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title: How do Notifications work?
slug: help/en-us/pulse/how-do-notifications-work
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createdAt: 2026-02-09T13:09:04.511Z
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PULSE provides **Notifications** to share details on the latest product releases, as well as system messages, general alerts, and notifications. An activity badge :inlineImage[]{src="https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/3h8pSJcGUXEi4HGCCYPTA/A5AZmDiSq5bwY4-qC1at4_notifications-w-badge31x25.png" alt caption size="10" width="31" height="25"} on this icon at the top of the page indicates the total number of unread messages, and clicking the Notifications icon displays links to the most recent messages.

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After new messages are read, the activity badge no longer shows, and messages display in a read (grayed out) format.

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To access all messages, view the **[Message Center](docId\:tVk2rx3GFNaARNI3sBOLq)**, which PULSE now includes a Message Center serves to serve as a communication hub and provide an easily-accessible area to view important messages between your dairy and from PULSE.

To view all messages, select Select **Message Center** from the [User Menu](docId\:NciftY4cXspT1jMF9vRAA) in the top right corner of the page.

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Announcements are also available from your [User Account home page](docId\:adCj5YzYbeNGYC6XQqEc3).

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