diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5e15c1bb..6a64f336 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -80,6 +80,20 @@ them until tagged releases begin.
   project the same way it already detects the database provider — by reading the project file — and the
   notes tell a WASM app to register `AddRaskBrowserSqlite`, create its schema at boot, and avoid the two
   build settings (`-p:WasmBuildNative=false`, `PublishTrimmed=true`) that each break it without an error.
+- **`INotifications` no longer reports `Granted` on Android for an app whose notifications the user
+  switched off.** The check asked only whether the app *held* `POST_NOTIFICATIONS`, and short-circuited
+  to `Granted` outright below API 33 where no such permission exists. But the per-app notification
+  toggle in Settings is independent of the permission, exists on every supported version, and turning
+  it off makes `NotificationManager.Notify` a **silent** no-op — so `PermissionAsync()` said `Granted`,
+  `ShowAsync` returned without throwing, and nothing ever appeared. The one call that sees that toggle,
+  `AreNotificationsEnabled`, is now consulted first; it exists from API 24, the android head's own
+  minimum, so it needs no version guard.
+  A muted app reports **`Denied`** rather than `Default`, because the way back is the Settings screen
+  and not a prompt — which is what `Denied` means in the web contract this backend mirrors.
+  `RequestPermissionAsync()` returns it too instead of claiming a grant no prompt could produce (it was
+  answering `Granted` unconditionally below API 33). **Behaviour change:** `ShowAsync` on a muted app
+  now throws `InvalidOperationException` like any other ungranted permission, where it previously
+  returned and quietly showed nothing.
 
 ### Added
 - **`Mount` — give a component you built yourself the lifecycle it was missing.** A component normally
diff --git a/docs/apis/notifications.md b/docs/apis/notifications.md
index 5fd55471..e759cda7 100644
--- a/docs/apis/notifications.md
+++ b/docs/apis/notifications.md
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ native backend — a WebView has no `Notification` API. On Android 33+ this need
 permission (declared in the manifest + granted at runtime, as the sample/template activities do); `Tag` maps to
 the notification identifier so a same-tag notification replaces the previous one.
 
+> **On Android, `PermissionAsync()` also reflects the app's notification toggle in Settings.** That switch is
+> independent of `POST_NOTIFICATIONS` and exists on every supported version, including the pre-33 ones where
+> there is no runtime permission at all — and with it off, posting a notification is a **silent** no-op rather
+> than an error. So an app the user has muted reports `Denied` (not `Granted`, and not `Default`): the way back
+> is the Settings screen, not a prompt, which is what `Denied` means here. `RequestPermissionAsync()` returns
+> `Denied` for it rather than pretending a prompt would help, and `ShowAsync` throws as it does for any
+> ungranted permission.
+
 ## See also
 
 - Source: [`INotifications.cs`](../../src/Rask.Core/Browser/INotifications.cs)
diff --git a/src/Rask.Native/Platforms/Android/NativeNotifications.cs b/src/Rask.Native/Platforms/Android/NativeNotifications.cs
index 9cd62d55..c1aa7099 100644
--- a/src/Rask.Native/Platforms/Android/NativeNotifications.cs
+++ b/src/Rask.Native/Platforms/Android/NativeNotifications.cs
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ namespace Rask.Native;
 // Native Android backend for INotifications — the platform NotificationManager instead of the WebView's
 // Notification constructor (android.webkit.WebView doesn't support it). Registered by AndroidPlatform; the
 // framework resolves it over the JS default (native-first). Needs POST_NOTIFICATIONS (API 33+) in the manifest
-// + a runtime grant. Icon/Badge URLs and RequireInteraction have no native equivalent here and are ignored;
-// Silent routes to a no-sound channel. Matches the JS default's contract: a denied permission throws.
+// + a runtime grant, AND the app's notifications left on in Settings — that toggle is independent of the
+// permission and silences Notify() without an error, so it is checked too (see CurrentPermission).
+// Icon/Badge URLs and RequireInteraction have no native equivalent here and are ignored; Silent routes to a
+// no-sound channel. Matches the JS default's contract: a denied permission throws.
 internal sealed class NativeNotifications(Activity activity) : INotifications
 {
     private const string DefaultChannel = "rask_default";
@@ -24,8 +26,18 @@ internal sealed class NativeNotifications(Activity activity) : INotifications
 
     public async ValueTask<NotificationPermission> RequestPermissionAsync()
     {
+        var current = CurrentPermission();
+
+        // Switched off in Settings: there is no prompt that can undo that, so report the block rather than
+        // claim a grant the request would never produce. Checked BEFORE the pre-33 short-circuit below,
+        // which would otherwise answer Granted for an app that cannot show a notification.
+        if (current == NotificationPermission.Denied)
+        {
+            return NotificationPermission.Denied;
+        }
+
         // Before API 33 notifications need no runtime permission; already-granted needs no prompt.
-        if (!OperatingSystem.IsAndroidVersionAtLeast(33) || CurrentPermission() == NotificationPermission.Granted)
+        if (!OperatingSystem.IsAndroidVersionAtLeast(33) || current == NotificationPermission.Granted)
         {
             return NotificationPermission.Granted;
         }
@@ -64,11 +76,27 @@ public ValueTask ShowAsync(string title, NotificationOptions? options = null)
         return default;
     }
 
-    private NotificationPermission CurrentPermission() =>
-        !OperatingSystem.IsAndroidVersionAtLeast(33)
-        || activity.CheckSelfPermission(Android.Manifest.Permission.PostNotifications) == Permission.Granted
-            ? NotificationPermission.Granted
-            : NotificationPermission.Default;
+    private NotificationPermission CurrentPermission()
+    {
+        // Holding POST_NOTIFICATIONS is not the same as being allowed to show anything, and neither is
+        // running below API 33 where no such permission exists: the per-app notification toggle in Settings
+        // is independent of both, and turning it off makes Notify() a silent no-op rather than an error.
+        // AreNotificationsEnabled is the only call that sees it, and it exists from API 24 — the android
+        // head's own minimum — so it covers the whole supported range without a version guard.
+        //
+        // Denied, not Default: the way back is the Settings screen, not a prompt, which is exactly what
+        // Denied means in the web contract this backend mirrors ("blocked until the user changes the
+        // setting"). Reporting Default would tell a caller a request is still worth making.
+        if (!AndroidNotifications.Manager(activity).AreNotificationsEnabled())
+        {
+            return NotificationPermission.Denied;
+        }
+
+        return !OperatingSystem.IsAndroidVersionAtLeast(33)
+            || activity.CheckSelfPermission(Android.Manifest.Permission.PostNotifications) == Permission.Granted
+                ? NotificationPermission.Granted
+                : NotificationPermission.Default;
+    }
 
     [SupportedOSPlatform("android33.0")]
     private Task<bool> RequestPostNotificationsAsync() =>