Apple Push Notification service

Apple Push Notification service
Logo
Developer(s)Apple Inc.
Target platform(s)iOS, macOS, Safari
StatusActive
LicenseClosed-source
Websitehttps://developer.apple.com/notifications/

Apple Push Notification service (APNs), previously known as Apple Push Service (APS), is a platform notification service created by Apple Inc. that enables third party application developers to send notification data to applications installed on Apple devices. The notification information sent can include badges, sounds, newsstand updates, or custom text alerts. It was first launched with iOS 3 on June 17, 2009. APNs support for local applications was later added to the Mac OS X API beginning with the release of Mac OS X 10.7 ("Lion"). Support for website notifications was later added with the release of Mac OS X 10.9 ("Mavericks").