Anything new related to push notifications in 2024?

Generated on 8/4/2024

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Yes, there are new features related to push notifications introduced in 2024. Specifically, Apple has introduced broadcast push notifications for Live Activities in iOS and iPadOS 18. This new feature allows developers to send a single push notification to update multiple devices simultaneously, which is particularly useful for scenarios where a large number of people are following the same event, such as a sports game or a flight.

Here are some key points about the new broadcast push notifications:

  • Single Push Notification: Instead of sending individual push notifications to each device, developers can now send a single push notification that APNs will deliver to all devices subscribed to a specific channel.
  • Channel Concept: Each event that needs updates is associated with a unique channel ID. Devices subscribe to this channel to receive updates.
  • Efficient Updates: This method is more efficient as it reduces the need to manage individual push tokens and ensures that all subscribers receive the update simultaneously.

For more details, you can refer to the session Broadcast updates to your Live Activities (02:07).

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Broadcast updates to your Live Activities

With broadcast push notifications, your app can send updates to thousands of Live Activities with a single request. We’ll discover how broadcast push notifications work between an app, a server, and the Apple Push Notification service, then we’ll walk through best practices for this capability and how to implement it.