---
title: "Getting started on Mobile"
description: "Android/iOS instructions to add Home Assistant to your homescreen."
redirect_from: /getting-started/mobile/
---

Home Assistant has [a companion app for both Android and iOS](/docs/ecosystem/ios/).

As an alternative to the iOS and Android companion apps, you can add the Home Assistant "web app" to your homescreen as if it was native (Home Assistant leverages the W3C [manifest.json](https://w3c.github.io/manifest/) support).

### 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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<img src='/images/screenshots/android-homescreen-guide.gif' />
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### 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