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A few months back I saw that Safari 7 was allowing push notification and it seemed like a very useful tool except every example of it that i've seen is focused on desktop browsing, not mobile.
Do the Safari push notifications work on mobile and if not is there plans to release this to Safari mobile in the near future?
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Safari Push Notifications work just like push notifications for apps. They display your website icon and notification text, which users can click to go right to your website.
iOS 16 was announced today at WWDC 2022 with several new features, including a completely redesigned lock screen with widgets and enhancements to several system apps. Specifically speaking about Safari, Apple's web browser will now support web push notifications, extension syncing, and more with the update.
With iOS 16, Apple will bring support for opt-in web notification support later in 2023, allowing users to receive notifications from websites through Safari and, presumably, other supported browsers on iOS. Apple mentions the feature on the iOS 16 features page, saying it will be coming to iOS in 2023.
I guess it is just for OS X, at least for now. I received a mail from Apple broadcasting this: https://developer.apple.com/notifications/safari-push-notifications/.
I am also waiting for web-based push notification on iOS. But it seems Apple is pursuing a native-first strategy on iOS platform, giving native apps much more privilege than mobile web.
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[Updated] Web Push Notifications depend on "Service Workers" which are "Supported" in WebKit (Mobile Safari), but the state of Push Notifications is unclear. – Kudos to Chris Talman for the update
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