# Discourse App & Notifications Question
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-notifications-question/73879
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 11, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-notifications-question/73879 "2017-11-11T04:54:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@nsuchy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nsuchy)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-notifications-question/73879/1 "2017-11-11T04:54:22Z")
So I have two questions about the Discourse App.
1. At some point will the app work like an app and not just a web browser list?
2. Currently only Discourse hosted forums get notifications, I run a community that’s very privacy sensitive and my users don’t want big hosts / business having access to user data - we use a small host Frantech and don’t use Cloudflare / any big providers to handle user information. Any way that could change? Maybe offer it as a small service at low rate?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2017, 7:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-notifications-question/73879/2 "2017-11-11T07:30:12Z")
No, we have no plans to offer Google Play / Apple App Store paid notifications as a service. Also no to your point one, the app is a wrapper around the website that gives “native” notifications and multi-site aggregation services. It is what it is.
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### Author:  [@teezett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/teezett)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-notifications-question/73879/3 "2020-06-16T22:59:50Z")
Would it be possible to register a self hosted discourse server at google play store for notifications?
How was this done for this discourse server?
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-notifications-question/73879/4 "2020-06-17T00:42:23Z")
On Android you can already get notifications see: [Android live notifications are now in core!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/android-live-notifications-are-now-in-core/86803)
iOS is a different story, you’d still need your own app.
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### Author:  [@teezett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/teezett)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-notifications-question/73879/5 "2020-06-17T01:08:54Z")
No, @awesomerobot , it does not work in the PWA in Android:
> [@Push Notifications Not functioning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-notifications-not-functioning/116589/16):
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> There is a lot of confusion here in this topic. Let’s start over: Discourse Hub App Using [discourse.org](http://discourse.org) hosting: You can receive push notification when you add the hosted site to the Discourse Hub app, be it Android or iOS. Not using [discourse.org](http://discourse.org) hosting: You won’t get push notification from the Discourse Hub app. Android Google Chrome You can enable push notification from the browser. You will be prompted to do so in a banner after posting your first reply and having TL1. You c…
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-notifications-question/73879/6 "2020-06-17T01:30:20Z")
The Discourse Hub app is not a PWA. Push notifications work via PWAs for all sites, regardless of if you’re hosted by us or not.
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### Author:  [@teezett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/teezett)
#### Post date: [June 20, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-notifications-question/73879/7 "2020-06-20T16:17:38Z")
Regardless if the app is a PWA or not, how can i get it work with a self hosted installation of discourse?
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-notifications-question/73879/8 "2020-06-21T02:25:56Z")
Self hosted PWAs already offer notifications on Android.
They won’t work with iOS until Apple allows native notifications.
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### Author:  [@teezett](https://meta.discourse.org/u/teezett)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-notifications-question/73879/9 "2020-06-21T20:29:41Z")
@Stephen the Notifications are offered in the Android App but it is not working
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-notifications-question/73879/10 "2020-06-21T22:38:07Z")
Ok, but we’re not talking about the android app.
A PWA is when you add a site to your homescreen. If the site is correctly configured then notifications will work.
If you’re using DiscourseHub then notifications will not work unless you are a hosted customer.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-notifications-question/73879/11 "2024-06-08T12:37:05Z")
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