In this guide, we will show you a nifty workaround to fix the issue of apps not showing a Notification Badge on iOS 17. The seventeenth iteration of the OS has bought in a slew of intriguing goodies, with the likes of Messages, Phone, FaceTime, Live Voicemail, and Contacts being some of the major beneficiaries. However, at the time of writing, the update is still in its testing stage, so there are bound to be a few rough hedges. And that is indeed the case.
The OS has already been bugged with a plethora of issues [though most of them have been quashed with subsequent updates], however, one seems to have escaped everyone’s attention. For the past few iOS 17 builds, numerous users have voiced their concern that numerous apps are not showing Notification Badge on iOS 17. For instance, in the case of the Reminder App, the reminder does go off at the dedicated time but the badge isn’t displayed.
In this regard, users have already restarted, disabled & re-enables iCloud Reminders, and even deleted the app and re-downloaded it, but to no avail. Well, some even took the extreme approach of resetting and restoring their device via DFU but even that didn’t work out. With that said, we did manage to find a nifty and extremely easy method that should help you rectify this bug. So without further ado, let’s check it out.
Fix Apps not showing Notification Badge on iOS 17
In order to rectify this issue, you just need to create a new reminder with a notification [make sure it is location-based]. The app will then ask you to enable notifications and this should fix the issue of apps not showing a Notification Badge on iOS 17. If you still have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
