No sound for PWA / web app notifications in iOS 16.4

After updating to iOS 16.4 and adding one of my web apps to the home screen and turning on notifications, the web app does appear in the Settings>Notifications, but unlike most apps, there is no option for "Sound", and while notifications do arrive, they are always silent.

How can I either make the sound option appear, or have web app notifications in iOS arrive with the usual notification sound?

I have tried deleting and re-adding the web app as well as restarting the device, hoping for the sound options to appear, but it did not. I have also attempted to search for other users with the same problem, but haven't found any that are relevant to the current issue following the release of iOS 16.4 (which is, as I understand it, supposed to fully support web push notifications).

iPhone 12

Posted on Apr 2, 2023 7:43 AM

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Aug 22, 2023 8:36 AM in response to RobertVanDerWoude

Thanks, Robert.

We tested using another PWA app yesterday that we found available on Reddit and it worked well in both 16.6 and 17.

We appreciate you posing to the discussion, because we were just about to start developing a native app specifically for this functionality and now we won't have to. We wouldn't have known that for a while if you hadn't posted when you did. :)

Have a great day.

FeBe95

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14 points

Oct 11, 2023 3:26 PM in response to Camillarhi

I am using a vanilla JS frontend + PHP backend approach. I think I followed this guide: https://devtails.xyz/@adam/how-to-setup-web-push-notifications-in-ios-safari

It’s very basic, but it gets the job done.

devsr

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8 points

Apr 11, 2023 2:49 AM in response to TheLittles

Good luck with that as you can't select 16.4 as an iOS version. This release received the PWA support.

monist

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33 points

May 13, 2023 5:20 PM in response to monist

All better now; weird....

May 30, 2023 11:41 AM in response to devsr

You can choose the 16.4 OS now....

Aug 23, 2023 12:05 AM in response to R360_Sales

You are welcome. I was waiting on this feature myself and found out by accident.

Oct 11, 2023 12:18 PM in response to FeBe95

Hello please could you tell me how you activated it to request for notifications?

Oct 12, 2023 2:40 PM in response to FeBe95

Thanks, I will check it out

May 26, 2024 4:05 AM in response to pwa_developer

I’d like to take a picture of my hand

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No sound for PWA / web app notifications in iOS 16.4