Introduction to Web Push Notifications
Explore how web push notifications work using Notification and Push APIs to send timely messages that increase user engagement and reengagement. Learn key benefits, browser support, limitations, and control mechanisms useful for building interactive web applications.
Background
Web push notifications have become essential for web apps and sites to reengage users and provide timely updates. Push notifications allow sending messages from the server directly to users’ browsers without them needing to visit the site. This increases engagement by alerting subscribers of new content, sales, or other timely updates.
Benefits of push notifications
The main benefit of using push notifications is that they engage users even when they are not actively using your site. This leads to various advantages, such as:
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Increased engagement: Notifications reach users when new content is available, driving higher engagement because users click through to see the updates. ...