What types of alerts can the mobile app send?

Posted: 10 May 2026
Author: Chris Winfield-Blum
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Depending on your setup, you may receive:

  • Medication dose reminders: when a scheduled routine slot asks you to give or confirm a dose. On iOS, the first reminder may use Time Sensitive delivery.
  • Timer alerts: when a countdown reaches important points (for example, when it is time to consider re-administering medication after an interval).
  • Health reading reminders: prompts to log readings such as INR or blood pressure, often opening Today.
  • Care started: when another caregiver starts a Care session for someone you share. Opens Care.
  • Buy reminders (Family Care): one daily To pick up digest when medicines (or other pick-up lines) are marked running low. Not stock tracking. Configure under Settings → Notifications. See What are medication buy reminders?

Exact titles and wording come from your timers and routines. Routine and health-reading reminders may send a second nudge about 30 minutes later if you have not marked the dose or logged the reading yet (timer alerts do not repeat this way). You can turn off urgent follow-ups under Settings → Notifications.

Product news and release notes appear in the in-app What's new feed (teal cue on Profile), not as these dose alerts. See What is What's new?

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