Kanbei can send announcements, event reminders, and job alerts to your phone or computer as notifications — a short message that appears even when Kanbei is closed. It is one tap per device, and you choose what you hear about in Settings → Notifications. Announcements are always visible inside the app too, so turning notifications off never hides anything.
Step 1: Turn notifications on for this device
In Kanbei, go to Settings → Notifications (or the Announcements page), and tap Turn on notifications. Your browser asks once — tap Allow. That turns notifications on for this device only; a second phone or computer needs the same tap.
Step 2: Choose what you hear about
Under How you hear about things, each row offers its own choices. A new announcement is notifications or off — there is no email choice for it. A scheduled announcement, an event reminder, and a job assigned to you each offer notifications, email, or off. Comments on announcements arrive together in one daily summary instead of one message at a time, and dues overdue in one weekly summary. There is no row for being moved off a waitlist. If you pick notifications but they aren’t set up on any of your devices, Kanbei emails you instead for reminders and job alerts; announcements have no email fallback.
Step 3: On iPhone, add Kanbei to your home screen first
On iPhone, notifications only work if Kanbei is on your home screen — they do not work in a Safari tab. In Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen, then Add. Open it from the new icon, sign in, then turn notifications on inside Kanbei (Settings → Notifications). On Android and on a computer, no home-screen step is needed.
Step 4: If notifications stop
If Kanbei says notifications are on but nothing arrives, open Settings → Notifications. If it says Kanbei stopped sending to this device, tap Turn notifications back on. If it says notifications are blocked, allow them in your browser settings — the site can’t ask again once you’ve said no. And remember: on a computer, closing the browser completely stops notifications until you open it again.
Doing this in Kanbei
Settings → Notifications, or the Announcements page → Turn on notifications. Members set their own in the same place on their own page.