diff --git a/lib/app/view/app.dart b/lib/app/view/app.dart
index 97609f957..be5b9f8bf 100644
--- a/lib/app/view/app.dart
+++ b/lib/app/view/app.dart
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import 'package:ente_auth/events/signed_in_event.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/events/signed_out_event.dart';
 import "package:ente_auth/l10n/l10n.dart";
 import "package:ente_auth/onboarding/view/onboarding_page.dart";
+import 'package:ente_auth/services/update_service.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/ui/home_page.dart';
+import 'package:ente_auth/ui/settings/app_update_dialog.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import "package:flutter/material.dart";
 import "package:flutter_localizations/flutter_localizations.dart";
@@ -38,6 +40,21 @@ class _AppState extends State<App> {
         setState(() {});
       }
     });
+    UpdateService.instance.shouldUpdate().then((shouldUpdate) {
+      if (shouldUpdate) {
+        Future.delayed(Duration.zero, () {
+          showDialog(
+            context: context,
+            builder: (BuildContext context) {
+              return AppUpdateDialog(
+                UpdateService.instance.getLatestVersionInfo(),
+              );
+            },
+            barrierColor: Colors.black.withOpacity(0.85),
+          );
+        });
+      }
+    });
     super.initState();
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/main.dart b/lib/main.dart
index f55c97e72..808526e8b 100644
--- a/lib/main.dart
+++ b/lib/main.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'package:ente_auth/core/network.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/ente_theme_data.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/services/authenticator_service.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/services/billing_service.dart';
+import 'package:ente_auth/services/notification_service.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/services/update_service.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/services/user_remote_flag_service.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/services/user_service.dart';
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ Future<void> _runInForeground() async {
   return await _runWithLogs(() async {
     _logger.info("Starting app in foreground");
     await _init(false, via: 'mainMethod');
+    UpdateService.instance.showUpdateNotification();
     runApp(
       AppLock(
         builder: (args) => const App(),
@@ -64,7 +66,8 @@ Future<void> _init(bool bool, {String via}) async {
   await Network.instance.init();
   await UserService.instance.init();
   await UserRemoteFlagService.instance.init();
-  await UpdateService.instance.init();
   await AuthenticatorService.instance.init();
   await BillingService.instance.init();
+  await NotificationService.instance.init();
+  await UpdateService.instance.init();
 }
diff --git a/lib/services/update_service.dart b/lib/services/update_service.dart
index 484efa871..94f8ae3d7 100644
--- a/lib/services/update_service.dart
+++ b/lib/services/update_service.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 import 'dart:io';
 
+import 'package:ente_auth/core/constants.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/core/network.dart';
+import 'package:ente_auth/services/notification_service.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 import 'package:package_info_plus/package_info_plus.dart';
@@ -55,33 +57,33 @@ class UpdateService {
     return _latestVersion;
   }
 
-  // Future<void> showUpdateNotification() async {
-  //   if (!isIndependent()) {
-  //     return;
-  //   }
-  //   final shouldUpdate = await this.shouldUpdate();
-  //   final lastNotificationShownTime =
-  //       _prefs.getInt(kUpdateAvailableShownTimeKey) ?? 0;
-  //   final now = DateTime.now().microsecondsSinceEpoch;
-  //   final hasBeen3DaysSinceLastNotification =
-  //       (now - lastNotificationShownTime) > (3 * microSecondsInDay);
-  //   if (shouldUpdate &&
-  //       hasBeen3DaysSinceLastNotification &&
-  //       _latestVersion.shouldNotify) {
-  //     NotificationService.instance.showNotification(
-  //       "update available",
-  //       "click to install our best version yet",
-  //     );
-  //     await _prefs.setInt(kUpdateAvailableShownTimeKey, now);
-  //   } else {
-  //     _logger.info("Debouncing notification");
-  //   }
-  // }
+  Future<void> showUpdateNotification() async {
+    if (!isIndependent()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    final shouldUpdate = await this.shouldUpdate();
+    final lastNotificationShownTime =
+        _prefs.getInt(kUpdateAvailableShownTimeKey) ?? 0;
+    final now = DateTime.now().microsecondsSinceEpoch;
+    final hasBeen3DaysSinceLastNotification =
+        (now - lastNotificationShownTime) > (3 * microSecondsInDay);
+    if (shouldUpdate &&
+        hasBeen3DaysSinceLastNotification &&
+        _latestVersion.shouldNotify) {
+      NotificationService.instance.showNotification(
+        "Update available",
+        "Click to install our best version yet",
+      );
+      await _prefs.setInt(kUpdateAvailableShownTimeKey, now);
+    } else {
+      _logger.info("Debouncing notification");
+    }
+  }
 
   Future<LatestVersionInfo> _getLatestVersionInfo() async {
     final response = await Network.instance
         .getDio()
-        .get("https://ente.io/release-info/independent.json");
+        .get("https://ente.io/release-info/auth-independent.json");
     return LatestVersionInfo.fromMap(response.data["latestVersion"]);
   }
 
@@ -89,18 +91,7 @@ class UpdateService {
     if (Platform.isIOS) {
       return false;
     }
-    if (!kDebugMode &&
-        _packageInfo.packageName != "io.ente.auth.independent") {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  bool isIndependentFlavor() {
-    if (Platform.isIOS) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return _packageInfo.packageName.startsWith("io.ente.auth.independent");
+    return kDebugMode || _packageInfo.packageName.endsWith("independent");
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/ui/settings/app_update_dialog.dart b/lib/ui/settings/app_update_dialog.dart
index 9c3d69622..25c3c7ba0 100644
--- a/lib/ui/settings/app_update_dialog.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/settings/app_update_dialog.dart
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // @dart=2.9
 
-// import 'package:open_file/open_file.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/core/configuration.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/core/network.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/ente_theme_data.dart';
 import 'package:ente_auth/services/update_service.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
+import 'package:open_file/open_file.dart';
 
 class AppUpdateDialog extends StatefulWidget {
   final LatestVersionInfo latestVersionInfo;
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ class _AppUpdateDialogState extends State<AppUpdateDialog> {
       changelog.add(
         Padding(
           padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(8, 4, 0, 4),
-          child: Text("- " + log, style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.caption),
+          child: Text(
+            "- " + log,
+            style: Theme.of(context).textTheme.caption.copyWith(
+                  fontSize: 14,
+                ),
+          ),
         ),
       );
     }
@@ -152,7 +157,7 @@ class _ApkDownloaderDialogState extends State<ApkDownloaderDialog> {
         },
       );
       Navigator.of(context, rootNavigator: true).pop('dialog');
-      // OpenFile.open(_saveUrl);
+      OpenFile.open(_saveUrl);
     } catch (e) {
       Logger("ApkDownloader").severe(e);
       final AlertDialog alert = AlertDialog(