Airbnb accidentally sent tons of Android users a ‘test’ notification
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#62M0J)
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.A push notification was sent in error to Android users of the Airbnb...