The app can refresh open screens when information changes and can send selected notifications to an iOS or Android device. These features help you notice updates sooner, but you can still refresh the app manually.

Families and coaches using the mobile app or coach portal.

Some notification types are released gradually and may not be available to every account or practice yet.

When automatic refresh is available, an open family or coach screen can update shortly after a related change.

For example, an activity list, timer, access state, notification list, or conversation may refresh without a full page reload.

If the live connection is unavailable:

• the current screen remains usable;
• returning to the app or browser window may refresh it;
• some areas check for updates periodically; and
• you can use the screen's refresh or retry option.

Automatic refresh never changes which families or records you are allowed to view.

1. Open the notification preferences for your family or coach account.
2. Enable the notification type you want to receive.
3. Allow notifications when your phone asks for permission.
4. If prompted, update the app before enabling a newer notification feature.

If permission was previously denied, use your phone's Settings app to allow notifications for Littles Baby Tracker, then return to the app and try again.

Where available, coaches can receive a notification when a family records a new activity.

• The coach must still have active access to the family.
• Activity alerts can be controlled globally and muted for individual families.
• Only activities created by the family trigger this type of alert.
• Opening the alert takes the coach to the activity-notifications area.

On a compatible app version, a family Sleep timer that remains active for 15 hours can send one reminder. Opening it takes the family to that exact timer so they can stop and review it.

The alert does not stop or save the timer. It contains no baby name, family name or notes, and it is not sent once the timer reaches the 24-hour stale boundary.

Message notifications are available only where coach–family messaging has been enabled for the practice.

• Both the conversation and notification preferences must allow the alert.
• The recipient must still have access to the conversation.
• A recent version of the mobile app is required.
• Opening the alert takes the recipient to the conversation when it is still available.

Message notifications ask for notification permission on their own, the first time you open Messages with them switched on or when you switch them on in the conversation settings. They are separate from family activity notifications: coaches do not need activity alerts turned on to receive message alerts.

Activity alerts use general text and do not include care details.

Message alerts show who sent the message and the beginning of it, or Photo or Voice note when there is no text. The app adds no baby names or other details from your records; the preview is only the sender's own words. You can turn message notifications off for each conversation in its settings.

Your phone decides whether previews appear on the lock screen. On an iPhone, go to Settings > Notifications > Show Previews. On Android, check the phone's lock-screen notification settings. Anyone who can see your phone's lock screen may still see that Littles Baby Tracker sent an alert.

• Push notifications work in the installed iOS or Android app, not an ordinary browser tab.
• Notification delivery depends on your connection, phone settings, app version, and feature availability.
• A notification is a prompt to open the app; the app checks your current access when you open it.
• Turning off one notification preference does not necessarily turn off every notification type.
• Each notification type keeps its own preference. The phone's notification permission is shared by all of them, so allowing it once covers every type you have switched on.

• If a screen looks out of date, return to it, refresh it, or close and reopen the app.
• If notifications do not arrive, check the in-app preference and your phone's notification permission.
• If the app says an update is needed, install the latest version from the App Store or Google Play.
• If an alert opens an unavailable item, your access or the item's status may have changed since it was sent.
• If a notification switch rolls back, check your connection and try saving it again.

• Messaging between families and coaches
• Family activity alerts for coaches
• Announcements and notification banners
• Using the app with a weak connection and keeping it updated