Browser support – Pushpad Blog

The standard for web push notifications (Push API) is now available on iOS and Safari. You can read more about the history of this feature on Safari in this blog post, which has received multiple updates, from the first rumors in 2021 to the release of the feature on iOS in 2023.

Can I use the (Web) Push API with hybrid mobile apps?

June 22, 2022April 2, 2018 by collimarco

Many developers have asked if they can use Pushpad for sending push notifications to their hybrid mobile apps. Basically they want to use the W3C Push API inside a WebView. That would make sense, because a WebView is a sort of browser embedded inside an application.

Does Safari on iOS support web push notifications?

March 17, 2023February 10, 2018 by collimarco

Safari on iOS supports web push notifications starting from iOS v16.4 (released in 2023). Previous versions did not support web push notifications.

Microsoft Edge now supports web push notifications

June 22, 2022December 20, 2017 by collimarco

Microsoft has just announced that the latest version of Edge supports the Push API.

Let’s ask Apple to add Web Push Notifications to iOS

June 22, 2022June 9, 2017 by collimarco

We’ve all been there: you have built a great web app, optimized for mobile, but you have to build a native or hybrid web app just to send push notifications.

Fortunately, thanks to the new standards, like the Push API, Service Workers and Web Notifications, you don’t have to build an app only to have the ability to send push notifications. Now websites can send push notifications directly, even when the user is not surfing the website.

Awesome! The problem is that web push notifications work on Android, but not on iOS!

Opera 42+ supports push notifications

June 22, 2022December 16, 2016 by collimarco

Opera has just added support for push notifications.