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{{site.data.keyword.mobilepushfull}} is deprecated. Post July 30, 2021, you cannot provision new {{site.data.keyword.mobilepushshort}} instances. Existing instances are supported until June 15 2022, after which any remaining instance will be automatically deleted. More information, on the deprecation announcement blog{: external}. {: deprecated}

{: #getting-started}

{{site.data.keyword.mobilepushshort}} is available as an {{site.data.keyword.cloud_notm}} catalog service in the Mobile category and helps you to send and manage mobile and web push notifications. A push notification is an alert to indicate a change or update on a mobile device or browser. {:shortdesc}

{{site.data.keyword.mobilepushshort}} are a universally accepted communication channel across enterprises or for a wide spectrum of audience. You can deliver these notifications as an onscreen banner alert or to a device's locked screen, thus providing information updates that are quickly and easily accessible.

The basic steps that get you started:

1. Create an IBM Cloud Push Notifications service instance
2. Obtain your notification provider credentials
3. Configure the service instance
4. Setup Push notifications service client SDKs
5. Send a notification

The following image gives you an overview of the {{site.data.keyword.mobilepushshort}} service lifecycle.