Configuring Contact Center browser notifications

Contact Center supports desktop notifications so agents can stay informed about incoming contacts when Contact Center is open or running in the background. To get notifications from Contact Center, you must configure notifications in Contact Center, the browser, and the operating system. Additionally, you need to ensure that the browser doesn't deactivate or put Contact Center to sleep. Use a supported browser (Chrome, Edge, or Firefox) and keep your browser and operating system up to date.


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Contact Center supports desktop notifications so agents can stay informed about incoming
contacts when Contact Center is open or running in the background. To get notifications
from Contact Center, you must configure notifications in Contact Center, the browser,
and the operating system. Additionally, you need to ensure that the browser doesn't
deactivate or put Contact Center to sleep. Use a supported browser (Chrome, Edge, or
Firefox) and keep your browser and operating system up to date.
This article contains the following topics:

Turning on notifications in Contact Center
Configuring your browser for notifications from Contact Center
Configuring your operating system to allow browser notifications
Viewing Contact Center notifications



Turning on notifications in Contact Center

Before you can use notifications, you need to turn them on in Contact Center.
To activate Contact Center notifications

In Contact Center, select Agent
Settings > Notification settings.
Click Enable browser notifications.

Click Save.

The first time you receive a notification, your browser will prompt you to allow
notifications. Example for Chrome:

If you don't see a prompt, check the address bar for a Notifications blocked message.
Click the message, then click Allow for this site in Chrome or Allow in Firefox.



Configuring your browser for notifications from Contact Center

To ensure you receive Contact Center notifications even when you're using other
applications, you need to allow browser notifications from Contact Center, allow
Amazon Connect cookies, and prevent browsers from putting Contact Center to
sleep.
To allow browser notifications
In your browser settings, allow notifications from these sites:


https://support.zendesk.com:443
https://1162894.apps.zdusercontent.com:443



To allow Amazon Connect cookies
In your browser settings, add these domains to allow third-party cookies:


[*.]amazon.com

[*.]connect.aws

[*.]my.connect.aws (or your specific instance URL)

For example, for Chrome, add these domains in chrome://settings/cookies, for
Edge in edge://settings/content/cookies, and for Firefox, in
about:preferences#privacy and scroll down to the Cookies and
Site Data section.

To prevent browsers from putting Contact Center to sleep
In your browser settings, ensure that tab discarding and notification suppression
doesn't apply to Zendesk apps.


Chrome: Disable Memory Saver



Open Settings > Performance or enter
chrome://settings/performance in the
address bar.


Under "Always keep these sites active", then click Add.


Enter [*.]zendesk.com and click Add to
save.



Edge: Stop Sleeping Tabs



Enter edge://settings/system in the address
bar.


Locate the "Never put these sites to sleep"
section.


Click Add and enter
[*.]zendesk.com.



Firefox: Prevent Tab Discarding



Type about:config in your address bar and
press Enter.


Click "Accept the Risk and Continue."


Search for browser.tabs.unloadOnLowMemory
and double-click it to set it to false.








Configuring your operating system to allow browser notifications

In addition to configuring notifications in Contact Center and your browser, you also
need to configure your operating system to allow the browser to show you
notifications on the desktop. If you use Focus (macOS) or Do not disturb (Win11) or
Focus assist (Win10), add your browser as an allowed app so Contact Center
notifications aren’t silenced.
To activate notifications on macOS

In System Settings > Notifications, check that your browser has the Allow
notifications option selected.
Note: If there are two entries for your browser,
allow notifications for both.


To activate notifications on Windows

In the Notifications & actions section of Windows Settings, check that your
browser has the Get notifications from these senders option selected.




Viewing Contact Center notifications

How you view notifications depends on the browser and operating system you use.
To view notifications from Contact Center


Click the notification to open Contact Center.
If available, click the Accept or Reject option.


Examples of call and chat notifications on macOS:















Example of a chat notification on Windows 10: