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# Notifications: Pick Reminders and Standings Alerts

> Toqui sends three kinds of push notifications — pick-deadline reminders, standings updates, and scoring-change alerts. How to enable them on iOS, Android, and desktop browsers.

Toqui sends three types of notifications: reminders before your picks lock, alerts when your position in the standings changes meaningfully, and a heads-up when an organizer changes your pool's scoring. None of them require you to check the app — they arrive on your device whether or not Toqui is open.

These notifications are optional and require browser permission. They're designed to be genuinely useful and not spammy. No marketing emails, no daily digests — just "your picks are about to lock," "you just jumped to #3," and "the scoring changed."

## The three notification types

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Pick-deadline reminders" icon="clock">
    Sent before your picks lock. Gives you time to submit or update before you lose the window.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Standings updates" icon="arrow-trend-up">
    Triggered when you move up or down significantly on the leaderboard after results come in.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scoring changes" icon="calculator">
    Sent when an organizer changes your pool's scoring after games have been played and the leaderboard is recalculated.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

### Pick-deadline reminders

A reminder goes out when your pick window is closing — for example, "Picks lock in 2 hours." The timing of reminders depends on your pool's scoring mode:

* **Casual mode:** one reminder per match, sent before each individual match kicks off.
* **Escalating mode:** one reminder per stage, sent before the first match of each round begins.
* **Cascading Bracket mode:** one reminder before the Round of 16 bracket deadline.

### Standings updates

When results come in and the leaderboard shifts, Toqui notifies you if your position changes by enough to matter — moving into the top 3, jumping several spots, or dropping after a bad round. Minor position changes don't trigger a notification.

### Scoring changes

Pool organizers and admins can edit scoring at any time. If they change it **after games have already been scored**, Toqui recalculates the whole leaderboard and sends everyone in the pool a notification naming who made the change — for example, *"Alex changed the scoring. The leaderboard was recalculated · Garcia Family Pool."* The person who made the change doesn't get notified, and these are never sent by email. Changing only when predictions lock doesn't trigger this — it never affects points.

<Note>
  This notification is informational — there's nothing you need to do. To see the current point values, open your pool's scoring rules page.
</Note>

## How to enable notifications

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="First login">
    When you first sign in to Toqui, your browser will ask for permission to send notifications. Click or tap **Allow** to turn them on.

    If you dismissed that prompt, follow the steps for your device below.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Profile settings">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="Open your profile">
        Tap your avatar in the top-right corner and select **Profile**.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Go to Notifications">
        Select **Notifications** from the settings menu.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Enable push notifications">
        Toggle on **Push notifications**. Your browser may prompt you for permission at this point if it hasn't already.
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

<Note>
  Push notifications require browser permission and must be enabled per device. If you use Toqui on your phone and your laptop, you'll need to enable notifications on each one separately.
</Note>

## Enabling notifications by device

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="iOS (Safari)">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="Install Toqui as a PWA">
        Open [toqui.app](https://toqui.app) in Safari, tap the **Share** button, and select **Add to Home Screen**. Push notifications on iOS Safari require the app to be installed as a PWA.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Open from your home screen">
        Launch Toqui from the icon on your home screen (not from Safari directly).
      </Step>

      <Step title="Allow notifications when prompted">
        The first time you open the installed app, you'll be asked to allow notifications. Tap **Allow**.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Check system settings if needed">
        If you didn't see the prompt, go to **Settings > Toqui > Notifications** and turn them on from there.
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Android (Chrome)">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="Open toqui.app in Chrome">
        Navigate to [toqui.app](https://toqui.app). Chrome may show a banner to **Add to Home Screen** — you can do that for easier access, but it's not required for notifications on Android.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Allow notifications when prompted">
        Chrome will ask for notification permission when you first sign in. Tap **Allow**.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Re-enable if you blocked it">
        If you tapped **Block**, go to **Chrome Settings > Site Settings > Notifications**, find toqui.app, and change the permission to **Allow**.
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Desktop (Chrome / Edge / Firefox)">
    <Steps>
      <Step title="Click Allow in the browser prompt">
        When you sign in, your browser will show a popup in the address bar asking whether to allow notifications from toqui.app. Click **Allow**.
      </Step>

      <Step title="Re-enable if you blocked it">
        Look for the lock or info icon in the address bar, click it, find **Notifications**, and change it to **Allow**. Refresh the page.
      </Step>
    </Steps>
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="I allowed notifications but I'm not receiving any">
    Check that your device's system-level notification settings allow browser notifications. On iOS, go to **Settings > Notifications** and find Toqui (or Safari). On Android, check **Settings > Apps > Chrome > Notifications**. On desktop, check your OS notification settings.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I receive notifications for some pools but not others?">
    Notification preferences apply at the account level, not per pool. If you enable notifications, you'll receive reminders for all your pools.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="How long are notifications stored?">
    Undelivered notifications expire after 90 days. If your device is offline for an extended period, older notifications won't be delivered when you reconnect.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

For a deeper look at how push notifications work across browsers and platforms, see the [push notifications guide](/en/guides/push-notifications).