Choose what you get notified about
Push notifications, the daily digest, quiet hours, and how mentions cut through — tune Lumicura to be exactly as chatty as you want.
Lumicura is built so you can stay informed without being buzzed all day. Notifications are layered: what to notify you about, how urgently, and when to stay silent — you control each layer.
On iPhone, push notifications require the app installed on your home screen — see Install the app on your phone.
Per-channel: push, digest, or nothing
Each channel you’re in can notify you its own way:
- Push — a notification as messages arrive. Good for channels you’re actively involved in.
- Digest — no pings; instead, new activity is bundled into one daily summary. Good for busy channels you only need to skim.
- Silent — messages simply wait in the app until you open it.
You can also mute a channel for a while (soccer-tournament weekend, anyone?) — see Mute or leave a channel.
Global switches
In your notification settings you’ll find the big levers:
- Turn push on or off for whole categories — messages, announcements, and so on.
- Quiet hours — a do-not-disturb window (say, 9pm–7am) when nothing pushes. It follows your timezone, and anything from overnight is waiting for you in the morning.
Mentions cut through — mostly
When someone @mentions you, Lumicura treats it as “this one’s actually for you”: a mention notifies you even in channels you’ve muted or set to digest. The one thing mentions never override is your quiet hours — sleep wins.
Announcement texts (SMS)
Announcements can also arrive as text messages if your school uses that and you’ve opted in — separate from push, covered in Turn announcement texts on or off.
A sensible starting point
If you’re not sure where to begin: leave announcements on push, put busy chat channels on digest, and set quiet hours around your evenings. You can change any of it whenever real life disagrees.