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Actionable notifications

It Pushover — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 16:57:17 +0000

A similar request (same subject) was declined in past because of missing support in iOS, but it seems to be possible to implement in iOS now.

I came across other 2 competing apps that support this functionality also on iOS, I also tested that. It is possible to add multiple action buttons in notification with custom names. These actions may call URL or make a HTTP request (e.g. POST request). Unfortunately Pushover misses this functionality (probably only this one, I have no other reasons to go with competitors).

Would you check it please, it seems it is now possible to implement this in iOS, too.

Also let me know if you would like to know more details, but I did not want to link any competitors publicly.

Do Not Disturb in App on Application Level

Peter Mitteregger — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 06:34:22 +0000

Hello,

the new Do not Disturb Feature in the App is very nice. But much nicer would be if each Application in the App had its own Do not Disturb button. Then, I could e.g. mute an Application for 2 hours where I know someone is working on it and is triggering alarms. This would make my nights much better...

Thanks!

Peter

Amazon FireOs integration

dotan_shai — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 20:45:46 +0000

Hi,
Amazon Tablets are running FireOs which is Android based. In fact it is possible to install Google Play on that tablets and downloading Pushover from Google Play.
That's what I did and I manage to receive Pushover Text notifications on my Amazon tablet which is great , the messages did not pushed and display over my open app but I was managed to see it in Pushover logs.
My problem is with Audio Notifications. Since, I'm living in Israel all my audio notifications are Hebrew text-to-speech mp3 files since Alexa is not supporting Hebrew language. Unfortunately audio notifications didn't sound via Pushover app. Is there a way to make this works ? Maybe add Pushover to Amazon Store ?
Any help or idea are welcome . Thank you all in advance...

Custom Vibration pattern

Christian — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 12:58:12 +0000

Custom sounds very cool but please add Custom Vibration pattern :)

Add Android Auto messaging support

Ronnie Scott — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 17:35:28 +0000

I use Pushover to notify me of security events like my Garage door, front door, and storage being opened. It would be nice if they could appear in Android Auto and read out loud when I'm driving. I assume this would have to act like a messaging app in Android Auto, such as What'sApp, SMS etc.

https://developer.android.com/training/cars/messaging

Wear OS Pushover app

Nbalint — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:13:53 +0000

It would be great if the Pushover app for Android would be extended to support Wear OS and hence be possible to install it on Wear OS watches. This would make it easier to interact with the app.

Icon / Symbol for special messages

Kretz Andreas — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 08:06:49 +0000

I would like to ask for a new option I would like to use with pushover.

i use pushover for my smarthome for receiving messages (e.g in or outside homezone, alarm system on off). But always getting a message in the startcenter ios is terrible... because u must click them away. Here is my idea:

Maybe u could integrate an option that this status is displayed as a continual tray icon next to the clock (e.g special icon for homezone on/off, ...) and not as an message in the startcenter, until another message arrives for disable that symbol again. For more flexibility u could give the users the option to use their own icons to react on arravial messages!

Like to have individual icons

lasttry — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:25:19 +0000

I'm a big fan with just a glance to see which message or what content the message is about. Individually adjustable icons for each message would help a lot. Makable?

Implement End-to-end encryption

Encrypted — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 02:24:50 +0000

Currently, pushover stores messages in plaintext format, but it seems they are encrypted prior to being sent to apple/android pus services. This means that messages can be intercepted should pushover be breached, or where pushover staff act maliciously (to be clear, it’s the possibility that it could happen which is an issue, I am not saying pushover staff are untrustworthy).

I would like the ability to encrypt messages prior to sending them to pushover, that way the above scenarios would be solved provided the secret is not shared with pushover.

Widget for iOS

Oliver — Mon, 25 May 2020 07:13:15 +0000

Widget for iOS to show Glances API also on the iPhone an not only so the iWatch.

Translate application

Seb — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 21:19:18 +0000

Translate application settings to French.

Clear notification

Derek O'Harrow — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:18:50 +0000

It would be really useful to have the ability to clear-down a notification some time after it was first raised.

This could be done by returning a unique GUID when the message is posted, and then using that GUID in a subsequent API call to clear-down the message.

The individual clients (phone, tablet, etc) could have the option to permit messages to be remotely cleared-down, or to retain them if desired.

Apple Carplay support

None — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 01:06:03 +0000

Please consider making the app work with Apple Carplay so that notifications will be displayed on the info screen of the car.

Gauge max and min for Apple Watch complication glances

Matt2 — Sun, 10 May 2020 00:45:57 +0000

Some kinds of Apple Watch complications can show a gauge with a max, min and current value. Include fields in the API for max and min for them.

Option to Keep Unread Notifications in iOS Notification Center

Jeff — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 15:37:29 +0000

Problem currently exists when a user taps on a single notification, ALL notifications from Pushover are immediately deleted from the iOS Notification Center.

Please create a settings switch to allow the user to choose which behavior is most productive for them.

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Explanation:

Most similar apps will leave the unread notifications in the iOS Notification Center and only remove the notification the user taps on. By Pushover deleting them all at once, it somewhat defeats the purpose of having individual notifications.

For example, maybe the user reads one of the notifications, taps on it and deals with that issue. But then they have to focus their attention elsewhere. Now they no longer have ANY of the notifications to remind them of the other items that need their attention. They must remember to now open the Pushover app and read through them in the app, instead of easily scrolling through unread notifications.

Some examples of other apps that do not delete all notifications at once are:

IFTTT

Slack

Apple News

Bloomberg

(I’m writing about iOS but would include Android if the same problem exists there as well)

Add "Delete" and "Mark read" options in Android notifications

sdreelin — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:23:55 +0000

If Android notifications contained the options to "Delete" or "Mark read" instead of just clicking on the message to open the app, you could quickly triage messages dismissing not so important ones. This would also add the ability to interact to some degree with the notifications from Wear OS as well as the lock screen or with notification mirroring in ChromeOS or Windows 10.

Add Pushover as a share target on Android

Editter — Sun, 12 Jan 2020 00:31:48 +0000

Add Pushover as a push target so when you click share on Android you can select the app. It would also be great if you could select a specific app such as iOS, desktop, or even another group.

Push Additional Attachment Types - eg: Audio File (MP3)

Wanderingapps — Sat, 22 Aug 2020 15:08:17 +0000

I would like to see the ability to push other types of file attachments in addition to images. Attachments could follow the same rules as your JPEG/images as far as size and retention. I would like to Push MP3 recordings for my purpose, but could see other applications for sending different types of files like a PDF report, short video, etc.

Add iOS Shortcut capabilities via the Pushover iOS app

Joel — Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:32:58 +0000

Make it easier to integrate Pushover into iOS Shortctus, by introducing added Shortcuts capabilities via the Pushover iOS app. Make it easier to select the user key and and application key. make it easier to add various options.

Enable receipt/callback for non-critical alerts

Derek O'Harrow — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:21:33 +0000

There seem to be options to provide "delivery receipt" callbacks and also cancel messages, but these seem to only apply to emergency priority messages.

Can this functionality be extended to all message priorities to enable better notification management and the ability to perform actions if notifications aren't received, timeout, or if you want to clear a notification down once the issue is resolved.