When I'm actively chatting on the desktop app, if I get notifications in another chat, my phone rings for every notification, even though I'm active on the Desktop.
There should be an idle period before the notifications get sent to all devices.
Also if notifications are disabled on the desktop, and I'm active on the desktop, notifications should not be sent to my mobile.
Steps to reproduce
Open any chat, start talking to people.
Receive messages on another chat, and don't open them instantly.
My phone rings for the other chat new message notification.
The only sustainable workaround that I use for many years is to force stop the app quickly from recents (in some UI skins and AOSP-based ones there's ability to get into about app page) on Android (seems like there's no direct alternative to such a feature on iOS) to prevent repeated notifications from being distracting, which remains unfixed as of 2025
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It's 2025, sorry almost 2026
Vlad · IT Specialist
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