Staying connected with the people who matter most is easier when you can instantly distinguish their calls or messages — even without looking at your iPhone. That's where custom vibration patterns for alerts come in handy. They're perfect when you need a tactile way to identify who's calling or texting while your iPhone is on silent or in your pocket. Custom vibrations have been around for a long time — since iOS 5, to be exact. And while the software has changed, the original idea has stayed the same: to help you identify important contacts just by feeling. They can accompany or be used instead of ringtones and text tones, and they can be set to always play, only play in silent mode, or only play in ring mode. If you have any Focus profiles set to ignore specific contacts, you won't feel any vibrations for phone calls, FaceTime calls, texts, and iMessage notifications received by them. However, if you allow repeated calls from that person, the vibrations will play when the call...more
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