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I've done this years ago and it's been great. The only push notifications I have left are text/whatsapp.

I just wish Android had better controls for notification sound. E.g., if my whatsapp groups get chatty I silence my phone. But if my wife calls I want it to ring.

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> But if my wife calls I want it to ring.

Turn on Emergency Bypass for her contact. I have an iPhone so don’t know what Android calls it, but I know it has the same feature.

I think there's room for a feature here: for approved contacts, notify them I'm busy when they try to call or message and ask if they want to interrupt. I think some desktop IM apps had that some time ago, but I haven't seen it on popular mobile equivalents.

The iPhone sorta has this with Focus Status Sharing and auto-reply to texts turned on. Clumsy/has caveats and is not quite what you said, but close enough to mention anyway.

iOS has this now with Focus Status Sharing; eg in messages others can see you’re busy and they caget extra options like ‘deliver quietly’ and ‘notify anyway’ - third party apps can do this too but not many have added it yet.

Isn't that do not disturb is for? Starred contacts work with WhatsApp too.

I have it set on a sleep schedule; only calls, texts or WhatsApps from a select few get through.

FWIW, I do inbox zero, with strict notification rules. If something interrupts me, it better be for a good reason.

WhatsApp let's you set notifications for individual chats, I think.

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