Problems with push notifications on Samsung devices

If you experience problems with push notifications on a Samsung device, please perform the steps listed below based on the operating system: 

Android 12

Disable battery optimization

1. Open the Settings app on your phone.
2. Tap on “Apps” and select GoPeople.
3. Select “GoPeople” and open “Battery”.
4. Select “Unrestricted”.

Remove GoPeople from sleeping apps

1. Open the Settings app on your phone.
2. Tap on “Battery and device care > battery > Background usage limits”.
3. Disable “put unused apps to sleep”.
4. Tap on “Sleeping apps”.
5. Tap the three dots at the top right and select “Delete”.
6. If GoPeople appears in this list, select GoPeople and then tap “Remove”.

Disable auto-optimization

1. Open the Settings app on your phone.
2. Tap on “Battery and device care”.
3. Tap the three dots at the top right and select “Automation”.
4. Deactivate “Auto optimize daily”.

Disable “Adaptive Battery”

1. Open the ” Settings” app on your phone.
2. Tap on ”Battery and device care”.
3. Select ”Battery > More battery settings”.
4. Disable the ”Adaptive battery” setting.

Android 11

Disable battery optimization

1. Open the Settings app on your phone.
2. Tap on “Apps” and select GoPeople.
3. Tap the three dots on the top right and select “Special Access”.
4. Now select "Optimize battery usage" and then tap "Apps not optimized > All".
5. Tap the switch next to GoPeople to disable battery optimisation.

Remove GoPeople from sleeping apps

1. Open the Settings app on your phone.
2. Tap on “Battery and device care > battery > Background usage limits”.
3. Disable “put unused apps to sleep”.
4. Tap on “Sleeping apps”.
5. Tap the three dots at the top right and select “Edit apps”.
6. If GoPeople appears in this list, select GoPeople and then tap “Remove”.

Disable auto-optimization

1. Open the Settings app on your phone.
2. Tap on “Battery and device care”.
3. Tap the three dots at the top right and select “Automation”.
4. Deactivate “Auto optimize daily”.

Disable “Adaptive Battery”

1. Open the Settings app on your phone.
2. Tap on “Battery and device care”.
3. Select “Battery > More battery settings”.
4. Disable the “Adaptive battery” setting.

Android 10

Disable battery optimization

1. Open the Settings app on your phone.
2. Tap on “Apps” and select GoPeople.
3. Tap on “Battery”.
4. Enable “Allow background activity”.
5. Tap on “Optimize battery usage > Apps not optimized > All”.
6. Tap the switch next to GoPeople to disable battery optimisation.

Remove GoPeople from sleeping apps

1. Open the Settings app on your phone.
2. Tap on “device care > battery > App power management”.
3. Disable “put unused apps to sleep”.
4. Then tap “Sleeping apps” and remove GoPeople from this list if applicable.

Disable auto-optimization

1. Open the Settings app on your phone.
2. Tap on “device care”.
3. Tap on the three dots at the top right and select “Advanced” there.
4. Tap the switch next to "Auto optimisation" to deactivate it.

Disable “Adaptive Battery”

1. Open the Settings app on your phone.
2. Tap on “device care”.
3. Tap on “Battery > App power management”.
4. Tap the switch next to “Adaptive battery” to deactivate the setting.