Situation: You want to know how to use some apps during some quick breaks.

Applicable to: Android 10 devices. Check your Android version in [Settings] > [About Phone].

You are in a Focus mode but you want to have a quick check on some apps that you have tagged as a distraction. There's an option for that quick break to check.

Two ways you do the quick break:

1. Control Center. Swipe down from the very top of any screen and look for Focus mode.

2. Settings. go to [Settings] > [Digital Wellbeing & Parental Controls] > [Take a break] > then choose if you want a 5, 15 or 30 minutes break. Tap Resume now to go back to Focus mode.

 

Related article:

• What is Focus Mode on Your Device?

• How to Schedule Some Apps From Using Focus Mode?

• How to Know If an App is in Focus Mode?

 

* Pictures, settings, and paths might differ from those of your phone, but these won't affect the description in this article.