Push notifications and biometric unlock landed on PrimeStay mobile
The PrimeStay mobile app is in final preparations for the App Store and Google Play. Over the past few days we wrapped up two additions that together change how you use the platform on a phone — push notifications and biometric unlock.
Push notifications — what you actually get
A push notification is the alert that lands on your lock screen even when the app is closed. A tap takes you straight to the relevant detail screen inside the app.
Seven event types are covered:
- New booking — created in the app or synced from Booking / Airbnb
- Booking status change — PENDING → CONFIRMED → CHECKED_IN → CHECKED_OUT
- Cancelled booking — guest or agency cancellation
- Check-in today — 8 AM morning reminder of who arrives
- Check-out today — same logic for departures
- Task assigned — when someone assigns you a task (cleaning, maintenance, key handover)
- Trial ending soon — 3 days, 1 day, and the day of expiry
Tap → exact detail
A notification is not just a message — the tap is a deep-link into the app. If "New booking — Marko Marković, Apartman Centar" arrives, the tap opens that exact booking, already loaded. No manual searching. This is the difference between push that annoys and push that speeds you up.
Biometric unlock
The second addition is biometrics — Face ID and Touch ID on iPhone, fingerprint and face recognition on Android. Activated by a single toggle in Settings → Security. After that, instead of entering email and password every time, you just place a finger or look at the camera.
How it works: on the first successful login, the app stores your session in the system secure storage — iOS Keychain or Android Encrypted Shared Preferences. Both are part of the TEE/Strongbox enclave and keep keys inside the OS itself; the app has no raw access. On the next launch, only the OS can release the session after a biometric check.
Trusted Devices — review of active sessions
You can now see the list of all currently logged-in devices — desktop, phone, tablet. Settings → Security shows the city and country (from IP) for each session and gives you a "Sign out" button if you spot a device you do not recognise.
How it fits the platform model
All push notifications are uniform across web, iOS and Android. Create a booking on a desktop in the office — your phone in the car receives the push. That is the core idea: one platform, multiple devices, the same notification stream.
Subscriptions are still managed at primestay.rs (Paddle remains Merchant of Record under App Store rules). The mobile app is a companion — same work as on the web, plus the native extras.
What is next
- App Store and Google Play submission — final assets and screenshots are in progress
- iOS build is going through final QA on devices
- Beta testing through internal tracks before the public launch
If you are interested in beta access or have a specific push use-case for your agency, get in touch. The PrimeStay team is actively listening to users at this stage.