Google Cloud Messaging allows you send lightweight messages from the backend server to all the devices whenever there is new data available. This saves lot of user’s battery by avoiding poll request to server for new data. Using GCM you can build powerful multi platform (iOS, Android & Web) apps like real time chat, news feed, cloud storage and lot more. On top of everything, GCM is completely free and there are no limitations. As parse.com announced their shutdown recently, GCM is the only best option even though it won’t comes with an admin interface. But don’t worry, we’ll build
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