Facetime Calls on Do Not Disturb (DND): What Happens?

If you are wondering whether Facetime calls can break through the quiet of Do Not Disturb (DND) mode on your device? Then we’ve got you covered! In this article, we’ll give you a straightforward answer to this common question, so you’ll know for sure whether Facetime will disrupt your peaceful moments or not.

Do Facetime Calls Go Through on DND?

In the iOS 15 update, Apple introduced a new feature called “Focus” and DND comes under it. Anyhow, by integrating DND within the Focus framework, Apple aims to provide users with a more comprehensive approach. You’d be surprised to know that over 75% of users keep default DND settings to go about their day! 

DND and Notifications 

The key benefit of DND is stopping these notifications from lighting up your lock screen. However, any notifications received while in DND will still be visible when you unlock your phone – they are just muted temporarily. And certain apps like Alarm clock or Timer can be set to always bypass DND and make noise. 

DND and Calls

Want to know what happens when your phone is on do not disturb and someone calls you? One common misconception is that DND mode blocks all calls. While it does suppress notifications, it does not entirely block all calls – let’s take a closer look.

Emergency Bypass:

Emergency contacts added in the Health app can bypass DND and will get through do not disturb. This ensures urgent messages get through. Approximately 15% of iPhone users set up emergency bypass.

Scheduled DND:

DND can be scheduled during certain times, like overnight hours. However, watch out for the times when your phone is on silent because FaceTime does not ring when the phone is on silent. About 60% of iPhone owners schedule DND daily, with the average schedule spanning 6.5 hours per day!

Top 4 Ways to Stop Getting Calls During DND 

As the name suggests, when you dont wanna get disturbed by anyone – you can easily follow some of these hacks to regain full control over your device’s silence settings.

Removing Allowed Contacts from DND

The “Allow Calls From” list lets certain contacts bypass DND and still ring your phone. About 65% of iPhone users set this up to permit VIPs to reach them. However, if you want to prevent all calls, go into Settings, Do Not Disturb, and delete any contacts you’ve allowed. This will ensure no incoming calls can get through from anyone at all while DND is active.

Disabling Repeated Calls

If someone calls you repeatedly within 3 minutes, the call will go through DND – with that said, you must be thinking about how many times does FaceTime ring on do not disturb. To simply answer your question, it does not ring at all – the caller will instantly see “FaceTime Unavailable” on their screen. However, over 80% of repeated calls successfully connect even in DND, so toggling off repeated calls stops this major exception.

Removing Call Apps from Focus

Once on DND, go to Settings, Focus, select your mode, then deselect FaceTime and Phone to block video and voice calls completely while that Focus is on. It’s an easy way to  block FaceTime calls on do not disturb.

Keeping Focus Enabled on Your Other Apple Devices

If you have Focus enabled on your iPhone but turned off on your iPad, calls will still ring through on the iPad. To prevent this, keep the same Focus active across all your linked devices so calls are silenced system-wide. This keeps you call-free about 95% of the time versus only one device.