1# Mobile notifications
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3Sign in to T3 Connect, link your environments, and enable **Device Notifications** in **Settings → Notifications** to receive alerts when an agent finishes, fails, needs approval, or asks for input. Tap a notification to open its thread. Your environment must have agent activity publishing enabled.
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5Enable **Live Activity Updates** on iOS, **Agent Live Updates** on Android 16 and newer, or **Ongoing Agent Activity** on older Android versions to follow work without opening the app. Finished results remain visible for up to 15 minutes. You can dismiss an Android activity card without disabling alerts; turn off the same switch to stop future cards.
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7For activity without ordinary alerts on Android 8 or newer, leave **Ongoing agent activity** enabled and turn off **Agent alerts** in Android's notification settings for T3 Code. Activity updates continue, and the same card shows the finished result without a separate alert. On Android 16 and newer, the finished result remains a Live Update until dismissed or expired. Keep app-wide notification permission and **Live updates** enabled so Android can display it.
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9On iOS you can also add the **Agent Activity** widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen. It shows the same agents as the Live Activity, using your T3 Connect sign-in. The widget refreshes when you open T3 and shows unfinished work as out of date after 10 minutes.
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11Ordinary alerts stay quiet while the mobile app is in the foreground. Ongoing activity continues to update. Viewing a thread on another device does not silence your phone's alerts.
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13Android notifications require Android 7.0 or newer and Google Play services. Android 16 and newer can promote ongoing activity to a Live Update, subject to system settings and device support. Other devices show a regular ongoing notification. If Live Updates don't appear on Android 16 or newer, check **Live Update Settings** in T3 Code's **Settings → Notifications**. Android 7's battery-saving modes can delay removal of expired cards.
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15Notification permission and Android notification channels are controlled in system Settings. Background delivery requires T3 Connect; a direct or Tailscale connection alone does not enable push notifications. The mobile app does not need to maintain a connection to your environment. Force-stopping the Android app in system Settings prevents push delivery until you open it again.