Mobile apps
Machine on Android, iPhone and iPad. Get the app, what you can do on your phone, and how it differs from Machine Desktop.
Machine Mobile brings your bots, threads, automations and Live calls to your phone and tablet. It uses the same account as Machine Desktop and the web app, so everything's already there when you sign in. There's no pairing step.
Good for: checking whether a bot finished, answering a question or approval while you're out, starting a task from wherever you are, and talking a job through on a Live call.
Get the app
| Device | Where | Needs |
|---|---|---|
| Android | Google Play | Android 7.0 or later |
| iPhone and iPad | TestFlight beta | iOS 15 or later |
In Machine Desktop, click your name at the bottom of the sidebar and choose Mobile App for the same links.
iPhone and iPad (TestFlight)
The iPhone and iPad app is a beta, delivered through Apple's TestFlight app:
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the TestFlight link.
- If asked, install TestFlight from the App Store.
- Tap Accept, then Install.
Then sign in.
What you can do on your phone
| Chat with bots | Start threads, send messages and files, stop a turn. See Chat on your phone. |
| Live calls | Talk to a bot out loud, full screen, and shrink the call while you use the app. See Live on your phone. |
| Answer approvals and questions | Allow or deny a bot's action, and answer its questions. |
| Look at the bot's computer | Browse and download its files, see its status, wake or stop it. See The bot's computer. |
| Automations | See, create, run and pause routines. See Routines. |
| Group chats | Talk to several bots at once. |
| Share to Machine | Send a link or text from any app to a bot (Android). See Share, notifications and offline. |
| Notifications | Hear when a bot finishes, even with the app closed (Android). |
Phone or desktop?
Some things only make sense on a computer and stay on Machine Desktop:
| Only on Machine Desktop | Why |
|---|---|
| This PC | Bots work on the computer running Machine Desktop. You can still follow and answer those threads from your phone. |
| The Live view | It needs a big screen. On a phone, use the bot's computer instead. |
| Voice messages and built-in dictation | Use your phone keyboard's microphone, or a Live call. |
| Branching from a message, hover actions | Use long-press on a phone instead. |
On an iPad, you get the full desktop layout. See iPad.