DND Override: Critical Alerts

Keep your phone quiet without missing the notifications that matter.

DND Override lets selected Android notifications make a sound while Do Not Disturb is active. Choose an app, words in the notification, or both, then select the alert sound you want to hear.

CHOOSE WHAT CAN ALERT YOU

• Hear notifications from a selected app
• Match a keyword or phrase in notification text
• Combine an app with keywords for more precise alerts
• Match any keyword or require all keywords
• Choose whether keyword matching ignores letter case
• Use a regular expression for advanced matching
• Enable or disable rules whenever you need them

CHOOSE THE ALERT SOUND

Give each rule a system notification sound or choose an audio file from your phone. Different sounds can help important alerts stand out.

USEFUL FOR

• Urgent messages and family updates
• Work and on-call alerts
• Server and monitoring notifications
• Security-camera and smart-home notifications
• Important notifications from selected apps
• Keyword alerts such as URGENT, CRITICAL or DOWN

QUICK SETUP

1. Grant notification access
2. Create a rule for an app, notification words, or both
3. Choose an alert sound
4. Keep Do Not Disturb enabled as usual

PRIVATE ON YOUR DEVICE

Notification matching happens on your Android phone.

• No account
• No cloud processing of notification content
• No analytics
• No ads
• No tracking

One rule is free. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks unlimited rules. There is no subscription.

DND Override does not turn off or change Android's Do Not Disturb setting. Android 7.0 or newer, notification access, and audible alarm volume are required.