Documentation: Push Notifications Onsite Messaging REST API
  1. Documentation
  2. Web Push Notifications
  3. Supported Browsers

Supported Browsers

All major browsers today support web push notifications. More importantly browsers on Android and iOS (iPhone and iPad) can also receive notifications similar to Apps. Here's a list of all browsers that support web push notifications and PushAlert works with all of them.

Browsers Support for Web Push

Browser Windows PC MacOS ChromeOS Ubuntu/Linux Android iPhone (iOS) iPad (iPadOS)
Chrome YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Firefox YES YES YES YES YES NO NO
Safari N/A YES N/A N/A N/A YES YES
Opera YES YES YES YES YES NO NO
Microsoft Edge YES YES N/A N/A YES YES YES
Yandex YES YES YES N/A YES N/A N/A
UC Browser NO N/A YES N/A YES NO NO
Samsung Internet Browser N/A N/A YES N/A YES N/A N/A
Internet Explorer NO N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

There are just a couple of things to note here:

  • Web Push does not work in Incognito/Private Mode of browsers.
  • In case of in-app browsers like those inside Facebook/Instagram, web push notifications are not supported.
  • Web Push does not work inside Android WebViews.