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Facebook iPhone Application Gains Push Notifications [Updated]

Wednesday January 6, 2010 11:53 am PST by Eric Slivka
Facebook today updated its iPhone and iPod touch application [App Store, Free] to Version 3.1, adding highly-anticipated push notifications and the ability to sync Facebook friends with users' address books. Facebook's push notifications offer a fairly high degree of customization, allowing users to choose whether to receive alerts for seven categories of information.


Push notifications had been on many users' wish lists for the 3.0 revision to the Facebook application, but ended up not making the cut for its August release. The application's developer, Joe Hewitt, quit the project in early November, citing dissatisfaction with Apple's App Store review process.

Update: Facebook Version 3.1.1 is now available, bringing bug fixes for the application's new address book syncing feature.
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iOrlando
Posted: 31 months ago
do they have push notifications that can let me know that my battery is crying like a baby for turning on all the other facebook push notifications?
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Diode
Posted: 31 months ago
I'm surprised of no chat notifications or are those considered "messages"?
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iHarrison
Posted: 31 months ago
someone explain this to me.....wouldn't activating push notifications absolutely KILL my iPhone 3GS battery life?? I've never been able to figure out if push notifications are bad to turn on cause they drain battery life?

Thanks!
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speakerwizard
Posted: 31 months ago

someone explain this to me.....wouldn't activating push notifications absolutely KILL my iPhone 3GS battery life?? I've never been able to figure out if push notifications are bad to turn on cause they drain battery life?

Thanks!


they do a little but not to the extent of background processes, and having 20 push apps takes no more battery life than having 1, unless you get very frequent pushes from them of course.
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iHarrison
Posted: 31 months ago

they do a little but not to the extent of background processes, and having 20 push apps takes no more battery life than having 1, unless you get very frequent pushes from them of course.


Push Notifications are when your phone automatically checks for updates, alerts etc. without you having to open the app right? I guess it's just misleading to me because when I hear "push" notifications, I think of something that happens when I push the app or open it up.

Thanks for the fast response!
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stridemat
Posted: 31 months ago




This is probably a very easy question, but how do I get to that screen?

EDIT* Question answered below
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basesloaded190
Posted: 31 months ago

This is probably a very easy question, but how do I get to that screen?


Facebook under settings
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Cartoonkid
Posted: 31 months ago

This is probably a very easy question, but how do I get to that screen?


Settings / Facebook / Push Notifications
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stridemat
Posted: 31 months ago

Facebook under settings


Settings / Facebook / Push Notifications


thanks for the help! I feel very stupid now!:o
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QuarterSwede
Posted: 31 months ago

Push Notifications are when your phone automatically checks for updates, alerts etc. without you having to open the app right? I guess it's just misleading to me because when I hear "push" notifications, I think of something that happens when I push the app or open it up.

Thanks for the fast response!

No, PN is when the Apple Push Notification server tells your phone you have a notification. The apps do not need to be running. Its suppose to save you battery life by not having multiple apps open all the time.
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