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title: "Getting started on Mobile"
description: "Android/iOS instructions to add Home Assistant to your homescreen."
date: 2015-03-08 21:36
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Home Assistant is not available on the Play Store or App Store. Instead, Home Assistant leverages the new W3C [manifest.json](https://w3c.github.io/manifest/) support, allowing mobile devices to add the "web app" to your homescreen as if it was native.

On Android:

  1. Open Chrome
  2. Navigate to your Home Assistant instance
  3. Tap on the Menu icon (three vertical bars)
  4. Tap on Add to Homescreen
  5. A dialog will popup; tap on Add

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On iOS:

  1. Open Safari
  2. Navigate to your Home Assistant instance
  3. Tap on the Share icon in the middle of the bottom toolbar
  4. Tap on "Add to Home Screen"
  5. A dialog will popup; tap on Add