Author: Emma Roth
Airbnb sent out the “test” notification early Wednesday morning. | Photo Illustration by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images
Airbnb lit up Android phones around the globe with a notification that reads: “Test dev.” The apparent blunder occurred early Wednesday morning, and judging by how many users are posting about it on Twitter, it seems like a lot of people received the accidental alert (via 9to5Google).
While I personally don’t have the Airbnb app installed on my phone, my colleague Cameron Faulkner does, and he got the notification at 3:41AM ET this morning. Tapping into the notification leads to the Airbnb app but doesn’t do anything else.
Screenshot: Cameron Faulkner / The Verge
You might’ve received this notification if you have Airbnb installed on Android.
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Airbnb sent out the “test” notification early Wednesday morning. | Photo Illustration by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images
Airbnb lit up Android phones around the globe with a notification that reads: “Test dev.” The apparent blunder occurred early Wednesday morning, and judging by how many users are posting about it on Twitter, it seems like a lot of people received the accidental alert (via 9to5Google).
While I personally don’t have the Airbnb app installed on my phone, my colleague Cameron Faulkner does, and he got the notification at 3:41AM ET this morning. Tapping into the notification leads to the Airbnb app but doesn’t do anything else.
Screenshot: Cameron Faulkner / The Verge
You might’ve received this notification if you have Airbnb installed on Android.
Burger King made a similar mistake last week when it emailed...
Continue reading…
Continue reading...