Notifications & email
Notifications are off until you allow them, and they never include the message itself.
Notifications
- Turn them on in Account, then Preferences, with Allow notifications. AChat asks your device only after you choose this.
- Each alert carries the chat or sender name, never the message text.
- Mute notifications silences one chat. Muting everything stops sounds and alerts; messages still arrive.
- Allowed and receiving are separate: if your device allows notifications but isn't receiving them yet, AChat says so and lets you try again.
Emails
AChat emails your Google email address only about your account:
| When | |
|---|---|
| Welcome | After you sign up |
| New device linked | A device was linked to your account |
| Recovery key replaced | Your recovery key was replaced |
| Kept room reminder | A kept room's date is coming up |
| Plan invitation | Someone invites you to a Team / Family plan |
| Payment request received, confirmed or not confirmed | After you pay for a plan |
| Contact form receipt | After you send a message through the contact page |
| Account deleted | After your account is deleted |
Anonymous rooms send no email.
While AChat is in another tab
When a message arrives and AChat's tab isn't showing, you hear the message sound (if Sound is on in your notification settings and the chat isn't muted), and the tab's title counts new messages until you come back. The chat list updates at once.