Push notification: what it is and how to disable it

With the so-called "guns" a sign is every owner of a modern smartphone, tablet, laptop, computer. Someone they are very necessary for certain activities, someone is distracted and annoyed, for someone they play an important role in promoting something. One way or another, it is necessary to understand their essence, varieties and, of course, the methods of getting rid of these annoying pop-up windows.

What are push notifications

The definition of notifications of interest to us may be as follows:

• Short pop-up messages on the gadget screen, reminding the user of an important event, updating in one of the applications installed on the smartphone;
• A popular marketing tool - these banners and icons not only do not allow the user to forget about the application loaded on the device, but also inform the person about any news, promotions, personal messages, etc .;
• A kind of technology that spreads information from the server to users;
• Specifically for mobile devices - windows with brief information, pop-up at the top of the screen on the locked display;
• For PCs and laptops (web-push - a relatively new phenomenon) browser notifications are pop-up windows on the desktop, directed by the site, the "cannon" which the user subscribed to.

What are push notifications? This issue was widely asked after the introduction by Apple for iOS 3 of the service transfer to the user of quick notifications APNS (Apple Push Notification Service). It is worth noting that before the "Apple" technology has already been implemented by Google for Android-devices - almost a year earlier.

Mobile push notification

Thus, smartphones from different corporations have their own specific push-notification services. Briefly touch them all. As already mentioned, the service from "Apple" is called APNS. It also functions for the Safari browser and OS X. Push notifications for iPhone and iPad are available in the following varieties:

• Badges - on the icon-icon of the application in the menu appears a circle-symbol with the number of new notifications or other information;
• Banners - at the top of the screen or on the flashing display in the hibernation mode, a curtain appears with some information (normal banners disappear automatically, and with warnings, certain actions should be taken);
• Audio, audio / banners - a new notification of the user notifies the notification sound (you can configure its appearance on a pair with the banner).

The very first (2008) development of such notifications from Google for androids was called C2DM (Cloud to Device Messaging). In 2012, it was replaced by GCM (Google Cloud Messaging). It is she who allows to appear push-notification in applications from Chrome. In a well-known openness OS Android there are no standard forms for "guns" - they, with the consent of the user, appear as they were planned by the developers of this or that application - a banner like an iPhone, a line at the top of the screen, a window in a drop-down "curtain" " etc.

On smartphones of Microsoft authorship, there is an MPNS system available on Windows Phone devices, starting with the 7th version. As for iPhones and iPods, there are three push-options available:

• Toast - a clickable 10-second banner at the top of the screen;
• Live title - icon with the number of notifications on the application icon;
• Raw - arbitrary information from a certain (most often gaming) mobile program.

Push notifications in the browser

The difference between these push notifications for stationary PCs and laptops from mobile one - the message is sent not from the application, but from the site. Responsible for their sending services are GCM and APNs (from "Google" and "Apple" respectively).

Here there is a small window on the desktop on top of other windows with any text - when you click on it, the user goes to the site-addressee of this "gun". A standard computer push notification consists of a header, text, a small picture and a link. Subscribe to this notification is simple - when you open a site in the browser that offers such notifications, a pop-up message appears asking for permission to send the guns. You can subscribe to the section "Subscribe to news".

Disabling push banners in iPhone

To get rid of all annoying "guns" at once, you need to activate the "Do Not Disturb" mode in the "Settings". However, in this case you will not hear both the incoming call and the SMS notification. If you want to disable push notifications from any particular application, you will need the following diagram: "Settings" - "Notifications" - select the desired program. On the "Tolerance tolerance", make the slider inactive.

Disable Push Notifications for Android

Disabling "guns" on androids is also not at all difficult: go to "Settings", then in "Application Manager", find the program you do not need notifications from. Uncheck "Show notifications". Confirm your decision in the pop-up box.

Disabling the "guns" in the browser

Now, let's talk about how to disable push notifications on desktop PCs. Let's analyze the top three popular browsers.

In Google Chrome, you can do this:

• Go to "Settings", then "Show additional".
• Here in the "Personal Data" you need to click on "Content Settings".
• Scroll down to "Notifications". Here you should tick "Do not show notifications on sites", and then click on "Done". Here you can also set exceptions for "guns" from your favorite sites.

Another option is to right-click on the notification that came to you and select "Disable alerts from ..."

In the "Yandex.Browser", push notifications from "Vkontakte" and "Yandex.Mail" can be removed on the main page of "Settings" in the "Notifications" - "Configure". Here you just need to remove the tick from the "Notifications included." For other sites in the "Settings" you should find "Advanced settings", then "Personal data" and "Content settings". In the "Notifications" you can both disable all "guns", and make exceptions for some sites. In the "Safari" you should go to "Settings" - "Notifications". Then find the site of interest and tick the "Deny".

Push notifications are simultaneously a useful mechanism that allows you to always keep up to date with news and news, and a system of annoying annoying reminders about unimportant events. With the help of simple instructions mentioned in this article, you can once and for all get rid of the "guns" on your device.