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Push to Talk Plus - Send / Receive Instant Personal Alerts

2026-10-22 14:57:05.542

Push to Talk Plus - Send / Receive Instant Personal Alerts

Here's how to send or receive an Instant Personal Alert using Push to Talk Plus.
  • Ensure the PTT+ app has been updated to the most recent version for Android™ .
  • An Instant Personal Alert (IPA) is a call alert that can only be sent to another PTT+ contact who's on the same Verizon network as the sender (only 4G LTE to 4G LTE IPAs are available).

Send an Alert

An Instant Personal Alert (IPA) can only be sent when the sender's presence status is 'Available'.
  1. Ensure alerts are enabled.
  2. From a Home screen, tap the
    Push To Talk+
    PTT icon app or navigate:
    Apps
    Push To Talk+
    .
  3. From the Contacts tab, tap the appropriate contact.
    Alerts can be sent only to individual contacts, not groups.
    Contacts tab
  4. From the Ready screen, tap the
    Alert icon
    Send Instant Personal Alert icon to send the alert.
    A message "Sending Instant Personal Alert, please wait..." indicates the alert was delivered successfully, but doesn't mean it was received.
    Push to Talk Plus call ready screen

Receive an Alert

  1. When receiving an IPA or Missed Call Alert (from the Alert message), do one of the following:
    • Tap
      Reply
       to make a PTT+ call from the Ready screen.
    • Tap
      Not Now
       to dismiss the alert.