How do I choose which notifications I get?
Open Settings and tap the Notifications tab. The top part is about this device: push notifications and reminders for the sessions on your timeline. Daily reminder, streaks and summaries at the bottom picks which updates land under the bell.
New to Settings? See How do I open Settings?.
How do I turn on push notifications?
- In Settings, tap Notifications.
- Next to Push notifications, tap Turn on.
- Your browser asks if Aim can send notifications. Say yes. The row now says On.
- Tap Send a test notification to see what a reminder looks like: "Time to immerse", with Immerse and Not yet buttons.
Push notifications show while Aim is open on this device, even in the background. When Aim is fully closed, they don't come through.
It says Blocked? You said no to your browser at some point. Allow notifications for this site in your browser's settings, then come back.
How do session reminders work?
Session reminders are nudges for the sessions you've planned on your timeline. Turn the main switch on, then pick which ones you want:
- 5 minutes before
- When a session starts
- If I haven't started yet. While a planned session is running and your timer isn't.
- Sessions I missed. Shown when you come back to the dashboard.
- Also send as push notifications. Off: reminders only show inside the app.
Under While you immerse, Live timer notification keeps your session time in your notifications, so you can finish without opening Aim. In the web app its button is Finish; tapping the notification opens your session. In the Android app it's a card on your lock screen too, with Finish and the Aim logo, which opens your session. Nothing in a notification discards a session: that's in the full-screen session's More menu, and it asks first. See How do the home screen widgets work on Android?.
Continue from the shade (Android app) keeps a quiet "Ready when you are" card in your notifications while nothing is running. Tap Continue on it to start your last thing again. It comes back by itself after your phone restarts or the app updates.
How do I pick my daily reminder and other updates?
- At the bottom of the Notifications tab, tap Daily reminder, streaks and summaries.
- Under In the app, turn each one on or off:
- Daily reminder. A nudge to immerse, at a time you pick. When it's on, set the Time and Time zone under it.
- Streak about to break
- Weekly summary
- Milestones
- Sprint progress
- New content in the Library
- News from Immersed
These show under the bell at the top of the app. See What's under the bell?.
Why am I not getting reminders?
- Daily reminder: it only comes on days you haven't logged anything yet. If you've already immersed today, I leave you alone. It comes in the hour you picked (pick 6:30 PM and it shows up around 6 PM), once a day.
- Check the time zone under the daily reminder. If it's wrong, the reminder comes at the wrong time.
- Session reminders need a session planned on your timeline, and the Session reminders switch on.
- No push? Check that Push notifications says On, and that Aim is open (even in the background).
- New phone or browser? Session reminders and push are set per device. Set them again there.
Good to know
- Per device vs your account. Everything in the top part of the tab (push, session reminders, the live timer) is saved on this device. The In the app switches are on your account, so they follow you everywhere.
- Updates are in-app. The daily reminder, streaks, summaries and the rest land under the bell. They're not emails.
- Android app: your goal rings with the app away. With Immersed in the background or the screen off, your phone chimes at your session's goal and shows Goal reached with +15 min and Stop. It needs Live timer notification on. See How do the home screen widgets work on Android?.
- No trial reminder yet. I don't send one before your free week turns into a paid plan. Billing shows the day it ends ("Your trial ends …"), so put that date in your calendar. See How do I cancel or change my plan?.