diff --git a/spec/mainApiHandler.spec.ts b/spec/mainApiHandler.spec.ts
index 91f56389..a54aaf64 100644
--- a/spec/mainApiHandler.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/mainApiHandler.spec.ts
@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ jest.mock('../src/app/download-handler', () => {
     };
 });
 
+jest.mock('../src/app/notifications/notification-helper', () => {
+    return {
+        notificationHelper: {
+            showNotification: jest.fn(),
+            closeNotification: jest.fn(),
+        },
+    };
+});
+
 jest.mock('../src/common/i18n');
 
 describe('main api handler', () => {
diff --git a/src/app/main-api-handler.ts b/src/app/main-api-handler.ts
index 491f8e5e..501586a8 100644
--- a/src/app/main-api-handler.ts
+++ b/src/app/main-api-handler.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { BrowserWindow, ipcMain } from 'electron';
 
-import { apiCmds, apiName, IApiArgs } from '../common/api-interface';
+import { apiCmds, apiName, IApiArgs, INotificationData } from '../common/api-interface';
 import { LocaleType } from '../common/i18n';
 import { logger } from '../common/logger';
 import { activityDetection } from './activity-detection';
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import appStateHandler from './app-state-handler';
 import { CloudConfigDataTypes, config, ICloudConfig } from './config-handler';
 import { downloadHandler } from './download-handler';
 import { memoryMonitor } from './memory-monitor';
+import notificationHelper from './notifications/notification-helper';
 import { protocolHandler } from './protocol-handler';
 import { finalizeLogExports, registerLogRetriever } from './reports-handler';
 import { screenSnippet } from './screen-snippet-handler';
@@ -208,6 +209,17 @@ ipcMain.on(apiName.symphonyApi, async (event: Electron.IpcMainEvent, arg: IApiAr
                 logger.info('window-handler: isMana: ' + windowHandler.isMana);
             }
             break;
+        case apiCmds.showNotification:
+            if (typeof arg.notificationOpts === 'object') {
+                const opts = arg.notificationOpts as INotificationData;
+                notificationHelper.showNotification(opts);
+            }
+            break;
+        case apiCmds.closeNotification:
+            if (typeof arg.notificationId === 'number') {
+                await notificationHelper.closeNotification(arg.notificationId);
+            }
+            break;
         default:
             break;
     }
diff --git a/src/app/notifications/electron-notification.ts b/src/app/notifications/electron-notification.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..122e4c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/notifications/electron-notification.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { Notification, NotificationConstructorOptions } from 'electron';
+
+import { ElectronNotificationData, INotificationData, NotificationActions } from '../../common/api-interface';
+
+export class ElectronNotification extends Notification {
+    private callback: (
+        actionType: NotificationActions,
+        data: INotificationData,
+        notificationData?: ElectronNotificationData,
+    ) => void;
+    private options: INotificationData;
+
+    constructor(options: INotificationData, callback) {
+        super(options as NotificationConstructorOptions);
+        this.callback = callback;
+        this.options = options;
+
+        this.once('click', this.onClick);
+        this.once('reply', this.onReply);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Notification on click handler
+     * @param _event
+     * @private
+     */
+    private onClick(_event: Event) {
+        this.callback(NotificationActions.notificationClicked, this.options);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Notification reply handler
+     * @param _event
+     * @param reply
+     * @private
+     */
+    private onReply(_event: Event, reply: string) {
+        this.callback(NotificationActions.notificationReply, this.options, reply);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/notifications/notification-helper.ts b/src/app/notifications/notification-helper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7a9923b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/notifications/notification-helper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import { ElectronNotificationData, INotificationData, NotificationActions } from '../../common/api-interface';
+import { isWindowsOS } from '../../common/env';
+import { notification } from '../../renderer/notification';
+import { windowHandler } from '../window-handler';
+import { windowExists } from '../window-utils';
+import { ElectronNotification } from './electron-notification';
+
+class NotificationHelper {
+    private electronNotification: Map<number, ElectronNotification>;
+
+    constructor() {
+        this.electronNotification = new Map<number, ElectronNotification>();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Displays Electron/HTML notification based on the
+     * isElectronNotification flag
+     *
+     * @param options {INotificationData}
+     */
+    public showNotification(options: INotificationData) {
+        if (options.isElectronNotification) {
+            // MacOS: Electron notification only supports static image path
+            options.icon = this.getIcon(options);
+            const electronToast = new ElectronNotification(options, this.notificationCallback);
+            this.electronNotification.set(options.id, electronToast);
+            electronToast.show();
+            return;
+        }
+        notification.showNotification(options, this.notificationCallback);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Closes a specific notification by id
+     *
+     * @param id {number} - unique id assigned to a specific notification
+     */
+    public async closeNotification(id: number) {
+        if (this.electronNotification.has(id)) {
+            const electronNotification = this.electronNotification.get(id);
+            if (electronNotification) {
+                electronNotification.close();
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+        await notification.hideNotification(id);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends the notification actions event to the web client
+     *
+     * @param event {NotificationActions}
+     * @param data {ElectronNotificationData}
+     * @param notificationData {ElectronNotificationData}
+     */
+    public notificationCallback(
+        event: NotificationActions,
+        data: ElectronNotificationData,
+        notificationData: ElectronNotificationData,
+    ) {
+        const mainWindow = windowHandler.getMainWindow();
+        if (mainWindow && windowExists(mainWindow) && mainWindow.webContents) {
+            mainWindow.webContents.send('notification-actions', { event, data, notificationData });
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the correct icon based on platform
+     * @param options
+     * @private
+     */
+    private getIcon(options: INotificationData): string | undefined {
+        return isWindowsOS ? options.icon : undefined;
+    }
+}
+
+const notificationHelper = new NotificationHelper();
+export default notificationHelper;
diff --git a/src/common/api-interface.ts b/src/common/api-interface.ts
index 835d15d3..c2340d6c 100644
--- a/src/common/api-interface.ts
+++ b/src/common/api-interface.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ export enum apiCmds {
     clearDownloadedItems = 'clear-downloaded-items',
     restartApp = 'restart-app',
     setIsMana = 'set-is-mana',
+    showNotification = 'show-notification',
 }
 
 export enum apiName {
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ export interface IApiArgs {
     logs: ILogs;
     cloudConfig: object;
     isMana: boolean;
+    notificationOpts: object;
+    notificationId: number;
 }
 
 export type WindowTypes = 'screen-picker' | 'screen-sharing-indicator' | 'notification-settings';
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ export interface INotificationData {
     title: string;
     body: string;
     image: string;
-    icon: string;
+    icon?: string;
     flash: boolean;
     color: string;
     tag: string;
@@ -135,11 +138,14 @@ export interface INotificationData {
     displayTime: number;
     isExternal: boolean;
     theme: Theme;
+    isElectronNotification?: boolean;
+    callback?: () => void;
 }
 
 export enum NotificationActions {
     notificationClicked = 'notification-clicked',
     notificationClosed = 'notification-closed',
+    notificationReply = 'notification-reply',
 }
 
 /**
@@ -204,3 +210,7 @@ export interface IRestartFloaterData {
     windowName: string;
     bounds: Electron.Rectangle;
 }
+
+export type Reply = string;
+export type ElectronNotificationData = Reply | object;
+export type NotificationActionCallback = (event: NotificationActions, data: INotificationData) => void;
diff --git a/src/demo/index.html b/src/demo/index.html
index c7d0ef4f..0ff95062 100644
--- a/src/demo/index.html
+++ b/src/demo/index.html
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@
         <hr>
         <p>Notifications:<p>
         <button id='notf'>show notification</button>
+        <div>
+        <p>
+            <button id='closeNotification'>close notification</button>
+            <input type='number' id='notificationTag' value='Notification Tag to close'/>
+        </p>
+        </div>
+        <p id='reply'>Reply content will display here</p>
         <p>
             <label for='title'>title:</label>
             <input type='text' id='title' value='Notification Demo'/>
@@ -77,6 +84,10 @@
             <label for='isExternal'>external:</label>
             <input type='checkbox' id='isExternal'/>
         </p>
+        <p>
+            <label for='isNativeNotification'>Native Electron Notification:</label>
+            <input type='checkbox' id='isNativeNotification'/>
+        </p>
         <p>Change theme:<p>
             <select id="select-theme" name="theme">
                 <option value="">select</option>
@@ -267,6 +278,7 @@
         });
 
         var notfEl = document.getElementById('notf');
+        var closeNotificationEl = document.getElementById('closeNotification');
         var num = 0;
 
         // note: notification will close when clicked
@@ -280,6 +292,7 @@
             var color = document.getElementById('color').value;
             var tag = document.getElementById('tag').value;
             var company = document.getElementById('company').value;
+            var isNativeNotification = document.getElementById('isNativeNotification').checked;
 
             num++;
 
@@ -298,6 +311,8 @@
                     hello: `Notification with id ${num} clicked')`
                 },
                 tag: tag,
+                isElectronNotification: isNativeNotification,
+                hasReply: true,
                 method: 'notification',
             };
 
@@ -323,7 +338,9 @@
                 };
                 ssfNotificationHandler.addEventListener('error', onerror);
             } else if (window.manaSSF) {
-                const callback = () => { console.log('notification clicked') };
+                const callback = (event, data) => {
+                    document.getElementById('reply').innerText = data.notificationData;
+                };
                 window.manaSSF.showNotification(notf, callback);
             } else {
                 window.postMessage({ method: 'notification', data: notf }, '*');
@@ -331,6 +348,13 @@
 
         });
 
+        closeNotificationEl.addEventListener('click', () => {
+            if (window.manaSSF) {
+                const id = document.getElementById('notificationTag').value;
+                window.manaSSF.closeNotification(parseInt(id));
+            }
+        })
+
         /**
          * Badge Count
          */
diff --git a/src/renderer/preload-main.ts b/src/renderer/preload-main.ts
index c7aec3d5..f73dd26f 100644
--- a/src/renderer/preload-main.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/preload-main.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { contextBridge, ipcRenderer, remote, webFrame } from 'electron';
+import { contextBridge, ipcRenderer, webFrame } from 'electron';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import { apiCmds, apiName } from '../common/api-interface';
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ const minMemoryFetchInterval = 4 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 const maxMemoryFetchInterval = 12 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 const snackBar = new SnackBar();
 const banner = new MessageBanner();
-const notification = remote.require('../renderer/notification').notification;
 
 /**
  * creates API exposed from electron.
@@ -83,8 +82,8 @@ if (ssfWindow.ssf) {
         registerRestartFloater: ssfWindow.ssf.registerRestartFloater,
         setCloudConfig: ssfWindow.ssf.setCloudConfig,
         checkMediaPermission: ssfWindow.ssf.checkMediaPermission,
-        showNotification: notification.showNotification,
-        closeNotification: notification.hideNotification,
+        showNotification: ssfWindow.ssf.showNotification,
+        closeNotification: ssfWindow.ssf.closeNotification,
         restartApp: ssfWindow.ssf.restartApp,
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/ssf-api.ts b/src/renderer/ssf-api.ts
index c884f3a6..0fc86b64 100644
--- a/src/renderer/ssf-api.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/ssf-api.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
     ICPUUsage,
     ILogMsg,
     IMediaPermission,
+    INotificationData,
     IRestartFloaterData,
     IScreenSharingIndicator,
     IScreenSharingIndicatorOptions,
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import {
     IVersionInfo,
     KeyCodes,
     LogLevel,
+    NotificationActionCallback,
 } from '../common/api-interface';
 import { i18n, LocaleType } from '../common/i18n-preload';
 import { throttle } from '../common/utils';
@@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ const local: ILocalObject = {
     ipcRenderer,
 };
 
+const notificationActionCallbacks = new Map<number, NotificationActionCallback>();
+
 // Throttle func
 const throttledSetBadgeCount = throttle((count) => {
     local.ipcRenderer.send(apiName.symphonyApi, {
@@ -217,7 +221,7 @@ export class SSFApi {
             containerIdentifier: appName,
             containerVer: appVer,
             buildNumber,
-            apiVer: '2.0.0',
+            apiVer: '3.0.0',
             cpuArch,
             // Only need to bump if there are any breaking changes.
             searchApiVer: searchAPIVersion,
@@ -590,6 +594,39 @@ export class SSFApi {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Displays a notification from the main process
+     * @param notificationOpts {INotificationData}
+     * @param notificationCallback {NotificationActionCallback}
+     */
+    public showNotification(notificationOpts: INotificationData, notificationCallback: NotificationActionCallback): void {
+        // Store callbacks based on notification id so,
+        // we can use this to trigger on notification action
+        if (typeof notificationOpts.id === 'number') {
+            notificationActionCallbacks.set(notificationOpts.id, notificationCallback);
+        }
+        // ipc does not support sending Functions, Promises, Symbols, WeakMaps,
+        // or WeakSets will throw an exception
+        if (notificationOpts.callback) {
+            delete notificationOpts.callback;
+        }
+        ipcRenderer.send(apiName.symphonyApi, {
+            cmd: apiCmds.showNotification,
+            notificationOpts,
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Closes a specific notification based on id
+     * @param notificationId {number} Id of a notification
+     */
+    public closeNotification(notificationId: number): void {
+        ipcRenderer.send(apiName.symphonyApi, {
+            cmd: apiCmds.closeNotification,
+            notificationId,
+        });
+    }
+
 }
 
 /**
@@ -770,6 +807,19 @@ local.ipcRenderer.on('restart-floater', (_event, { windowName, bounds }: IRestar
     }
 });
 
+/**
+ * An event triggered by the main process on notification actions
+ * @param {INotificationData}
+ */
+local.ipcRenderer.on('notification-actions', (_event, args) => {
+    const callback = notificationActionCallbacks.get(args.data.id);
+    const data = args.data;
+    data.notificationData = args.notificationData;
+    if (args && callback) {
+        callback(args.event, data);
+    }
+});
+
 // Invoked whenever the app is reloaded/navigated
 const sanitize = (): void => {
     if (window.name === apiName.mainWindowName) {