Zero-latency, local-network control that turns your existing smart lights into a fully customizable visual notification system — Android alerts synced with Matter, LIFX, Govee, WiZ, and Google Home.
Interactive Demo
Pick which apps trigger your lights, then set color, brightness, and pulse style for each—tap a mock notification and watch the room respond.
⚠ Warning: The following interactive demo contains flashing and blinking lights.
This is a quick preview only. In the Knowtify app, you get complete control over color, brightness, and how each alert pulses on your lights.
Pick from your installed app list in the trigger picker to choose exactly which notifications trigger a response, and configure resting bulb settings so your lights return to the color and brightness you want when no alerts are active.
Built For
For Gamers
Noise-canceling headsets on. Phone on Do Not Disturb. Full-screen locked in. Hearing a chime mid-match is nearly impossible—and checking your screen breaks your flow. Knowtify uses a local UDP protocol with zero lag and zero ping spikes, so a food delivery, clan invite, or urgent text lights up your room without pulling you out of the game.
For Accessibility / DHH
A powerful accessibility tool for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. When auditory cues alone aren’t enough, Knowtify translates alerts—a doorbell, dog barking, or fire alarm*—into instant, customizable visual cues throughout the house, so important moments reach you wherever you are at home.
For Home Multi-Taskers & Music Lovers
Cooking, cleaning, or blasting music—your phone is often on a counter, charging across the room, or buried in a pocket. With speakers or headphones going, a standard chime is easy to miss. Knowtify turns your living space into an ambient dashboard, so an important call, text, or alert lights up your smart bulbs without forcing you to choose between music and staying connected.
For Focus-Driven Professionals & Remote Workers
Deep in a workflow or wearing noise-canceling headsets for hours, your phone is often silenced and out of sight. That focus blocks the world—and your phone’s chimes—leaving urgent messages easy to miss. Knowtify turns priority alerts into subtle peripheral light shifts so you stay in the zone and still catch critical updates without constantly checking your other devices.
For Sports Fans
Game day means crowd noise, loud TV audio, and your phone face-down on the couch while every play matters. Fantasy scores, group-chat reactions, and delivery updates are easy to miss mid-quarter. Knowtify gives you instant visual alerts across the room—so you catch what matters without breaking eye contact with the action.
For Parents & Caregivers
Nap time is sacred, and a sudden doorbell or loud chime can ruin the afternoon. When your phone is on silent to keep the house quiet, it’s easy to miss a delivery or an urgent family text. Knowtify turns priority notifications into subtle light shifts, so you stay connected to what matters—without ever waking the baby.
Privacy & Local Control
Knowtify LLC builds Knowtify for local, on-device notification processing—most data never leaves your phone except optional integrations, crash reporting, or Android backups you choose.
Knowtify uses Android’s Notification Listener service to react to alerts you choose to monitor. For each notification, the app reads which app posted it, its category (for example, message, call, or ongoing), and whether it is ongoing. For Uber and Lyft only, Knowtify reads the notification title on your device to check for “arriving” when you select those apps as triggers.
Notification processing happens on your device to trigger lighting. Your notification contents are not sold and are not uploaded to Knowtify or any service provider. For Matter, LIFX, Govee, WiZ, and similar integrations, commands go directly to your lights over your local Wi-Fi network. Knowtify does not operate servers that receive or store App data.
Additional permissions are used only for specific features: location or nearby Wi-Fi access to read your SSID for network profiles (not physical tracking); Bluetooth during Matter device commissioning; your installed app list on-device for the trigger picker; optional Google Home sign-in and Home APIs if you connect that integration; and optional Firebase crash reports that do not include notification contents.
If you connect Google Home, Knowtify sends abstract lighting commands (such as color and brightness) through Google’s services. These commands do not include notification text*. For reliable background response, set battery optimization to “Unrestricted” for Knowtify.
Hardware Compatibility
Knowtify is engineered for fast, responsive execution, bridging your notification stream straight to your favorite smart lighting ecosystems with minimal latency, no mandatory subscriptions, and full flexibility.
Supported Protocols & Brands
Works with many smart light brands that support Matter—a shared standard that helps different devices work together. Bluetooth is used during commissioning to pair and configure bulbs on your local network. A flexible, future-ready choice if you want broad compatibility without being tied to one manufacturer.
Talks directly to your LIFX bulbs over your home Wi-Fi, so alerts reach your lights quickly without waiting on the internet. Add your bulbs in the LIFX app first, then Knowtify handles the rest.
Connects straight to Govee lights on your home network for fast, in-the-moment visual alerts. Set up your bulbs in the Govee app once, and Knowtify can trigger them when notifications arrive.
Sends alerts directly to WiZ bulbs on your Wi-Fi for quick light changes around the house. Pair your lights in the WiZ app first, then let Knowtify turn notifications into color and brightness cues.
Optional cloud-bridged integration if you connect Google Home. Knowtify uses Google’s sign-in and Home APIs to control compatible lights through your account. Notification processing happens on your device; abstract lighting commands such as color and brightness are sent through Google’s services and do not include notification text.
Get the App
Download Knowtify and start turning alerts into light—right on your local network.