Samsung Notification Glitch Confuses Users

Beginning last night, Samsung smartphone users began reporting notifications from the company's "Find My Mobile" app. The messages, which simply contained the number "1," when tapped, would disappear, leaving users to wonder what it all meant.

Overnight, Twitter users reported the notifications en masse, tagging Samsung in their complaints and jokes.

Very cool, thanks Find My Mobile. pic.twitter.com/6JaBmpwFTu

— Forrest | BrightSide (@BrightSideGames) February 20, 2020

Samsung sending that "find my mobile" notification out worldwide to all its users for absolutely no reason pic.twitter.com/oQC58qNKlA

— chelsaya🍓 (@chelsaya) February 20, 2020

As it turns out, Samsung accidentally sent the message during "internal testing." The notifications should be ignored and should not affect the devices.

This notification was confirmed as a message sent unintentionally during internal testing and there is no effect on your device. Samsung apologises for any inconvenience this may have caused to our customers and will work to prevent similar cases from occurring in the future. ^CC

— Samsung UK (@SamsungUK) February 20, 2020

Despite Samsung's explanation, people continued to mock the company and its notification flub.

Me minding by business:
Samsung phones with Find my mobile: pic.twitter.com/mzgoR2cpDp

— 🐦Blueberry Bitchface @ Home🐦 (@Meikurey) February 20, 2020

Me getting the Find My Mobile notification and hurriedly putting my phone in to airplane mode and changing my password on the computer to keep out the international gang of hackers trying to crack my device. I beat them… this time. pic.twitter.com/4J6tfkVusC

— MJ (@mjdoesatweet) February 20, 2020

Samsung be like:
1
1 pic.twitter.com/1huE1BGXWu

— good wood (@notemiliezzz) February 20, 2020