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Push notifications on your phone

Turn on push in the ZevInbox app, choose what is pushed, and check that it works.

Updated 2 min read

Push notifications come from the ZevInbox app on your phone. The app is on Google Play for Android, and the iPhone app is coming to the App Store. ZevInbox on the web does not send browser notifications.

Turn on push

After you sign in to the app, it asks once: Know when it matters.

  1. Select Turn on notifications.

  2. Allow notifications when your phone asks.

If you chose Not now, turn it on later:

  1. Open the Settings tab in the app.

  2. Select Notifications on this phone.

If notifications are off for ZevInbox in your phone's own settings, the app says so. Turn them on in your phone's Settings app.

What a push says

A push says who did what, and the conversation's subject. It never shows the message itself. Mail in Spam or in quarantine is pushed only as New activity in a conversation.

Several things about one conversation within a minute, like three quick replies, arrive as one push. So do several new conversations in one inbox.

A push goes to every phone you are signed in on. If you have already read the notification in the bell, no push is sent.

While the app is open, a push shows as a quiet banner at the top of the screen, with no sound. Tap it to open the conversation.

Choose what is pushed

  1. In the app, open the Settings tab.

  2. Select What you are notified about.

  3. Choose Push at the top.

  4. Turn each kind of notification on or off.

These settings are for the organization you are in. Switch organization to set another.

The same screen has Email and Bell tabs, the same settings as on the web. A kind can only be pushed while it shows in the bell. Turning it off in Bell turns off its push too.

To be told about new conversations, select New conversations on the same screen, then turn Push on for each inbox you want. Push is on for your own teams' inboxes to begin with.

Check that push works

Owners and admins can send themselves a test.

  1. In the app, open Settings › What you are notified about.

  2. Under Check push, select Send me a test push.

It goes to every phone you are signed in on, and should arrive within a few seconds. If no phone is set up yet, the app says so.

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