diff --git a/native/ios/Comm/AppDelegate.mm b/native/ios/Comm/AppDelegate.mm
--- a/native/ios/Comm/AppDelegate.mm
+++ b/native/ios/Comm/AppDelegate.mm
@@ -58,6 +58,21 @@
 
 NSString *const setUnreadStatusKey = @"setUnreadStatus";
 NSString *const threadIDKey = @"threadID";
+NSString *const newMessageInfosNSNotification =
+    @"app.comm.ns_new_message_infos";
+CFStringRef newMessageInfosDarwinNotification =
+    CFSTR("app.comm.darwin_new_message_infos");
+
+void didReceiveNewMessageInfosDarwinNotification(
+    CFNotificationCenterRef center,
+    void *observer,
+    CFStringRef name,
+    const void *object,
+    CFDictionaryRef userInfo) {
+  [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
+      postNotificationName:newMessageInfosNSNotification
+                    object:nil];
+}
 
 @interface AppDelegate () <
     RCTCxxBridgeDelegate,
@@ -70,6 +85,7 @@
 - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
     willFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
   [self attemptDatabaseInitialization];
+  [self registerForNewMessageInfosNotifications];
   return YES;
 }
 
@@ -77,7 +93,7 @@
     didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
   RCTAppSetupPrepareApp(application);
 
-  [self moveMessagesToDatabase];
+  [self moveMessagesToDatabase:NO];
   [[AVAudioSession sharedInstance] setCategory:AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient
                                          error:nil];
 
@@ -303,11 +319,15 @@
   });
 }
 
-- (void)moveMessagesToDatabase {
+- (void)moveMessagesToDatabase:(BOOL)sendBackgroundMessagesInfosToJS {
   TemporaryMessageStorage *temporaryStorage =
       [[TemporaryMessageStorage alloc] init];
   NSArray<NSString *> *messages = [temporaryStorage readAndClearMessages];
   for (NSString *message in messages) {
+    if (sendBackgroundMessagesInfosToJS) {
+      [CommIOSNotifications
+          didReceiveBackgroundMessageInfos:@{@"messageInfos" : message}];
+    }
     std::string messageInfos = std::string([message UTF8String]);
     comm::GlobalDBSingleton::instance.scheduleOrRun([messageInfos]() mutable {
       comm::MessageOperationsUtilities::storeMessageInfos(messageInfos);
@@ -346,6 +366,26 @@
   }
 }
 
+- (void)didReceiveNewMessageInfosNSNotification:(NSNotification *)notification {
+  [self moveMessagesToDatabase:YES];
+}
+
+- (void)registerForNewMessageInfosNotifications {
+  [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter]
+      addObserver:self
+         selector:@selector(didReceiveNewMessageInfosNSNotification:)
+             name:newMessageInfosNSNotification
+           object:nil];
+
+  CFNotificationCenterAddObserver(
+      CFNotificationCenterGetDarwinNotifyCenter(),
+      (__bridge const void *)(self),
+      didReceiveNewMessageInfosDarwinNotification,
+      newMessageInfosDarwinNotification,
+      NULL,
+      CFNotificationSuspensionBehaviorDeliverImmediately);
+}
+
 // Copied from
 // ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/hermes/reactexecutor/OnLoad.cpp
 static ::hermes::vm::RuntimeConfig
diff --git a/native/ios/NotificationService/NotificationService.mm b/native/ios/NotificationService/NotificationService.mm
--- a/native/ios/NotificationService/NotificationService.mm
+++ b/native/ios/NotificationService/NotificationService.mm
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 // The context for this constant can be found here:
 // https://linear.app/comm/issue/ENG-3074#comment-bd2f5e28
 int64_t const notificationRemovalDelay = (int64_t)(0.1 * NSEC_PER_SEC);
+CFStringRef newMessageInfosDarwinNotification =
+    CFSTR("app.comm.darwin_new_message_infos");
 
 @interface NotificationService ()
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@
     self.contentHandler([[UNNotificationContent alloc] init]);
     return;
   }
-
+  [self sendNewMessageInfosNotification];
   // TODO modify self.bestAttemptContent here
 
   self.contentHandler(self.bestAttemptContent);
@@ -120,4 +122,13 @@
       [payload[backgroundNotificationTypeKey] isEqualToString:@"CLEAR"];
 }
 
+- (void)sendNewMessageInfosNotification {
+  CFNotificationCenterPostNotification(
+      CFNotificationCenterGetDarwinNotifyCenter(),
+      newMessageInfosDarwinNotification,
+      (__bridge const void *)(self),
+      nil,
+      TRUE);
+}
+
 @end
diff --git a/native/push/push-handler.react.js b/native/push/push-handler.react.js
--- a/native/push/push-handler.react.js
+++ b/native/push/push-handler.react.js
@@ -147,6 +147,10 @@
           'notificationOpened',
           this.iosNotificationOpened,
         ),
+        commIOSNotificationsEventEmitter.addListener(
+          'notificationReceivedBackground',
+          backgroundData => this.saveMessageInfos(backgroundData?.messageInfos),
+        ),
       );
     } else if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
       CommAndroidNotifications.createChannel(