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> That's why All Quiet notifications are app only.

This is prone to loss. I've struggled with notification delivery reliability on Android for years. If I don't touch my phone for a few hours and then wake the screen, I get a flurry of notifications all at once from the last few hours. But I need to be aware of pages in real-time.

There should really be a call and text notification channel else I don't see this getting much traction over PD.

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I ended up hiring a US emergency dispatcher team and repurposing them - they would literally phone you up as second line - no robots.

I did not yet had a problem with notifications in Android but I also see app-only as a disadvantage. What if I have no internet but could be reachable via SMS/phone? (still not that rare in Germany ;))

btw: there is an helpful Android app "missed notifications reminder" in fdroid store that re-triggers app-specific notifications if you do not view them within a minute.

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