# Notifications

> Choose what Dvina lets you know about while you're away, where it reaches you, and when it stays quiet.

Dvina lets you know when something needs you or is ready for you: a reply, a finished task, an approval, something it noticed. You choose which of these reach you, on which device, and the hours they keep quiet.

Open Settings and choose **Notifications**.

## Turn on notifications on this device

At the top of **Notifications**, the group is named for the device you're using, like **On This iPhone**, **On This Mac** or **In This Browser**. Each device has its own switch, so you can get notifications on your phone and not on your computer, or the other way around.

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=== Mac

1. Under **On This Mac**, turn on **Allow notifications**.
2. To check it works, next to **Test notification**, click **Send**.

=== Windows

1. Under **On This Computer**, turn on **Allow notifications**.
2. To check it works, next to **Test notification**, click **Send**.

=== Linux

1. Under **On This Computer**, turn on **Allow notifications**.
2. To check it works, next to **Test notification**, click **Send**.

=== iPhone

1. Under **On This iPhone**, turn on **Allow notifications**.
2. When your iPhone asks, allow notifications for Dvina.
3. To check it works, next to **Test notification**, tap **Send**.

=== Android

1. Under **On This Phone**, turn on **Allow notifications**.
2. When your phone asks, allow notifications for Dvina.
3. To check it works, next to **Test notification**, tap **Send**.

=== Web

1. Under **In This Browser**, turn on **Allow notifications**.
2. When your browser asks, allow notifications for Dvina.
3. To check it works, next to **Test notification**, click **Send**.

If your browser can't show notifications, the row says **This browser cannot show notifications.**

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If you turned notifications off for Dvina in your system or browser, the row says **Notifications are blocked for Dvina. Allow them in your browser or system settings.** Where your device lets Dvina open them, choose **Open System Settings**, allow notifications for Dvina, then come back.

## Choose what Dvina tells you about

Below the device, every kind of notification has its own row, in groups:

| Group                 | Notifications                                                                |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Threads and Tasks** | **Replies**, **Approvals**, **Questions**, **Tasks**, **Scheduled messages** |
| **Your Context**      | **Proactive findings**, **Pulse**, **Databases**, **Documents and imports**  |
| **Summaries**         | **Weekly summary**, **Monthly summary**                                      |
| **Sharing**           | **Shared with you**                                                          |
| **Account**           | **Usage**, **Invitations**, **Billing**, **Model health**                    |

Turn a row off, and Dvina stops sending that kind of notification. Your choices are kept for your account.

Some rows say **Always on**: **Approvals**, **Questions**, **Billing** and **Model health**. They need an answer from you before work can go on, so you can't turn them off.

### Choose where a summary goes

A summary can come as a notification, by email, or both. Next to the summary, choose **Push and email**, **Push**, **Email** or **Off**.

## Get a notification when a task is done

When a task is running, Dvina may offer **Notify me when it's done**. Choose it, allow notifications when your phone or browser asks, and Dvina lets you know when the task finishes.

Dvina offers this once on each phone or browser, while its notifications are off and you haven't been asked yet. In the desktop app, turn on **Allow notifications** instead.

## Answer from the notification

On iPhone and Android, you can act on many notifications without opening Dvina, even when the app is closed. The notification shows buttons for what you can do:

- **Approvals:** Choose **Allow**, **Always allow** or **Reject**.
- **Questions:** Choose **Reply**, type in **Your answer**, then send it.
- **Proactive findings:** Choose **Prepare it** to have Dvina start the work, or **Later**.
- **Pulse:** Choose **Clear** to tell Dvina it mattered less.

The notification then says how it went, like **Allowed**, **Declined** or **Sent**. If you already answered on another device, it says **Already handled**. If an answer can't be sent, it says **Couldn't send. Tap to finish in Dvina.**

> [!NOTE]
> On iPhone, unlock it to approve from a notification.

## Set quiet hours

1. Under **Quiet Hours**, turn on **Quiet hours**. They start out from 10:00 PM to 8:00 AM.
2. Next to **Every day**, choose **From** and **Until**.

Approvals and questions still come through.

To choose how often Dvina speaks up in the first place, see [Proactive and Feed](/docs/use-dvina/features/proactive#choose-how-much-dvina-speaks).

## Tips

- **Too many on your computer?** Turn off **Allow notifications** on that device only. Your phone keeps getting them.
- **Find a row fast.** Search Settings for "quiet hours" or "allow notifications" to jump straight to the row.

## Related

- [A tour of Settings](/docs/use-dvina/settings/overview)
- [Proactive and Feed](/docs/use-dvina/features/proactive)
- [Tasks](/docs/use-dvina/features/tasks)
- [Troubleshooting](/docs/help/troubleshooting)