Messages & Announcements

"Messages" is NeatHub's in-app notification center: service maintenance, new-feature notes and events all show up here as announcements. It is read-only — published by the official team, with nothing for you to configure.

In Simple Terms

It is like a notice board by the door of the app. The important ones come over and tell you themselves; the rest just stay there for you to read whenever you want — nothing gets missed, and nothing keeps interrupting you.

Where to Find It

Open the drawer menu in the top left corner; the first row of the Sharing group is Messages. While you have unread items, a small dot appears on its right.

Screenshot: the Messages entry in the drawer menu and its unread dot

Three Ways Announcements Reach You

Depending on how important it is, an announcement gets your attention in a different way:

Pop-up on entry: appears when you open the home page; read it and tap "Got it". Each one pops up only once — after that it never disturbs you again and simply stays in the message list
Home banner: shown at the top of the home page with a close button on the right. Closing it counts as reading it
List only: no interruption at all, it just waits in the message list — used for ordinary feature notes

The Message List

Each entry shows its title, a type label, a summary (up to two lines) and the date
Unread entries have a dot in front and a bold title; read entries are greyed out across the whole row
Tap an entry to open it; if the content contains a link, a "View Link" button appears at the bottom
"Mark All Read" in the top right only appears while you have unread items — one tap clears every dot
When there is nothing at all, the list shows "No Messages"

Screenshot: the message list, with the unread dots and the "Mark All Read" button

Announcement Types

System: notes about your account and your data
Maintenance: planned upgrades and short periods of unavailability
New feature: what was added in a version update and how to use it
Activity: limited-time events and offers

Some announcements go only to certain people (for example members), or have a start time and stop being shown once it passes. That is normal behavior.

How It Differs from Push Notifications

Comparison	Messages & Announcements	Push Notifications
Where it appears	Inside the app	Your phone's notification bar
Content	Announcements published by the official team	Reminders about your own items, comments and interactions
Can it be turned off	No — it is read-only	Yes, by turning off notification permission in system settings

Push notification details are covered in Push Notifications.

Things to Note

Announcements are fetched over the network, so they can arrive late when you are offline
Read status follows your account and is kept when you log in on another device
Pop-up announcements appear once each; if you miss one it will not come back, but you can still find it in the message list