Have you ever felt the need to turn your phone upside down so people won’t read a message in a push notification?

Today, in an update for iPhone and Android, we’re allowing you to choose which conversations you want to show up in push and which should stay locked up for viewing in the app.

So far, Gliph has only allowed push notifications to say “Someone sent you a message.” With this update, you can now choose to show the tag of who is sending you a message, and if you want, the content of the message as well.

Unique to Gliph, you can make these changes on a per-contact basis, meaning for one contact in Gliph you can show message content or tag in the push notifications, and for another show nothing at all.

Let’s look at an example, where another Gliph user you’re connected with and have tagged “Erin” sends you the message “Hey, what are you up to tonight?” The following three examples show how a Gliph Message push notification will appear using different settings:

 

How to Enable Message Content in Push Notifications on Gliph
Turning on message content in push notifications is just two taps from any conversation. We made a short video explanation of how to set up message content to show in push notifications. Here are written instructions: 

1. Go to the Conversation View (chat view) with someone you send Gliph messages with and tap on their Gliph in the title bar.
2. In their Gliph view (connection view), scroll down to Push Settings.
   1. Turn on Message Content in Push to have future messages from this connection show up in Push Notifications.
   2. Turn on Contact’s Tag in Push to have future messages from this connection show the Tag of the connection. Remember you can edit a tag for a connection at the top of the Gliph View by tapping Edit Facets I Share.
3. If you do not see the Push Settings in Gliph view, force close the application and re-open it. Or log out of Gliph and log back in.  You will see the options.

Setting up Message Content in Push Notifications for Android
For now, Android users need to use the Gliph mobile web application at https://gli.ph/m to change the Push Settings. Use the same instructions as above. Once you’ve set it up there, it will work on the native Gliph Android app.

We are aware that some of our Android users feel the Gliph Android app is due for an update. we will get a release out as soon as we can. We appreciate your use of Gliph and will continue to support the Android app. For now, we thank you for your patience and use of Gliph.

Monitoring the Privacy Settings of a Conversation
We recognize that some people may not want their conversational partner to enable message content in push notifications. To this end, Gliph now uniquely allows you to view the push notification settings that your partner currently has set. This way, you can have better understanding of the privacy of a conversation you’re having.

We also now allow you to see whether your conversational partner has enabled Lockdown™ Privacy Protection. For maximum security of your conversation, both parties should have Lockdown™ Privacy Protection enabled, and you can now see this valuable information at-a-glance on iPhone and mobile web.

You can monitor privacy settings of your partner by going into the conversation with them, then tapping on their Gliph and scrolling down. Here are some examples with explanations:

Finally, we made a short video that demonstrates how the new Selective Push and Your Contact’s Settings work. Have a look:

And if you made it this far, and you’d like a sweet Gliph pin, be one of the first three people to identify the monster that is hidden behind the push notifications in the screenshot above, and we’ll send you a Gliph pin in the mail. Email us at support at gli.ph