[Docs] Ente help on local indexing and notifications (#6226)

## Description

- Add some info on (disabling) local indexing
- Add some info on notifications

## Tests
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Laurens Priem
2025-06-10 11:12:32 +05:30
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@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ export const sidebar = [
link: "/photos/features/machine-learning",
},
{ text: "Map", link: "/photos/features/map" },
{
text: "Notifications",
link: "/photos/features/notifications",
},
{
text: "Passkeys",
link: "/photos/features/passkeys",

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@@ -47,8 +47,20 @@ device.
The indexes are synced across all your devices automatically using the same
end-to-end encrypted security that we use for syncing your photos.
Note that the desktop app does not currently support modifying the face
groupings, that is only supported by the mobile app.
---
#### Local indexing on mobile
In general the machine learning is optimized to work well on most mobile device.
However, devices with low RAM (4-6GB) and large photo libraries might struggle
to complete the indexing without affecting performance of the app. In such case,
you might want to disable local indexing and let the desktop run it instead.
You can disable local indexing from the settings, under
`General > Advanced > Machine learning > Configuration`. This way, you can
continue to use the ML features without your phone performance taking any hit.
---
For more information on how to use Machine Learning for face recognition please
check out [the FAQ](../faq/face-recognition).

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---
title: Notifications
description: Details about notifications in Ente
---
# Notifications
The Ente app can send notifications to notify you of an update, or just to
remind you of some sweet or helpful memory at the right time.
## New shared photos
Receive notifications when someone adds a photo to a shared album that you're a
part of.
## "On this day" memories
Receive reminders about memories from this day in previous years. These
reminders will only be shown if there are enough photos taken across previous
years of the specific day.
## Birthday notifications
Receive reminders when it's someone's birthday. Tapping on the notification will
take you to photos of the birthday person. This requires you to first add a
birthday to a person, and will only be shown if there are enough photos of that
person.
## Notification permission
By default all notification categories are enabled if you give notification
permission. You can disable all of the above notification categories from
`Settings > Notifications`. Notifications currently only work on mobile.