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Notifications Via Wi-Fi

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‎01-20-2018 17:15

‎01-20-2018 17:15

Do you think there will be an update in the near future where you could receive notifications on your Ionic via Wi-fi when your phone is nearby instead of Bluetooth? I would rather receive my notification on Wi-fi while I'm home than bluetooth as it drains my phone battery. Anyone else too? 

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‎01-20-2018 17:23

‎01-20-2018 17:23

I'm fairly sure you'll find WiFi will drain the battery even more, currently wifi turns off when not transferring music/apps. To receive notifications efficiently WiFi would have to be on the whole time I'm guessing  

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‎01-21-2018 00:33

‎01-21-2018 00:33

The Ionic uses Bluetooth LE, (Low Energy), which provides considerably reduced power consumption while maintaining a similar communication range to BT classic. If you’re worried about battery consumption when on your home network, using WiFi would be the wrong way to go about extending it.

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