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How Do Notifications Work?

What the bell at the top of the page tells you, what we notify you about, and how to mark things read or come back to them.

Your Notification Center

The little bell icon at the top of the page is your notification center. When something needs your attention, a number will appear on the bell to let you know.

What you'll be notified about

  • New memories — when someone adds a photo, video, or message to one of your albums.
  • New comments — when someone leaves a comment on your album.
  • New members — when someone you invited joins your album.
  • Approval requests — when a guest wants to add something and needs your OK.
  • Subscription reminders — a friendly heads-up about your circle's subscription, like an upcoming renewal or a payment that needs attention.
  • Storage alerts — when an album is getting close to its included 20 GB of storage.
  • Payment confirmations — when a payment goes through successfully.

Badges on your album cards

On your shelf, each album card can show its own badge number. For example, if one album has 4 pending approval requests, you'll see a "4" right on that album's card so you know exactly where to go.

How to handle notifications

  1. Tap the bell icon to open your notification list.
  2. Tap any notification to go directly to where you can take action.
  3. Use the Mark as read button if you've seen it but don't need to act right now.
  4. Use Mark as unread if you want to come back to it later. Choose All on the notifications page to see items you have already read.

Don't worry — just opening the notification list won't make anything disappear. Your notifications stay until you decide what to do with them.

Smart grouping

If lots of people add to your album at the same time, we'll bundle those into one notification instead of flooding your inbox. For example, several new memories can appear together in one notification.

Email and text message notifications

You can also receive notifications by email or text message. We're smart about it — if there's a sudden burst of activity, we'll wait a few minutes and send you one summary instead of dozens of individual messages.

To adjust what you receive, go to Your Profile and look for How often we contact you.