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		vbsteven on Jan 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Googl... VoIP has always been treated a bit differently to regular apps on both platforms. I vaguely remember about 10 years ago both iOS and Android had special permissions specifically for VoIP apps to run in the background.

richardwhiuk on Jan 30, 2021 [–]

On iOS that's pretty much all been removed. The access gateway has to send an APNS notifications when there is an inbound call.

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