Samsung sparks confusion after sending out mysterious '1' notification to smartphones

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Samsung sparks confusion after sending out mysterious '1' notification to smartphones
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Samsung sparked confusion after sending out a mysterious notification to smartphones. According to the company, the “1” notification was sent out by accident as part of “internal testing.”

The notification was for Samsung's own "Find My Mobile" app and showed the number "1" twice.Hands-on with Samsung's flagship Galaxy S20 series.Galaxy smartphones got a surprise Thursday morning as they were sent a random notification for its mobile tracking app.

Once clicked on, the notification disappeared, and some users reported via Twitter that it used up a chunk of their battery life. "The notification was inadvertently sent to a limited number of Galaxy devices. We can assure our users that this notification does not affect their devices in any way," the company said in a statement.

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