{"id":12639,"date":"2022-08-18T15:20:53","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/18\/airbnb-accidentally-sent-tons-of-android-users-a-test-notification\/"},"modified":"2022-08-18T15:20:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T15:20:55","slug":"airbnb-accidentally-sent-tons-of-android-users-a-test-notification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/18\/airbnb-accidentally-sent-tons-of-android-users-a-test-notification\/","title":{"rendered":"Airbnb accidentally sent tons of Android users a \u2018test\u2019 notification"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Airbnb lit up Android phones around the globe with a notification that reads: \u201cTest dev.\u201d The apparent blunder occurred early Wednesday morning, and judging by how many users are posting about it on Twitter<\/a>, it seems like a lot<\/em> of people received the accidental alert (via 9to5Google<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n

While I personally don\u2019t have the Airbnb app installed on my phone, my colleague Cameron Faulkner does, and he got the notification at 3:41AM ET this morning. Tapping into the notification leads to the Airbnb app but doesn\u2019t do anything else.<\/p>\n

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You might\u2019ve received this notification if you have Airbnb installed on Android.<\/em><\/figcaption>Screenshot: Cameron Faulkner \/ The Verge<\/em><\/cite><\/p>\n

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\u201cA push notification was sent in error to Android users of the Airbnb app, and we are investigating how this happened,\u201d Airbnb spokesperson Elle Wyve said in a statement to The Verge<\/em>. \u201cUsers who received the notification can safely disregard it, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burger King made a similar mistake last week when it emailed thousands of customers a blank order receipt<\/a> and said it was caused by an internal processing issue. The \u201cTest dev\u201d notification might\u2019ve been accidentally sent by a developer working on the app, but at least we can say whatever they\u2019re testing over at Airbnb probably works. <\/p>\n

Update August 17th, 2:00PM ET: <\/strong><\/em>Updated to add a statement from an Airbnb spokesperson.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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