Fennec on graphene wants me to install unified push. Should I?

2026-03-26 13:57 UTC

Like the title says. Stated getting this notification every time I open fennec. The push service application is no longer available. It may have been uninstalled. Please re-inable UnifiedPush. Is this something I should do or is there a way to turn this off?

Replies (6)

@Eirikr70@jlai.lu 2026-03-26 17:41

If you're privacy conscious, then UnifiedPush is a good alternative to Google's solution for push notifications.

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@Ephera@lemmy.ml 2026-03-26 14:24

It's likely a bug: https://gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild/-/work_items?show=eyJpaWQiOiIxNzYiLCJmdWxsX3BhdGgiOiJyZWxhbi9mZW5uZWNidWlsZCIsImlkIjoxODY5NDI0MzF9 Personally, I'm waiting to see what the devs say, but if it gets on your nerves, you can hide the notification in the Android settings. I'm just not sure, if it is maybe needed again at a later point, which is why I'm holding off.

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@TecCheck@feddit.org 2026-03-26 15:17

Unified push is a way to get live notifications on your phone. Google provides Firebase Cloud Messaging to do this with Google Play Services and unified push offers an alternative. If you want to know more about the topic, you read more on https://unifiedpush.org/

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@BladeFederation@piefed.social 2026-03-26 14:43

Do you want push notifications from your browser? If so, then probably. Unified Push is a trusted, commonly used alternative to Play Services push notifications.

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@eleitl@lemmy.zip 2026-03-26 15:38

Tried Ironfox yet?

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@solrize@lemmy.ml 2026-03-26 20:14

Go to settings > notifications and turn off unified push. It's a bug, someone posted the gitlab link further up.

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