diff --git a/Magic Switch/AppDelegate/AppDelegate.swift b/Magic Switch/AppDelegate/AppDelegate.swift
index 83e5436..95b1f94 100644
--- a/Magic Switch/AppDelegate/AppDelegate.swift	
+++ b/Magic Switch/AppDelegate/AppDelegate.swift	
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@ import Cocoa
 import Combine
 import CoreBluetooth
 import SwiftUI
+import UserNotifications
 
 /// Application delegate handling lifecycle and UI setup
-final class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate, NSMenuDelegate {
+final class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate, NSMenuDelegate,
+  UNUserNotificationCenterDelegate
+{
   // MARK: - Dependencies
 
   private let networkStore = NetworkDeviceStore.shared
@@ -200,6 +203,9 @@ final class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate, NSMenuDelegate {
   // MARK: - Setup Methods
 
   private func setupNotifications() {
+    // macOS only routes notification clicks — including one that relaunches
+    // the app — to a delegate installed before launch finishes.
+    UNUserNotificationCenter.current().delegate = self
     NotificationManager.requestAuthorizationIfNeeded()
   }
 
@@ -954,6 +960,24 @@ final class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate, NSMenuDelegate {
     return NSWindowController(window: window)
   }
 
+  /// Clicking the update banner opens the release page — the same action as
+  /// the Update Available rows it points at. Every other Magic Switch
+  /// notification is informational and just dismisses.
+  func userNotificationCenter(
+    _ center: UNUserNotificationCenter,
+    didReceive response: UNNotificationResponse,
+    withCompletionHandler completionHandler: @escaping () -> Void
+  ) {
+    if response.actionIdentifier == UNNotificationDefaultActionIdentifier,
+      response.notification.request.identifier == UpdateChecker.updateNotificationIdentifier
+    {
+      // Delegate callbacks arrive on an internal queue; hop to main before
+      // touching NSWorkspace.
+      DispatchQueue.main.async { [weak self] in self?.openLatestReleasePage(nil) }
+    }
+    completionHandler()
+  }
+
   /// Drops the app back to `.accessory` (no Dock icon) once the last normal
   /// window closes. SwiftUI's `Settings` scene typically reuses one window,
   /// but the loop is defensive against any other normal-level window we
diff --git a/Magic Switch/Manager/NotificationManager.swift b/Magic Switch/Manager/NotificationManager.swift
index eb3516e..0af89b9 100644
--- a/Magic Switch/Manager/NotificationManager.swift	
+++ b/Magic Switch/Manager/NotificationManager.swift	
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ protocol NotificationManaging {
   ///   - identifier: Optional stable identifier. Re-posting with the same
   ///     identifier replaces the previous notification rather than stacking,
   ///     so rapid retries coalesce instead of flooding Notification Centre.
-  static func showNotification(title: String, body: String, identifier: String?)
+  ///   - delivered: Called with the add-request error — nil when the
+  ///     notification was accepted for delivery.
+  static func showNotification(
+    title: String, body: String, identifier: String?, delivered: ((Error?) -> Void)?)
 }
 
 final class NotificationManager: NotificationManaging {
@@ -74,7 +77,10 @@ final class NotificationManager: NotificationManaging {
     center.removePendingNotificationRequests(withIdentifiers: [identifier])
   }
 
-  static func showNotification(title: String, body: String, identifier: String? = nil) {
+  static func showNotification(
+    title: String, body: String, identifier: String? = nil,
+    delivered: ((Error?) -> Void)? = nil
+  ) {
     let content = createNotificationContent(title: title, body: body)
     let request = UNNotificationRequest(
       identifier: identifier ?? UUID().uuidString,
@@ -86,6 +92,7 @@ final class NotificationManager: NotificationManaging {
       if let error = error {
         print("Failed to show notification: \(error)")
       }
+      delivered?(error)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/Magic Switch/Manager/UpdateChecker.swift b/Magic Switch/Manager/UpdateChecker.swift
index dca3789..efe01a2 100644
--- a/Magic Switch/Manager/UpdateChecker.swift	
+++ b/Magic Switch/Manager/UpdateChecker.swift	
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ final class UpdateChecker: ObservableObject {
     /// Persisted state, namespaced like the rest of the app's UserDefaults keys.
     static let lastCheckedKey = "com.magicswitch.updatecheck.lastChecked"
     static let latestVersionKey = "com.magicswitch.updatecheck.latestVersion"
+    /// Last version announced via system notification — one banner per
+    /// version, however many checks rediscover it.
+    static let notifiedVersionKey = "com.magicswitch.updatecheck.notifiedVersion"
+    /// Stable notification identifier, so re-posts replace rather than stack
+    /// and a delivered banner can be retired once the update is installed.
+    static let updateNotificationID = "update-available"
   }
 
   // MARK: - Published State
@@ -56,6 +62,10 @@ final class UpdateChecker: ObservableObject {
   /// malformed; callers guard on it.
   let releasePageURL = URL(string: Constants.latestReleasePage)
 
+  /// Stable identifier of the update notification, exposed so the
+  /// notification-click router in `AppDelegate` can match on it.
+  static var updateNotificationIdentifier: String { Constants.updateNotificationID }
+
   /// True while a check is in flight; drives the "Checking…" state on the
   /// manual Check-for-Updates button, and guards against overlapping checks.
   /// Main-thread only.
@@ -90,6 +100,12 @@ final class UpdateChecker: ObservableObject {
     // Surface the cached result immediately so the menu / Settings reflect the
     // last successful check without waiting for a network round trip.
     latestVersion = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: Constants.latestVersionKey)
+    if !updateAvailable {
+      // The cached "newer" version is usually the one now running — the user
+      // just updated — so retire a delivered update banner rather than leave
+      // it stale in Notification Centre.
+      NotificationManager.removeNotification(identifier: Constants.updateNotificationID)
+    }
     startPolling()
   }
 
@@ -176,10 +192,38 @@ final class UpdateChecker: ObservableObject {
         UserDefaults.standard.set(Date(), forKey: Constants.lastCheckedKey)
         UserDefaults.standard.set(version, forKey: Constants.latestVersionKey)
         self.latestVersion = version
+        self.reconcileUpdateNotification(manual: manual)
       }
     }.resume()
   }
 
+  /// One notification per discovered version, and only from automatic checks —
+  /// a manual check's result is already on screen next to the button that
+  /// triggered it. The version is recorded as announced only once the banner
+  /// is accepted for delivery, so a post lost to the launch-time permission
+  /// race (or to denied notifications) stays eligible for the next automatic
+  /// check. A check that finds no update retires any delivered banner
+  /// (the update was installed, or GitHub stopped advertising it). Main-only,
+  /// called from `performCheck`'s completion.
+  private func reconcileUpdateNotification(manual: Bool) {
+    guard updateAvailable, let latest = latestVersion else {
+      NotificationManager.removeNotification(identifier: Constants.updateNotificationID)
+      return
+    }
+    guard !manual,
+      UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: Constants.notifiedVersionKey) != latest
+    else { return }
+    NotificationManager.showNotification(
+      title: "Update Available",
+      body:
+        "Magic Switch v\(latest) is available (you have v\(currentVersion)). Click to open the download page.",
+      identifier: Constants.updateNotificationID
+    ) { error in
+      guard error == nil else { return }
+      UserDefaults.standard.set(latest, forKey: Constants.notifiedVersionKey)
+    }
+  }
+
   /// Pull `tag_name` out of the `releases/latest` JSON without a model type.
   private static func parseTagName(from data: Data) -> String? {
     guard let obj = try? JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data) as? [String: Any],
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1479421..e30e1b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Run the command on the Mac that should act. `direction=take` works even while th
 
 ## Updates
 
-Magic Switch tells you when there's a new version — it never updates itself. About once a day it makes a single anonymous request to GitHub's public releases API for [this repo](https://github.com/MegaManSec/magic-switch/releases) and compares your installed version with the latest published release; no account, sign-in, or telemetry is involved. When a newer version exists, an **Update Available** notice (with the new version number) appears at the top of the right-click menu and in **Settings → Other** — clicking it opens the release page so you can download and install it yourself. A failed check (offline, rate-limited, etc.) is retried about hourly; otherwise checks happen at most once every 24 hours. Your installed version is always shown in **Settings → Other**.
+Magic Switch tells you when there's a new version — it never updates itself. About once a day it makes a single anonymous request to GitHub's public releases API for [this repo](https://github.com/MegaManSec/magic-switch/releases) and compares your installed version with the latest published release; no account, sign-in, or telemetry is involved. When a newer version exists, an **Update Available** notice (with the new version number) appears at the top of the right-click menu and in **Settings → Other** — clicking it opens the release page so you can download and install it yourself. The first automatic check that spots a given version also posts a single system notification — click it to open the download page. It's posted once per version, so it won't nag (and only if notifications are allowed, see [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)). A failed check (offline, rate-limited, etc.) is retried about hourly; otherwise checks happen at most once every 24 hours. Your installed version is always shown in **Settings → Other**.
 
 ## Troubleshooting