in the lower-right corner. A list of notifications will appear in the side panel. You can also control Focus Assist from here. Click the ...

To enable Focus Assist, you need to right-click on the Notification Center icon, scroll down to Focus Assist and you can select “Priority Only” or “Alarms Only” depending on your needs.