Samsung Galaxy smartphone have been left puzzled – after receiving a weird notification on their devices.
Users across the world were left baffled after being sent a Find My Mobile push notification from the communications giant.
The notification only has the number "1" and disappears when a user taps on it.
Users have been contacting Samsung about what has happened, with some concerned their devices could have been hacked.
User Alex Rhynold tweeted: "So myself and many other Samsung users have all reported receiving a notification from the "Find My Mobile" app saying "1"... I clicked it and nothing happened. Check app info and it used 20% of my battery? Did all our phones just get hacked?
Another user Michael Fisher tweeted: "Huh. Girlfriend and I just had exactly the same Samsung push notification: her Note 10+ and my Galaxy Z Flip each alerted with a Find My Mobile notification.
"When tapped, it disappeared. Different Samsung accounts on each phone. "
Samsung UK has confirmed the push notification was sent to a "limited" set of devices erroneously.
On its Twitter feed SamsungUK said: “Recently, a notification about “Find My Mobile 1” occurred on a limited number of Galaxy devices.
“This was sent unintentionally during an internal test and there is no effect on your device.
"We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused our customers.”
The mistake has been reported on the androidcentral website.
In addition to Samsung's latest devices such as the Galaxy Z Flip and the Galaxy Note 10 series, several users with Galaxy S, Galaxy A, and Galaxy J series phones have received the same push notification.
Weirdly, users who don't have Samsung's "Find My Mobile" app on their phone also claim to have gotten the push notification.
Similar to Google's Find My Device app, Samsung's Find My Mobile app allows users to find their phone in case they lose it.
In addition to remotely locating a lost Galaxy phone, owners can also lock the screen, block access to Samsung Pay, and back up data stored on the device using the app.
This isn't the first time that a smartphone maker has 'accidentally' pushed out a notification to users across the globe, androidcentral reports.
It looks like the notification may have been sent out accidentally, similar to how OnePlus sent out garbled push notifications to OnePlus 7 Pro owners last year.
According to a Samsung Care Ambassador, it was a test on the company's end to 'assure services are working.'
