How to Use Focus Assist (Do Not Disturb Mode) on Windows 10

Microsoft says, “Timeline can help you get back this wasted time”, spent on trying to locate documents or photos. Formerly known as the “Spring Creators Update”, the April Update will be available for manual download later today, complete with a new update system called “delivery optimisation”. So get updating whenever you get the chance.

If all else fails and you’re eager to get the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, you can opt into the Release Preview Ring of the Windows Insider Program to download it.

A new Focus Assist feature provides you with a detailed summary of your missed emails, notifications or updates. There’s also a couple of other options that are more direct. The new build will be releasing on 30th of April as a download file and it will roll out to all the machines on 8th of May.

Microsoft Edge now includes the ability to mute tabs and has an updated Hub view that shows more content and is easier to use.

If you don’t want to participate in the rollout, you can also delay the update by heading to the Settings – Update and Security, and click on Advanced Options. “Since its initial launch, we delivered two updates with features created to enable the creator in each of us”, Microsoft said in the introduction for the April 2018 Update.

Now You: Will you upgrade right away, or wait? Try turning it off and back on again.

Timeline: This feature lets Windows 10 PC owners search for an unfinished task or locate files.

The release is due to today Monday 30th March and promises a new feature that keeps users in a distraction-free zone. The update brings a new Timeline feature, improvements to Focus Assist and voice commands.

Timeline is the much awaited top-of-the-line feature in April 2018 Update that allows users to resume their past work and apps on their PC and across different devices. You can even set it up according to your app usage, so if you’re playing a game, for example, it won’t let anything disturb you.

You can also white-list specific apps that are so important that you always need to see their notifications. You can speed things up using the Windows update website, but for us it is still showing that the Fall update is available and not the April 2018 one.

Microsoft explains that the reason for Focus Assist to help users who can often themselves distracted thanks to a flood of notifications.

And finally, there’s the dictation feature which allows the user to dictate content to the computer. You can manually connect to free wireless hotspots with Network & Internet settings, from the taskbar or Control Panel, or by using Wi-Fi Settings (for mobile devices).