🚀 [Feature Request]: Alarm Emoji to iOS Critical Alert

[Xaositek]

OS

iOS, iPadOS, macOS

Description

This request is to mimic the "Send Bell" in a "Send Alarm" parameter. This doesn't have a direct ASCII implementation, but there is an option for "Police Car Light" in the Unicode 6.0 specification; it is unicode U+1F6A8.

The intent is that if this character is present in the message it will trigger a Critical Alert (https://developer.apple.com/contact/request/notifications-critical-alerts-entitlement/).

Secondarily the option to trigger a "Send Alarm", would only be on Private Channels, the public channels would display the alarm but would not push a critical alert.

This would also offer additional options for the "External Notification Module" if it permitted additional use cases or pin-out functions, this may require some additional firmware level work for these to trigger and a separate request.

Use Case: We are leveraging Meshtastic in Central Missouri and working now also to build a text variant of our Skywarn presence. The idea is that if a Weather Warning is issued, it can generate a notification that would break through Do Not Disturb and alert users who have opt'd to join our channel.

Participation

• I am willing to pay to sponsor this feature.
• I am willing to submit a pull request for this feature.

Additional comments

No response

[garthvh]

This is just an emoji that can be sent by anyone so probably not the right trigger I did request the entitlement as that really is what determines if this is possible.

[Xaositek]

Great first step and thank you for taking that initiative! With the concept of not allowing the response on the public channel, we could craft this as an "Opt-In" per channel? Unsure how much room is left in the protobuf for channels so don't want to waste that either if it's a finite resource.

Options

• "Allow 🚨 to trigger iOS Critical Notification"
• "🚨 triggers iOS Critical Notification"
• "Enable 🚨 for iOS Critical Notification"