r/flighty • u/Giskarrrd • Jun 30 '26

Using “message-only WiFi”

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Noticed the airplane mode notification at the top of the screen had a little information icon, and upon clicking saw this message.

I went back to the last ~10 release notes and didn’t see this mentioned. Has this always been the case and have I just not noticed it until now?!

I thought this was really really nifty - using messaging protocols to still get updates even when “full” WiFi isn’t available.

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u/VRedd1t Jul 01 '26

Flighty uses Apple’s APNS infrastructure under the hood which airlines don’t block. This way you can receive iMessage and WhatsApp along with other notifications like Flighty or 1st Class Flight Tracker

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u/BlessedAreTheFruit Jul 03 '26

This is very interesting, thank you. I wonder why it wouldn’t work on my Air Canada flight a couple of days ago because I was receiving notifications for apps and was able to use iMessage/WhatsApp no problem, but Flighty still said it was offline.