The Courier Blog
CocoaPods end of life: here's what to do
CocoaPods has been the default iOS dependency manager for more than a decade. On December 2, 2026, its central registry becomes read-only. Here's what that actually means for native iOS, React Native, and Flutter apps.
Introducing the AI Node in Courier Journeys
The AI node is a new step inside Courier Journeys that classifies users, branches on the result, and writes per-channel copy from a single prompt. Here's what it does, how to set one up, and when it's worth using over a regular condition node.
Customer Journey Orchestration: A Developer's Guide
How API-first orchestration coordinates triggers, multichannel sends, branching, and retries across the customer journey — with code examples and patterns developers can ship today.
Firebase CocoaPods support is ending. What happens to iOS push notifications?
Firebase is ending new Apple SDK releases to CocoaPods in October 2026. Your app will not break overnight, but your Firebase push notification stack can get stuck on old SDKs while APNs, iOS, Xcode, and Firebase keep changing.
Turn customer context into personalized messaging with AI
Build adaptive customer messaging with Courier Journeys. Use AI nodes to classify users, generate notification copy, enrich profiles, and route each workflow based on structured AI output.
Custom Environments: Ship Customer Messaging like you Ship Code
Courier workspaces now support custom environments. Each is fully isolated with its own templates, integrations, and logs. Match your messaging workflow to how you ship code.
AI Tools for Product Managers: The Modern PM Stack
The modern PM stack runs on AI at every step: Cursor and Claude Code for build, Pencil and Claude Design for prototyping, Courier for notifications and agent communication, Segment for routing product events and engagement data, PostHog for analytics and LLM evals, and a knowledge system like Notion for shared memory across humans and agents.
The AI Node in Journeys: Smarter Branching, Personalized Messages, and Live Enrichment
Courier Journeys now includes an AI node that you can drop into any customer journey. Use it to branch on logic too nuanced for if/then, generate message copy shaped by each user's context, enrich profiles with live data mid-flow, and batch activity into recurring digests. Existing deterministic journeys keep working. The AI node is additive, not a replacement, and it lets you unlock the kind of personalization that used to require a dedicated ML team. Here's what it does and how to use it.
Your Notification Center, Your Competitive Edge
The in-app inbox is the most valuable notification surface you own. Every other channel has a gatekeeper: push, email, and SMS all run through someone else's filters. The inbox is the one surface where you set the rules. Courier Inbox ships as a drop-in component backed by a hosted API that stores messages, syncs read state across devices in real time, and integrates with your other channels. SDKs for React, Web Components, React Native, Flutter, iOS, and Android. Install it with an AI coding agent or a few lines of code. Theme it, customize the renderers, or go fully headless.