Can you put Do Not Disturb on Facebook Messenger?

Every new OS for mobile or PC always brings some new features. Android 5.0 aka Android Lollipop was not an exception since several new features made their debut through Android L. For instance, the Do Not Disturb mode, which disables all the notifications from appearing and sounding so that you can concentrate on your other job for a longer time.

Previously, Android came with Silent mode that generally turns off all sound and notifications at once. But, Do Not Disturb is quite different from that. There are some other advanced features those were included in that very older Android version. But, this time, the same feature (Do Not Disturb) has got a revamp. Three new options have been included under Do Not Disturb. Those are as follows,

• Total silence – it does what it says. You cannot get anything. In simple words, it works just like the earlier Silent Mode.
• Alarms only – As the name says, it will help you to get only alarms.
• Priority only – This is one of the most useful features out there since it helps users to choose whether he/she wants to get notifications from a particular app or not.

Therefore, if you are quite time concerning person, who doesn’t want to waste his/her time on social network or doing anything else but, wants to get all important notifications, here you go. This post will let you show how to put an app on white list so that it can show all the notifications and block others.

This is however very easy with the help of Priority only feature that comes under Do not disturb. As mentioned before, this is one of the best features of Android Marshmallow. This mode will let you choose whether an app should sound for the notifications or not.

To allow an app, do follow these subsequent steps. At first, open Settings and go to Sound & notification. Then, scroll down and tap on Do not disturb.

Here you will get App notifications.

Now, on the next screen, all the installed apps will be listed. You can find all the apps those show notifications for any reason. Suppose, you want to block notifications from Facebook Messenger. For that, just tap on that respective icon to open the settings. Here, you will get an option called Treat as priority.

Just toggle the button to turn it ON.

That’s all! Now, you just have to put your phone on Priority only mode that is under Do not disturb.

In this example, we have used Facebook Messenger. But, you can get the same settings for all the other apps you have. Just select the app that want to get notifications for and put your phone on that particular mode. It will help you to skip all the other notifications.

The built-in Do not Disturb mode works pretty well on android mobile. However, if you want to get an app that does pretty much same thing, you should check out this list.

1] Game Mode

As the name suggests, this application lets you block all the notifications while gaming. Many people do not like to get any notification while playing games. From WhatsApp messages to regular SMS, you can block every notification with the help of Game Mode app for android. This app is available for android 4.3 or later version. It is a very basic app that has only one option. If you use that option, all the notifications would be blocked immediately. the drawback of this tool is you cannot whitelist an app. Many times we need to get notifications from one or two apps. If you need that feature, you might not like Game Mode app.

2] Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb is pretty decent since it allows you to block calls when it is on. It comes with a couple of options to set things according to your requirements. You can schedule the do not disturb feature, set particular date, whitelist apps, etc. The most important feature is you can create profile. If you need different filters at different situations, you can utilize the profile functionality to get that done. Do Not Disturb app is available for free. However, if you purchase the paid version, you can get location detection feature as well. This tool is compatible with android 4.4 or later version.

3] Night Keeper

Night Keeper is pretty old but it works perfectly and without any problem even on new android phones. This app is compatible with android 4.0 or later version. It has almost all the options you need to enable do not disturb functionality on your mobile. You can block notifications, calls, etc. with the help of Night Keeper app. The best thing is you can whitelist certain app and contacts so that they can show notifications or call you without any limitation. This is possible to schedule everything so that it gets turned on at a specific time.

If you want to block particular app from showing heads up notifications, check out this guide.