Snapchat Notifications Not Working? Here's How You Can Fix Them

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Snapchat notifications are essential for staying on top of new Snaps and direct messages — so what should you do when these notifications aren't working? Among all the social apps available today, Snapchat is one of the most robust. It's a platform for sending photos/videos to friends, having group chats, and sharing public posts on the Spotlight page.

While all of those features are great when they work, Snapchat — like any app — isn't perfect. Sometimes, things with Snapchat go wrong. The infamous 'Snapchat is a camera' error plagues users when there's an issue with Snapchat's camera permissions. Snapchat has also faced bug-ridden updates and various server issues, which have caused other kinds of inconsistencies with the app.

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Another Snapchat issue that many users have encountered is broken notifications. Notifications are essential if you want tostay on top of your Snapchat activity. Whether you get a new message, photo, or group chat, notifications let you know about them the second they're received. At least that's how it's supposed to work. If your Snapchat notifications aren't working and you aren't sure why, here are a few tips on fixing them.

More likely than anything else, Snapchat notifications probably aren't working because of a permissions issue with your smartphone. If you accidentally revoked those permissions at one point — or never granted them in the first place — your smartphone is preventing Snapchat from sending notifications. If you have an iPhone, you can enable Snapchat permissions as follows:

The steps are pretty similar for Android. If you have an Android smartphone, here's how you'll enable Snapchat notification permissions: Open