Configure Critical Alert Notifications

Important: This feature is only available for iOS devices that are on version 12+ and running an app version of 4.10.11+.

Users with iOS devices can opt-in to receive Critical Alert notifications in the event of an emergency. Critical Alerts is a special push notification classification available on iOS devices that plays a sound and sends alarm notifications, even if the iOS device is muted or in Do Not Disturb mode. 

Critical Alert types 

Critical Alert notifications are sent for the following events:

To configure Critical Alerts using the app: 

1. Log into the capp. 
2. Tap .
3. Tap Notifications. 
4. Tap the Critical Alerts toggle switch to enable Critical Alerts. 

To configure Critical Alerts using iOS settings 

1. Enter the iOS device settings on the device that will receive the Critical Alerts. 
2. Scroll down to the app list and tap Alarm.com. 
3. Tap Notifications. 
4. Tap the Allow Critical Alerts toggle to enable or disable Critical Alerts. 

   Note: The option to enable Critical Alerts in the app is available as a pop-up prompt when logging into the app for the first time or logging into a new version of the app for the first time.