# Open channel push notification & unread count

**URL:** <https://community.sendbird.com/t/open-channel-push-notification-unread-count/500>\
**Category:** iOS\
**Tags:** open-channel\
**Created:** [June 23, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/open-channel-push-notification-unread-count/500 "2020-06-23T20:36:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ZaidPathan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/zaidpathan/32/297_2.png) [@ZaidPathan](https://community.sendbird.com/u/ZaidPathan)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/open-channel-push-notification-unread-count/500/1 "2020-06-23T20:36:38Z")

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Hi

I have 2 specific questions regarding open channel as these 2 features are not yet supported.

1. Can you send best practices on push notification from our backend API?
2. Can you send best practices on managing unread message count for open channel.

Looking forward for your help.

Thanks  
Zaid

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**Author:** ![Doug\_Exner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/doug_exner/32/52_2.png) [@Doug\_Exner](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Doug_Exner)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/open-channel-push-notification-unread-count/500/2 "2020-06-23T20:59:18Z")

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It doesn’t sound like an Open Channel is suited for what you are looking to do. How many participants are you anticipating in your channel?

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**Author:** ![Daud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/daud/32/1485_2.png) [@Daud](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Daud)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/open-channel-push-notification-unread-count/500/3 "2022-01-18T20:08:30Z")

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Hello Sir,  
if there is any way to count a unread messages for open\_channels?

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**Author:** ![Tyler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/tyler/32/810_2.png) [@Tyler](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Tyler)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/open-channel-push-notification-unread-count/500/4 "2022-01-18T20:15:15Z")

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@Daud,

We don’t track read vs unread messages in open channels and thus there is no way to obtain a count.

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**Author:** ![Daud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/daud/32/1485_2.png) [@Daud](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Daud)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/open-channel-push-notification-unread-count/500/5 "2022-01-18T20:16:51Z")

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Thank you for replying quickly.