The ‘Share Focus Status’ mode on your iPhone works like a charm as it can notify the person who is trying to reach you while you are in the Focus Mode. So, if you can’t turn on the ‘Share Focus Status’ mode on your iPhone, the feature won’t let others know that you are in a Focus mode. Generally, you need to enable the ‘Share Across Device’ feature for this one to work.
Fix 1 – Turn on the iMessage on Mac
You have to turn on the iMessage option on your Mac or other Apple Device where you want to share your Focus Status. The Show Focus Status only works when your devices have the iMessage option enabled on all the participating machines. You can do this following this path –
Step 1 – Open the Messages app.
Step 2 – There, you have to go to the Settings tab.
Step 3 – There, you have to enable the “Enable Messages in iCloud” feature.
After this, you can enable the ‘Share Focus Status’ feature in your iPhone settings.
Fix 2 – Sync the iCloud Drive
This feature need the iCloud Drive to be enabled on all the iOS and Mac devices. So, you must enable the iCloud Drive from your iPhone settings to share the focus status information.
Step 1 – Open your iPhone and go to its Settings.
Step 2 – In that Settings page, tap on your Apple ID in there.
Step 3 – Inside the Apple ID settings page, scroll up and enable the “iCloud” settings.
Step 4 – There, you will see the ‘Apple using iCloud‘ settings. In there, find the the “iCloud Drive” option.
Step 5 –If you can’t find it there, you have to tap the “Show All” option, there.
Step 6 – In the main iCloud Drive settings, turn on the “Sync this iPhone” option.
Step 7 – Quit the Settings page, then.
Step 8 – Re-open the Settings tab and, this time, open the “Focus” option.
Step 9 – After opening the Focus Settings, you have to open the “Focus Status” option.
Step 10 – Finally, you can turn on the feature from there.
This way, once you have enabled the sharing of the Focus Status on your iPhone, it will start to work as intended.
Fix 3 – Enable the Share Across Devices feature
The ‘Share Focus Status’ feature only works when the ‘Share Across Device’ option is enabled.
Step 1 – To do that, you must go to your device Settings page.
Step 2 – Load up the “Focus” settings there.
Step 3 – In that focus page, scroll down and toggle the “Share Across Device” to On mode.
After enabling the Share Across Device feature, you can enable the ‘Share Focus Status’ mode on your iPhone again.
Hope these fixes have helped you sort out the Focus Status issue on your iphone.