[Feature Request] Critical notifications

Could you implement critical notifications in the ios app?
Critical notifications can play a sound even when the iPhone is muted.
Could be usefull for alarm, doorbell,… apps.

I use now pushover, which works fine, but a native Homey integration would be nice.

Home Assistant and Ring have this in their app.

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You have to ask Athom: https://support.athom.com/hc/en-us/articles/360016121734-How-to-request-a-new-feature

The community (which this forum is for) cannot implement support for this.

I think this is possible with Pushover (requires an additional app on your iphone)

Yeah I use Pushover.

But a native integration would be nicer.

I made a feature request

i disagree. homey is a platform and not a solution. i dont think it will ever be native :slight_smile:

Also requested this again at Athom.

Same here…

Hi all,

Ever since iOS12, Apple allows apps to send Critical Alerts.
These are alerts that, when allowed on the phone, will be showed regardless of the state of the phone (like muted).

These alerts can be used for emergency notifications like a a triggered home security/fire alarm.


@Homey developers: Is there any chance you could request this with Apple?
Since HomeAssistant already has this functionality implemented, I figure it wouldn’t be too much of an issue for Homey either.

Thanks,
Rick

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I see that you requested this feature a year ago. Sad to see that it has not been implemented yet.

While awaiting implementation in the Homey app, note that you can achieve much the same with pushsafer.com. I just tested it with my iPhone, and was able to send critical alerts from Homey.

Perfect for when you want to get those important notifications from e.g. smoke detectors, motion or water leakage sensors.

Edit: Corrected link.

@Homey developers, please implement support to send Critical Alerts to iOS

Thx
Richard