Difference between Grouped & Automatic alerts

[GC251114]

Good evening.

Just updated to Public Beta 2 & was just wondering the text book answer to the above.

Is grouped alerts basically that. Every time you get an alert/notification from an app they stack all together. So if I receive 6 messages/WhatsApp’s/emails etc , regardless who from they will be stacked until Face ID or stack opened etc.

And if automatic , is it much the same but with messages & WhatsApp’s etc , the stack will only occur when from same person ?

If my theory above is correct am I right in saying for ultimate tidiness on lock screen I’d to have grouped ?

Cheers for help but something so simple is confusing me.

 

[GreyOS]

I think this post could do with a bit more clarity.

Are you asking what the difference is beteeen ‘Automatic’ and ‘By App’ in the Notification Grouping setting for each app?

I’m not sure of an option between ‘Grouped’ and ‘Automatic’ which are the terms you used. I don’t want to assume that’s not just something I’ve overlooked though.

 

[GC251114]

I think this post could do with a bit more clarity.

Are you asking what the difference is beteeen ‘Automatic’ and ‘By App’ in the Notification Grouping setting for each app?

I’m not sure of an option between ‘Grouped’ and ‘Automatic’ which are the terms you used. I don’t want to assume that’s not just something I’ve overlooked though.

Sorry yes that’s exactly what I mean.

 

[GreyOS]

Sorry yes that’s exactly what I mean.

Automatic is/will be implemented differently by different apps. Apple base Automatic grouping on a ‘thread’ property on notifications which can be set however the app developers want. Notifications are grouped with others from the same app whose ‘threads’ are the same.

It’s not possible to say how it will work for all apps. But yes, one very plausible example would be to group them per person in a messaging app. Behaviour of each app will have to be observed by us users or documented by the app developer. It’s also plausible that some apps will provide in-app options to control how Automatic behaves.