How do I enable push notifications on my smartphone/tablet device?
Turning on push notifications for the various PCH apps is a great idea because once per day (maybe more), you’ll receive a notification from our various PCH apps regarding opportunities being made available to you. For example, you’ll be notified of a new sweepstakes opportunity available through the PCH App or the bonus wheel being ready to spin in the PCHlotto App. Plus, some notifications will even offer multiple entries to win millions, so you can see why you’d definitely want to make sure you’re receiving notifications.
For the most part, you can easily turn on push notifications the first time you open an app after downloading it (as long as it offers push notifications in the first place). All you need to do is simply tap “Okay” or “Allow” when asked if you would like to receive notifications from the app in question.
If you declined this offer but would later like to turn on push notifications for your app(s), you still can.
For instructions on how to do so, please refer to the below:
Android users:
From the device’s home screen, open the “Settings” app (looks like a gear).
Tap “Apps”, “Applications”, or “Applications Manager” (Terms and steps vary by device).
You will be brought to a list of the apps downloaded onto your device. Scroll through the list and tap on the app you wish to receive push notifications for.
To enable push notifications, simply tap on “Show Notifications” from this screen. You will see a check mark that will ensure you have enabled push notifications for this app.
iPhone®/iPad® users:
From your device’s home screen, tap the “Settings” icon.
From the “Settings” menu, tap “Notifications”.
From here, find the app you wish to receive push notifications for.
- From here, tap “Allow Notifications” and then choose your options for how you wish to receive push notifications:
a. Show in Notification Center: Your push notifications will also show up in your device’s Notification Center.
b. Sounds: You will receive a sound on your device each time you receive a push notification.
c. Badge App Icon: You will have a little number icon next to your app’s icon that displays the number of unread push notifications you have for that app.
d. Show on Lock Screen: Will display all unread push notifications on your device’s locked screen.
- Finally, you can choose the alert style you receive when your device is unlocked:
a. None: You will not receive push notifications for this app when the device is unlocked.
b. Banners: A slim notification pane that slides into view along the top of the screen before disappearing a few seconds later. You can ignore a banner if you wish; pull down the banner to reveal the full Notification Center; or tap it to jump to the message, calendar event, or app that wants your attention.
c. Alerts: A pop-up window that stops whatever you’re doing on your device and displays the details of the notification. Alerts cannot be ignored and must be either opened or closed before you can resume what you are doing.
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