I more meant if their phone screen is locked/asleep it won’t wake
I’ll have to try option B again, maybe that’s good enough
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Gleason is solid with PWA notifications (they have a central relay). Try adding either https://ditto.pub/ or else https://gleasonator.dev/ and to the home screen and when done sign in. At some stage you should get a prompt to allow notifications as attached. Once you approve then the PWA will show as notification enabled in your notification settings, double check. Then wait for some nostr notifications (replies, reactions) and see if you're getting them even when the app isn't active.
Oh nice! Thanks for showing me this! I’ll try it out
Good luck! You'll also notice that notifications will still show even if the PWA is closed entirely—at least for a while until the service worker eventually goes out, days or weeks.
But zooming out recent app store changes might make the native app route a little more enticing, for US anyway.