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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by untog on Monday February 08, 2016 @09:45AM (#11058326)
Not an iPhone user here - do you mean that the Chrome app on iOS has Web Push notification support?
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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by fgandiya on Monday February 08, 2016 @11:12AM (#11058880)
It doesn't look like it does yet.

http://caniuse.com/#search=Notifications

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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by untog on Monday February 08, 2016 @12:41PM (#11059527)
Shame. I wonder if Google could shim it into Chrome iOS?
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Re:Uninstalling Facebook app saves up to 15% of iPhone batte... by jon-wood on Monday February 08, 2016 @02:02PM (#11060132)
They should be able to. Embedded Safari allows you to define JavaScript APIs to interface with your app, and the app can register for push notifications.
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