It is easy to Enable Do Not Disturb While Driving Mode on iPhone and prevent yourself from being distracted by Calls, Messages and other Notifications on your device, while driving.
Switch Enable Driving Mode on iPhone
As you must have experienced, getting a Call or incoming Message Alert on your iPhone while driving can be can be distracting and sometimes take your attention away from the road.
An easy way to avoid such distractions is to put your iPhone into Driving Mode, which totally prevents Calls, Text Message alerts and other Notifications from appearing on your device, while you are driving.
Based on your preference, you can setup iPhone to automatically switch to Driving Mode or Manually switch ON Driving Mode on your iPhone.
Apart from this, iPhone can be set to automatically switch to Driving Mode, whenever it gets connected to the Bluetooth or Apple’s CarPlay technology in your Car.
1. Automatically Enable Driving Mode on iPhone
iPhone can be set to automatically switch to Driving Mode, whenever it is able to detect that you are driving.
1. Go to Settings > Focus > select Driving Focus.
2. On the next screen, scroll down and tap on While Driving.
3. On the Driving screen, select the Automatically option.
Note: If the Driving Focus is not available, tap on the + Plus Icon and select Driving Focus on the next screen.
After this, iPhone will automatically go into Driving Mode, whenever it detects that you are driving.
The disadvantage of this method is that it puts your iPhone in Driving Mode, even if you are taking a Bus, Train or travelling as a passenger in a Car.
2. Enable Driving Mode When Connected to Car Bluetooth
If your Car is equipped with Bluetooth, you can setup iPhone to automatically switch to Driving Mode, as soon as it gets connected to the Bluetooth System of your Car.
1. Go to Settings > Focus > Driving > scroll down and tap on While Driving.
2. On the Driving screen, select When Connected to Car Bluetooth option.
While this method prevents your iPhone from going into Driving Mode while taking a Bus or Train, it can still put your iPhone in Driving Mode, while you are travelling as a passenger in a car.
3. Enable Driving Mode When Connected to CarPlay
If your Car is equipped with Apple’s CarPlay technology, you can setup your iPhone to automatically switch to Driving Mode, whenever it gets connected to CarPlay.
1. Go to Settings > Focus > Driving > scroll down and tap on While Driving.
2. On the Driving screen, move the toggle next to Activate With CarPlay to ON position.
4. Manually Enable Driving Mode on iPhone
If you are facing problems due to your iPhone automatically switching to Driving Mode, you can have total control on when your iPhone should switch to Driving Mode by selecting the Manual option.
1. Go to Settings > Focus > Driving > scroll down and tap on While Driving.
2. On the Driving screen, select the Manually option.
After this, iPhone will switch to Do Not Disturb While Driving, only when you manually Enable Driving Mode by going to the Control Center on your iPhone.
You can do this by Swiping up on the screen of your iPhone > tap on Focus > on the next screen, select Driving.
Change Driving Mode Auto-Reply Message
By default, the Auto-Reply message is set to “I’m driving with Focus turned on. I’ll see your message when I get where I’m going.”
However, you can change and personalize the Auto-reply message to suit your own requirements.
1. Go to Settings > Focus > Driving > scroll down and tap on Auto-Reply.
2. On the next screen, tap on the Default Message and type your own Auto Reply Message.
Note: By default, only Contacts marked as Favorites in iPhone Contacts App will be able to see your Auto-reply message, but you change this.