diff --git a/src/actions/app.ts b/src/actions/app.ts
index 49c1d161..e4143d25 100644
--- a/src/actions/app.ts
+++ b/src/actions/app.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { Action } from 'redux';
 
 /** App action types. */
 export enum AppActionType {
+    /** Reload the app. */
+    Reload = 'app.action.reload',
     /** The app has just ben started. */
     DidStart = 'app.action.didStart',
     /** Open settings dialog. */
@@ -23,6 +25,14 @@ export enum AppActionType {
     CloseLicenseDialog = 'app.action.closeLicenseDialog',
 }
 
+/** Action that requests the app to reload. */
+export type AppReloadAction = Action<AppActionType.Reload>;
+
+/** Creates an action that requests the app to reload. */
+export function reload(): AppReloadAction {
+    return { type: AppActionType.Reload };
+}
+
 /** Action that indicates the app has just started. */
 export type AppDidStartAction = Action<AppActionType.DidStart>;
 
@@ -81,6 +91,7 @@ export function closeLicenseDialog(): AppCloseLicenseDialogAction {
 
 /** common type for all app actions. */
 export type AppAction =
+    | AppReloadAction
     | AppDidStartAction
     | AppOpenSettingsAction
     | AppCloseSettingsAction
diff --git a/src/components/notification-i18n.en.json b/src/components/notification-i18n.en.json
index 8eafe558..f4e861be 100644
--- a/src/components/notification-i18n.en.json
+++ b/src/components/notification-i18n.en.json
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
         "error": "{errorMessage}"
     },
     "serviceWorker": {
-        "update": "New content is available and will be used when all tabs for this page are closed.'"
+        "update": {
+            "message": "A new version of {appName} is available. Click {action} to start using the new version.",
+            "action": "Restart"
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/notification-i18n.ts b/src/components/notification-i18n.ts
index c6a157a3..b28abff2 100644
--- a/src/components/notification-i18n.ts
+++ b/src/components/notification-i18n.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ export enum MessageId {
     BleGattServiceNotFound = 'ble.gattServiceNotFound',
     BleNoWebBluetooth = 'ble.noWebBluetooth',
     ProgramChanged = 'editor.programChanged',
-    ServiceWorkerUpdate = 'serviceWorker.update',
+    ServiceWorkerUpdateMessage = 'serviceWorker.update.message',
+    ServiceWorkerUpdateAction = 'serviceWorker.update.action',
     YesReloadProgram = 'editor.yesReloadProgram',
     MpyError = 'mpy.error',
 }
diff --git a/src/sagas/app.ts b/src/sagas/app.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ceae5066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sagas/app.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+// Copyright (c) 2021 The Pybricks Authors
+
+import { call, takeEvery } from 'redux-saga/effects';
+import { AppActionType } from '../actions/app';
+
+function* reload(): Generator {
+    console.log('reload');
+
+    // unregister the service worker so that when the page reloads, it uses
+    // the new version
+    const registrations = (yield call(() =>
+        navigator.serviceWorker.getRegistrations(),
+    )) as ServiceWorkerRegistration[];
+
+    for (const r of registrations) {
+        yield call(() => r.unregister());
+    }
+
+    location.reload();
+}
+
+export default function* app(): Generator {
+    yield takeEvery(AppActionType.Reload, reload);
+}
diff --git a/src/sagas/index.ts b/src/sagas/index.ts
index 16e2a986..1e88d206 100644
--- a/src/sagas/index.ts
+++ b/src/sagas/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import { all, put } from 'redux-saga/effects';
 import { didStart } from '../actions/app';
+import app from './app';
 import bleUart from './ble-uart';
 import editor from './editor';
 import errorLog from './error-log';
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ import terminal from './terminal';
 /* istanbul ignore next */
 export default function* (): Generator {
     yield all([
+        app(),
         bleUart(),
         lwp3BootloaderBle(),
         lwp3BootloaderProtocol(),
diff --git a/src/sagas/notification.ts b/src/sagas/notification.ts
index 4af52ee9..7a947e91 100644
--- a/src/sagas/notification.ts
+++ b/src/sagas/notification.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { Replacements } from '@shopify/react-i18n';
 import React from 'react';
 import { channel } from 'redux-saga';
 import { delay, getContext, put, take, takeEvery } from 'redux-saga/effects';
+import { reload } from '../actions/app';
 import {
     BleDeviceActionType,
     BleDeviceDidFailToConnectAction,
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import { NotificationActionType, NotificationAddAction } from '../actions/notifi
 import { ServiceWorkerActionType } from '../actions/service-worker';
 import Notification from '../components/Notification';
 import { MessageId } from '../components/notification-i18n';
+import { appName } from '../settings/ui';
 
 type NotificationContext = {
     toaster: IToaster;
@@ -229,12 +231,26 @@ function* addNotification(action: NotificationAddAction): Generator {
 }
 
 function* showServiceWorkerUpdate(): Generator {
+    const ch = channel<React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>>();
+    const action = dispatchAction(
+        MessageId.ServiceWorkerUpdateAction,
+        ch.put,
+        'refresh',
+    );
     yield* showSingleton(
         Level.Info,
-        MessageId.ServiceWorkerUpdate,
-        undefined,
-        helpAction('https://github.com/pybricks/pybricks-code/issues/102'),
+        MessageId.ServiceWorkerUpdateMessage,
+        {
+            appName,
+            action: React.createElement('strong', undefined, action.text),
+        },
+        action,
+        ch.close,
     );
+
+    yield take(ch);
+
+    yield put(reload());
 }
 
 export default function* (): Generator {