Where to find them
Settings → Notifications. The screen is grouped into Safety (always on), Location, Alerts, and Other.
Safety — always on
- SOS — fires the second any family member triggers SOS. Critical priority — bypasses Do Not Disturb and Focus modes.
- Crash Detected— fires when a family member's phone detects a serious impact and they don't respond to the “Are you OK?” prompt within 10 seconds.
You cannot disable SOS or Crash notifications. They're the foundation of BRYKK's safety promise — turning them off would defeat the purpose.
Location — the everyday alerts
- Departures— “Sarah is on the way — Headed to Work, about 22 min away.” Fires once when a family member starts driving with a destination set.
- Coming Home to You — special alert with the arrival chime when a family member starts a trip toward the saved place you are currently at. See the Coming Home Alerts guide for details.
- Show Custom Messages— when on, displays the sender's personal homecoming message (e.g. “Picking up dinner 🍕”). Turn off on kids' devices.
- Arriving Soon — fires for family members already at the destination when someone is close.
- Almost There Alert — your personal heads-up before somebody arrives. Each device picks its own lead time, so one person can want more warning than another.
- Arrivals— “Sarah made it safely — Arrived at Home.” Plays a friendly chime.
- When Riding Together— by default, BRYKK suppresses alerts about people you're physically with (same car, <30m apart, both moving). Turn this on to override that and get notifications anyway.
Alerts
- Dead Zone Alerts — fires when a family member enters an area with no cell signal during a drive. Suppressed for known recurring dead zones (BRYKK learns them).
- Severe Weather — fires when severe weather is forecast for any family member's current location.
Other
- Chat Messages — standard chat notifications for family group messages.
- Calendar Reminders— “Time to leave for [calendar event] — traffic adds 8 min.” Pulled from your iOS Calendar.
If you're not getting notifications
First check that iOS itself has BRYKK notifications enabled: Settings → Notifications → BRYKK → Allow Notifications. Then make sure Lock Screen, Notification Center, and Banners are all enabled for the device that is missing alerts.
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On iPad, treat it like its own device. Open BRYKK on the iPad, verify notification permission inside iOS Settings, then relaunch BRYKK once so it can refresh its push state cleanly.