Notifications & Widgets
Push notifications
Turning on notifications
- After the welcome tour and layout choice, the app shows the "Get the latest updates" explainer. The system permission prompt appears only if you tap "Turn on notifications"; tap "Maybe later" to skip.
- If you updated from an older version and weren't asked when you installed, you'll be asked once after signing in or the first time you open the Forum tab.
- To change it later, go to iOS Settings → Yucts → Notifications. You can check the current status under "Profile & settings" → "App Permissions" → "System Notification Permission".
Remote push notifications — forum alerts, private messages, new articles, deals, official announcements, and so on — are sent only to signed-in devices; when you're signed out, the app doesn't register this device with the server. Guests only receive local notifications, such as departure and booking reminders.
Notification categories
Once you're signed in and have allowed notifications, you can turn 7 categories on or off individually:
- New blog post
- New Forum Threads
- Deals
- Forum alert notifications (likes, quotes, mentions, etc.)
- Forum Messages
- Replies & Mentions
- Official Announcements
You'll also get push notifications when forum topics or boards you subscribe to, or conversations you're in, have new content.
Notification actions and in-app banners
- Long-press a notification to "View", "Reply", or "Dismiss". "Reply" appears only on forum topic and private message notifications, letting you type and send right there; alerts such as likes and quotes only have "View" and "Dismiss".
- Push notifications that arrive while you're using the app appear as a card at the top of the app for about 4 seconds, and duplicates are merged automatically.
Push preferences (sign-in required)
"Profile & settings" → "Account" → "Push preferences (subscriptions & quiet hours)" (page title "Notification Preferences"):
- Receive Push Notifications: the master switch; when off, this device receives no push notifications.
- Subscription Topics: the 7 categories above.
- Notification Sound: ten YUCTS sounds — Sakura Breeze (default), Journey Begins, Horizon Pulse, Ocean Whisper, Lantern Glow, Railway Daybreak, Passport Pop, Celestial Route, Bamboo Serenity and Urban Spark — plus "System Default" and "Silent", all with a preview. Your choice takes effect immediately with no need to save, and applies only to this device. When your phone is silenced or in a Focus, sounds follow your system settings.
- Do Not Disturb: turn on "Enable DND" and set a "Start Time" and "End Time" (can span midnight, such as 22:00 → 08:00). Non-urgent push notifications aren't delivered during this period.
- Time Zone: used to determine the Do Not Disturb period; defaults to your device's time zone. You can search for other time zones.
- Tap "Save Settings".
Push preferences are set per device, so the same account can have different settings on different devices. With push preferences turned on under "iCloud Sync Items", when another device updates them you're asked whether to "Apply on this device" (then tap "Save").
Widgets
Touch and hold the Home Screen or Lock Screen → add a widget → search for "Yucts". There are 6 widgets:
| Widget | Contents | Home Screen sizes | Lock Screen styles |
|---|---|---|---|
| YUCTS Travel | Unread forum notifications and the latest threads (sign-in required) | Small, Medium | Circular, Rectangular, Inline |
| Trip Countdown | Countdown to your next trip; shows the day number during a trip | Small, Medium | Circular, Rectangular, Inline |
| Today's Plan | Today's next stop, times, and progress | Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large | Rectangular, Inline |
| Flights & Bookings | Upcoming flights, stays, and transport bookings (not live flight status) | Small, Medium, Large | Rectangular |
| Spending & Budget | Trip budget, amount spent, and remaining (in New Taiwan dollars) | Small, Medium | Circular, Rectangular |
| Travel Tools | Quick access to exchange rates, phrases, packing list, and expenses; the rate is the one the app fetched most recently | Small, Medium | — |
- When editing "Trip Countdown", "Today's Plan", "Flights & Bookings", or "Spending & Budget", you can choose a "Trip" (if none is chosen, the current or next trip is shown automatically), and there's a "Hide details on Lock Screen" option (on by default).
- Widgets show the data the app prepared most recently; if something has changed, open the app once to update them.
Lock Screen Live Activities
Show a trip countdown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, including the trip's cover emoji, trip name, destination, your next plan, status, and countdown.
- Manually: trip page "⋯" → "Map & places" → "⋯" at the top right → "Start Live Activity (lock-screen countdown)" / "End Live Activity".
- Automatically: while a trip is in progress, the app starts one once per trip.
- Live Activities must be allowed in iOS Settings → Yucts → Live Activities.
See Travel Tools.
Siri and Shortcuts
The app provides 4 shortcut actions that you can use in the Shortcuts app or trigger with Siri:
| Action | What it does | Example Siri phrases |
|---|---|---|
| Search travel articles | Search travel articles and forum discussions by keyword | "用 Yucts 搜尋", "在 Yucts 找旅遊文章" |
| Open reading history | View travel articles you've read | "打開 Yucts 閱讀紀錄" |
| Open packing list | View and manage your packing list | "打開 Yucts 行李清單" |
| Open converter | Currency, time zone, and unit conversion | "打開 Yucts 換算工具", "Yucts 換算匯率" |
Siri phrases are currently designed for Traditional Chinese only. In other languages, you can still use these actions directly in the Shortcuts app.
Share to YUCTS message
In Safari, Photos, or another app, tap "Share" and choose "Yucts" to open "Share to YUCTS message" (sign-in required):
- Check the content preview, and add a message in "Note (optional)" if you like.
- Under "Send to", choose a recent conversation, or "New Conversation" or "Other chats".
- If you chose a conversation: tap "Send" to send it right away. If the network or sign-in is temporarily unavailable, it's sent automatically the next time you open the app (only once).
- If you didn't choose a conversation: tap "Add" to save it to "Pending Shares". Next time you open the app, pick a recipient from "Pending Shares (N)" above the chat list and confirm before it's sent.
Limits:
- You can share 1 URL, up to 4 images, or up to 10,000 characters of text at a time; video, audio, and PDF aren't supported.
- Images are resized and stripped of location and similar information first.
- Unsent content is kept on this device for 7 days, then deleted automatically.
iMessage stickers
The app includes a set of YUCTS stickers. In a Messages conversation, tap the apps button next to the text field to find and use them.