Features
Notifications and Needs you
Push notifications for replies and group messages, the Needs you list for approvals, reminders and invitations, muting chats and groups, and message previews.
Turn on push notifications
Section titled “Turn on push notifications”Open Settings → Notifications and switch on Push notifications for this device, then use Send a test to check it works. Each device is turned on separately.
On iPhone and iPad, notifications only work once Gluon is installed on the home screen.
What gets pushed
Section titled “What gets pushed”- Replies in your private chats and new messages in your groups, like a messaging app. A newer message replaces the older notification for the same chat or group.
- Needs you items: approvals, reminders, invitations and updates Gluon sends you.
Nothing is pushed for the chat or group you’re looking at on any of your devices, and reading on one device quiets the others.
Show message previews (on every device) shows who wrote what. Turn it off to show only the chat or group name and “New message”.
Needs you
Section titled “Needs you”Needs you collects what waits for you. Its two newest items show above the chat list; View all opens the full list, with filters for Approvals, Reminders and Invites, and Done today.
| Item | Buttons |
|---|---|
| Approval | Approve or Deny, or open the chat |
| Reminder | Done, or Later to snooze it |
| Invite | Join or Decline |
| Update | Done or Open |
Later offers in 1 hour, in 3 hours, this evening, tomorrow or a custom time. Snoozing a calendar reminder makes Calendar send it again at that time.
A confirmation reminder’s push has Done and Snooze 1 hour buttons on devices that support them.
Items you finish move to Done today. Items that can no longer be acted on, such as an expired invitation, leave the list by themselves.
Muting
Section titled “Muting”Mute a chat or group from its menu or the bell in its header, for 8 hours, 1 week or Always. A muted chat or group keeps its unread count but sends no message notifications and doesn’t count on the app badge.
- In a muted group you’re still notified when someone mentions you with
@Your name, replies to your message, or when your own Gluon replies. - Needs you items, such as approvals, are never muted.
- To put a private chat out of sight instead, use Done or Snooze.
The app badge
Section titled “The app badge”The app’s icon and the tab title count unread chats and groups plus open Needs you items.