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APNS

Last updated May 17, 2025, generated by Sumble

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What is APNS?

APNS (Apple Push Notification Service) is a platform service created by Apple that enables third-party application developers to send push notifications to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices. It is commonly used to deliver timely and relevant information, such as new messages, calendar events, and breaking news, even when the app is not running in the foreground.

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What other technologies are related to APNS?

APNS Competitor Technologies

Firebase Cloud Messaging is Google's cross-platform solution for push notifications, directly competing with APNS.

mentioned alongside APNS in 11% (133) of relevant job posts

Google Cloud Messaging, the predecessor to FCM, provided similar push notification services and competed with APNS.

mentioned alongside APNS in 14% (83) of relevant job posts

Firebase provides FCM which is a direct competitor to APNS for push notifications.

mentioned alongside APNS in 0% (130) of relevant job posts

APNS Complementary Technologies

push notifications

Generic concept, but APNS *is* a push notification service. As a general concept, they are complementary.

mentioned alongside APNS in 1% (82) of relevant job posts

CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Swift and Objective-C Cocoa projects, and can be used to manage libraries that interact with APNS.

mentioned alongside APNS in 1% (53) of relevant job posts

XCTest is Apple's testing framework. APNS functionality may require tests.

mentioned alongside APNS in 1% (51) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention APNS?

Job function

Jobs mentioning APNS

Orgs mentioning APNS

Engineering & R&D

0% (470) job posts

1 organizations

Engineer

0% (467) job posts

6 organizations

Software Engineer

0% (435) job posts

34 organizations

Mobile Developer

0% (314) job posts

125 organizations

Frontend Engineer

0% (28) job posts

10 organizations

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Which organizations are mentioning APNS?

Organization

Industry

Matching Teams

Matching People

Retail Trade

Amazon Web Services

Information

Health Care and Social Assistance

Professional Services

Fidelity Investments

Finance and Insurance

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