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title: "Mapp Engage: Additional Authentication Option for Mobile Channels"
slug: "mapp-engage-additional-authentication-option-for-mobile-channels"
updated: 2024-04-04T14:03:33Z
published: 2024-04-04T14:03:33Z
canonical: "docs.mapp.com/mapp-engage-additional-authentication-option-for-mobile-channels"
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# Mapp Engage: Additional Authentication Option for Mobile Channels

**08 Nov 2022** Mapp Engage now supports token-based authentication for your iOS mobile channels.

You can now use a p8 file with your token for communication with the Apple Push Notification service. The previous method, using p12 certificates, remains unchanged.

## Key Benefits

- Stateless (token-based) authentication is considered a best practice in the industry, and it is faster than when using certificates.
- Updating from p12 to p8 is made easy in the Engage UI - you don't have to create the channels from scratch, but simply edit the Configure step of the existing channel.
- You can use the same token for multiple apps.
- The Key ID and Team ID is automatically generated in Mapp Engage.

## How does it work?

1. First, obtain your token from Apple. To see how, visit these Apple Developer pages:
  - [Establishing a Token-Based Connection to APNs](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/usernotifications/setting_up_a_remote_notification_server/establishing_a_token-based_connection_to_apns)
  - [Create a private key to access a service](https://help.apple.com/developer-account/#/devcdfbb56a3)
2. When creating the channel in Mapp Engage, select the p8 option and then upload your p8 file. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/554b9b98-6720-4d8b-9919-c7b203d72648/Images/Documentation/91bea11a-2620-4edf-870a-4c432ab2e3e7.png)
3. The Key ID and Team ID will be generated automatically. Hit **Next** and proceed with channel creation.

## Availability

This feature is part of our fall update 2022 which went live on November 8th.

## Related Topics

[iOS Authentication Certificates and Tokens](/v1/docs/ios-authentication-certificates-and-tokens)