Please!

I get notified by tuta and even signal (molly in my case) without google services in GrapheneOS.
Why is it so hard for a company like Proton to get this into the android app?

Please make the change. All of the privacy conscious people who use custom android or linux ROMs have issues with the proton mail app. Push notifications are essential. For me maybe not that much actually, but there are definitely other people who need this!

Hi, pls try https://www.f-droid.org/packages/dev.lbeernaert.youhavemail/ it's a polling for Proton mail and workinf perfect

Sure, not many votes but as privacy first it should be also on top of the list.

Unified Push works like a charm on Molly-FOSS

Would like to see support for https://ntfy.sh or self-hosted NTFY instances.

Governments (including US) use push notifications for surveillance and they issue gag orders to companies when doing so.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/03/surveillance-through-push-notifications.html

I don't need absolutely instant push notifications from my email, but I do need to be notified *eventually* that I have new mail. Just give me an option to do a wake-poll-sleep on a timer in the app where I can choose the frequency. I would probably set it to 15 or 30 minutes personally, but it wouldn't be unreasonable to set it to hours.

What I want to avoid is me constantly opening my mail app all day long just to check for new messages.

As I was reading Protons old fundraiser news posts about funding and supporting GrapheneOS and going against big tech, I am suprised we still don't have this feature.

I'm a GrapheneOS user myself and I receive push notifications from a Signal and Tuta without Google Play, so I don't think this would be too hard to implement.

Hopefully this is or will be on a todo list :-)

This needs more attention. Posted in 2022 without any traction, we're now in 2025 with a "privacy" platform requiring google services for notifications. Its silly.

That's a huge privacy and security flaw on proton apps. Nobody looking for privacy wants to rely on Google play notifications.

Fixes already exist : please do your magic 🙏

As a visionary paid plan customer for several years, I'm disappointed to witness some easily-fixable persistant red flags...

Most people looking for privacy or basic ethics despises Google for good reasons. It's a simple fact.

Why keep relying on Google Play to allow notifications on the most important app of the Proton ecosystem ?

It's even harder to understand when privacy-respecting alternatives already exist.

I know you can do better and I'm sure you could bring a lot more trust with little fixes like this one.

A loving customer that want to continue its privacy journey with you ;)

Stop relying on google for push notifications. You guys are meant to be a privacy oriented service so act like one. This is a repost of the issue which has been going on for way too long.

https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/284483-proton-mail/suggestions/40261009-independant-push-notification-gsf-independet

Still waiting for this feature. At this point, I think they have forgotten about it.

I agree with all the other comments this is such a critical feature

Many people here blame Proton for not implementing independent push notifications. But honestly, I just scratch my head when looking at the top feature requests with thousands of votes which at best fall under the category "nice to have". This one so crucial has just 80+ votes as of Nov 24 after several years of polling...
Tyranny of the majority...
Nevertheless, as a privacy focused company this should have been on their agenda even without any feature request.

They want to be the go-to privacy app, but depend on Google push notifications? When I entered a feature request, their support staff was the most unhelpful and dismissive person I have ever talked to.

I completely agree with the need for independent push notifications in Proton Products. Relying on Google Services Framework (GSF) hinders user privacy and limits functionality for those who prefer not to use Google apps.

I prefer having a background job that would check for new emails now an then than having continuous notification delivery tunneled through google servers.

This is an important feature I would like to see implemented.

This is a must and basic need for a privacy app.

This feature is a must in order to be conpletely free from Google!!!