Niantic Social will notify you about the following actions:
  • Community invitations: accept or decline directly from the notification
  • Friend requests: accept or decline directly from the notification
  • @mention tags in text channels: clicking on the notification takes you to the text channel where you were tagged
     
  • When events are created and ten minutes before they start: clicking on an event notification takes you to the event card in the community where it was created

To change your notification settings:
  • Click on the notification tab => settings icon on the top right