Group chat notifications delayed, arrive all at once

Within the past week, I don't get any text or notifications in my group chats. When I do get them, they all come in at once. For example, at 5:55am on a Sunday, notifications and text from 3 different group chats all showed up at once from the past week or so. Any ideas why it's only group chats? My other chats with just a single person work just fine.


Posted on Jan 21, 2026 8:28 AM

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Jan 21, 2026 9:33 AM in response to jujudondon

jujudondon wrote:

Within the past week, I don't get any text or notifications in my group chats. When I do get them, they all come in at once. For example, at 5:55am on a Sunday, notifications and text from 3 different group chats all showed up at once from the past week or so. Any ideas why it's only group chats? My other chats with just a single person work just fine.

MMS is your phone carrier feature, report the issue to them.

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Group chat notifications delayed, arrive all at once

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