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title: "Enabling Alarms and Reminders"
slug: "enabling-alarms-and-reminders"
updated: 2025-08-01T08:25:28Z
published: 2025-08-01T08:25:28Z
canonical: "docs.smarsh.com/enabling-alarms-and-reminders"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Enabling Alarms and Reminders

> **Applicable to End Users on Android Devices**

The Android Operating System allows applications to receive messages and calls when the app is in the background. WhatsApp Phone Capture makes use of this service to archive messages in near real-time.

You must enable this service in your device's App Settings. To enable:

1. During new installation or upgrade, a **Permission Required** pop-up appears requesting you to enable the permission in your device's App Settings. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/20248637-fef6-4111-82b6-c3bf43c0155e/Images/Documentation/enabling-alarms-and-reminders-image-xjf6gcdx.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-10T16%3A38%3A38Z&se=2026-11-10T17%3A38%3A38Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Kg19RLxG24DNXk6arXTo1L5O1tMvuD4%2FnPdOzeWIpRo%3D)
2. Tap **OK.**

> **Note**
> 
> If you tap **Cancel,** the pop-up appears each time you open the app until you enable the permission.
3. You are redirected to **Alarms & reminders** in **App Settings**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/20248637-fef6-4111-82b6-c3bf43c0155e/Images/Documentation/enabling-alarms-and-reminders-image-j8zctqto.jpg?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-10T16%3A38%3A38Z&se=2026-11-10T17%3A38%3A38Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=Kg19RLxG24DNXk6arXTo1L5O1tMvuD4%2FnPdOzeWIpRo%3D)
4. Toggle **Allow permission** to enable the permission.

> **Note**
> 
> If you do not enable **Allow permission**, the pop-up is displayed at least once every 24 hours, from the time of the first pop-up, until you enable the permission.