diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/notifications/EventNotificationConsumer.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/notifications/EventNotificationConsumer.kt
index 7470825af..2d78756a1 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/notifications/EventNotificationConsumer.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/notifications/EventNotificationConsumer.kt
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip71Video.VideoVerticalEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip84Highlights.HighlightEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip88Polls.poll.PollEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nipACWebRtcCalls.events.CallOfferEvent
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nipC7Chats.ChatEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.utils.Log
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.utils.TimeUtils
 import kotlinx.coroutines.TimeoutCancellationException
@@ -495,6 +496,67 @@ class EventNotificationConsumer(
             )
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Marmot kind:445 group messages have no `p` tag (recipients are routed
+     * by the `h` tag carrying the nostr_group_id), so the cache-observer path
+     * in [NotificationDispatcher] can't match them to an account. They're
+     * dispatched here directly from [com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.GroupEventHandler]
+     * once [com.vitorpamplona.quartz.marmot.MarmotInboundProcessor] has
+     * decrypted the outer ChaCha20-Poly1305 layer and verified the inner
+     * MLS-signed payload.
+     *
+     * Typed to [ChatEvent] so the caller has to narrow first — reactions,
+     * control messages, and deletions stay silent at the type level,
+     * mirroring how NIP-17 (kind:14) is the only DM kind we notify.
+     */
+    suspend fun notifyGroupMessage(
+        innerEvent: ChatEvent,
+        nostrGroupId: String,
+        account: Account,
+    ) = withWakeLock {
+        Log.d(TAG, "New Marmot Group Message to Notify")
+
+        if (!notificationManager().areNotificationsEnabled()) return@withWakeLock
+        if (MainActivity.isResumed) return@withWakeLock
+
+        // old event being re-broadcast
+        if (innerEvent.createdAt < TimeUtils.fifteenMinutesAgo()) return@withWakeLock
+        // a message we ourselves sent
+        if (innerEvent.pubKey == account.signer.pubKey) return@withWakeLock
+
+        val chatroom = account.marmotGroupList.getOrCreateGroup(nostrGroupId)
+        val groupName = chatroom.displayName.value?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() } ?: "Private group"
+        val sender = LocalCache.getOrCreateUser(innerEvent.pubKey)
+        val senderName = sender.toBestDisplayName()
+        val senderPicture = sender.profilePicture()
+        // Defensive fallback for the rare empty-content ChatEvent so the
+        // popup is still actionable. Non-chat inner kinds were filtered
+        // out at the call site by the ChatEvent type narrowing.
+        val body = innerEvent.content.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() } ?: "New message"
+
+        val accountNpub =
+            account.signer.pubKey
+                .hexToByteArray()
+                .toNpub()
+        // marmot:<groupHex>?account=<npub> — same scheme as notifyWelcome,
+        // taps deep-link straight to the group's chatroom.
+        val noteUri = "marmot:$nostrGroupId$ACCOUNT_QUERY_PARAM$accountNpub"
+
+        notificationManager()
+            .sendDMNotification(
+                id = innerEvent.id,
+                messageBody = "$senderName: $body",
+                senderName = groupName,
+                time = innerEvent.createdAt,
+                pictureUrl = senderPicture,
+                uri = noteUri,
+                applicationContext = applicationContext,
+                accountNpub = accountNpub,
+                accountPictureUrl = account.userProfile().profilePicture(),
+                chatroomMembers = null,
+            )
+    }
+
     suspend fun decryptZapContentAuthor(
         event: LnZapRequestEvent,
         signer: NostrSigner,
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/notifications/NotificationDispatcher.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/notifications/NotificationDispatcher.kt
index 8ca88478a..df17bfe01 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/notifications/NotificationDispatcher.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/service/notifications/NotificationDispatcher.kt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip71Video.VideoVerticalEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip84Highlights.HighlightEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nip88Polls.poll.PollEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nipACWebRtcCalls.events.CallOfferEvent
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nipC7Chats.ChatEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.utils.Log
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.utils.TimeUtils
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CancellationException
@@ -222,4 +223,24 @@ class NotificationDispatcher(
             Log.e(TAG, "Failed to dispatch Welcome notification ${event.id}", e)
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Direct-invocation entry point for Marmot kind:445 group messages.
+     * Bypasses the cache-observer path because GroupEvents are routed by
+     * the `h` tag (nostr_group_id), not by `p` tag. Called from
+     * [com.vitorpamplona.amethyst.ui.screen.loggedIn.GroupEventHandler]
+     * once the MLS-decrypted inner event has been parsed and indexed.
+     */
+    suspend fun notifyGroupMessage(
+        innerEvent: ChatEvent,
+        nostrGroupId: String,
+        account: Account,
+    ) {
+        try {
+            consumer.notifyGroupMessage(innerEvent, nostrGroupId, account)
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            if (e is CancellationException) throw e
+            Log.e(TAG, "Failed to dispatch Group Message notification ${innerEvent.id}", e)
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt
index aebdf4308..b9538f08c 100644
--- a/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt
+++ b/amethyst/src/main/java/com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/ui/screen/loggedIn/DecryptAndIndexProcessor.kt
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nipACWebRtcCalls.events.CallIceCandidateEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nipACWebRtcCalls.events.CallOfferEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nipACWebRtcCalls.events.CallRejectEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nipACWebRtcCalls.events.CallRenegotiateEvent
+import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.nipC7Chats.ChatEvent
 import com.vitorpamplona.quartz.utils.Log
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CancellationException
 import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.Mutex
@@ -660,6 +661,21 @@ class GroupEventHandler(
                     // re-persist would silently grow the on-disk log).
                     if (isNew) {
                         manager.persistDecryptedMessage(result.groupId, result.innerEventJson)
+
+                        // GroupEvents have no `p` tag, so the cache-observer
+                        // notification path can't route them. Fire the popup
+                        // directly here — only on first-time decryption, so
+                        // a relay re-broadcast or persist-replay doesn't
+                        // double-notify. Restrict to ChatEvent (kind:9) so
+                        // reactions, deletions, and control messages stay
+                        // silent.
+                        if (innerEvent is ChatEvent) {
+                            Amethyst.instance.notificationDispatcher.notifyGroupMessage(
+                                innerEvent,
+                                result.groupId,
+                                account,
+                            )
+                        }
                     }
                 }