You can now customize a priority list that will allow important applications and people to penetrated the Focus Assist wall even when it’s turned on.Focus Assist will also be turned on automatically whenever you play a game or run an application that is using DirectX.This is a welcomed addition since it will prevent any interruptions during presentations and other similar activities. If you already updated to Windows 10 build 17074 or above, Focus Assist will automatically turn itself on whenever you are duplicating your display.Even if this change confused some users, the update also brought some additions to the classic Quiet Hours functionality: Starting with the Windows 10 build 17083, the Quiet Hours feature has been renamed to Focus Assist. By default, Windows 10 previously set Quiet Hours from 12 : 00 AM to 6 : 00 AM, with no option to change them from the user interface. But for some reason, Microsoft decided to remove that customization menu for Windows 10 and only leave an On/Off toggle. If you previously used Windows 8, you might remember that you were previously able to configure Quiet Hours to turn On and Off at certain times. This feature is meant to help those users that need to stay focused on what they’re doing without being interrupted by notifications. Quiet Hours was introduces with the launch of Windows 8.1. Quiet assist is a Windows feature that disables the showing of all notifications during a pre-determined period of time. This is understandable considering the fact that the procedure and even the name have been altered with the latest Windows 10 builds. Some users have reported being unable to customize the automatic rules for the Quite hours feature in Windows 10.

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