push notification
Phone screen message
A push notification is a message sent directly to a device—phone, tablet, or computer—by an app or service, appearing even when the app isn't open.
Unlike emails or texts you retrieve, push notifications arrive automatically: I keep getting push notifications from that news app.
The "push" distinguishes them from "pull" systems where users actively request information.
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- breaking newsNewly unfolding events reported
- pingBrief metallic tone
- buzzContinuous low drone
- vibrateShake with small movements
banner · popup · home screen · app · app store · mobile · phone · badge · sound · chime · reminder · daily digest · message · swipe · dismiss · tap · lock screen · red dot
- public alertsemergency broadcast, wireless alert, text alert, civil emergency, terror alert
- newsnews, headlines, breaking news, headline, news alert
- messagesmessage, email, text message, text, instant message
- mobile techiOS, Android, iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy
- authenticationpassword, login, logout, fingerprint, ID
- messagingmessage, text, chat, send, reply
push notificationemail
Digital written communication
text message · letter · phone call · handwritten note · formal letter
push notificationpolling
Systematic opinion gathering
fetch · email check · browsing · search query
push, notification, pushed, pushing, pusher, pushes, notify, notified, notifies