# Install Samee on your phone or computer like an app - URL: https://abdohoo.app/help/samee/install-samee-web-app - Product: Samee (https://samee.abdohoo.app) - Section: Getting started - Updated: 2026-10-01 > Open samee.abdohoo.app, then use your browser's Install app or Add to Home Screen option. Samee then opens full screen from its own icon, with shortcuts to Listen, Practise and Progress. You can install Samee from your browser so that it opens from its own icon, full screen, without the address bar. Open [samee.abdohoo.app](https://samee.abdohoo.app), then choose **Install app** or **Add to Home screen** in Chrome or Edge on Android, or **Add to Home Screen** from the Share menu in Safari on iPhone. Nothing is downloaded from an app store. ## Why install it - **One tap to open.** Samee gets an icon on your home screen or in your app list, named **Samee**. - **Full screen.** There's no address bar, so more of the mushaf text fits on the screen while you follow a recitation. - **Shortcuts.** On Android, and on a computer with Chrome or Edge, long-press or right-click the icon to jump straight to **Listen and correct**, **Practise** or **Progress**. - **Same data, on Android and computers.** There the installed app shares the browser's storage, so your sessions and your recently identified list are already in it. iPhones work differently; see below. An Android app is being prepared. Until it is published, the installed web app is the way to use Samee like an app. ![Samee's Identify screen in dark mode on a phone, with the star button and the tabs at the bottom](https://abdohoo.app/media/library/samee/web-phone-identify-dark.webp)Samee follows your phone's light or dark setting. Tap the moon or sun at the top to choose.## Android: Chrome, Edge or Samsung Internet 1. Open **samee.abdohoo.app** in Chrome. 2. Tap the menu (**⋮**) at the top right. 3. Tap **Install app** or **Add to Home screen**. The wording depends on your Chrome version. 4. Confirm with **Install**. The Samee icon appears on your home screen and in your app drawer. In Samsung Internet, tap the menu (**≡**), then **Add page to**, then **Home screen**. In Edge, open the menu (**…**) and choose **Add to phone** or **Install**. ## iPhone and iPad: Safari 1. Open **samee.abdohoo.app** in Safari. 2. Tap the **Share** button (the square with an arrow). 3. Scroll down and tap **Add to Home Screen**. 4. Keep the name **Samee** and tap **Add**. Open Samee from the new icon. The first time you tap the star, it asks for the microphone again; allow it. An app added to the Home Screen on an iPhone or iPad keeps its own storage, separate from Safari. It starts as a new device, without the sessions you made in Safari. To bring them across, sign in to an [account](https://abdohoo.app/help/samee/account-devices-recovery-code) in both, or create a recovery code in Safari and restore it in the installed app. On an iPhone, the microphone, the screen staying on and vibration depend on what Safari allows web apps to do. If Samee says **Keep the screen on yourself: this browser can't do it for Samee.**, raise your auto-lock time while you listen. iPhones don't let websites vibrate. ## A computer: Chrome or Edge 1. Open **samee.abdohoo.app**. 2. Click the install icon at the right of the address bar, or open the browser menu and choose **Install Samee** (in Chrome it may be under **Cast, save and share** or **Save and share**; in Edge, under **Apps**). 3. Click **Install**. Samee opens in its own window and appears in your Start menu, Launchpad or app list. ![Samee's Identify page on a computer in dark mode, with the Identify, Listen, Practice and Progress tabs at the top and the star button in the middle](https://abdohoo.app/media/library/samee/web-desktop-identify-dark.webp "Samee on a computer, in dark mode. Installed, it opens in a window of its own.") A computer with a microphone can identify and follow recitations too, though a phone is easier to hold up to a loudspeaker. ## What still needs a connection The installed app keeps Samee's screens on your device, so they open even without a signal. The work itself happens on Samee's server: Works without a connectionNeeds a connectionOpening the screensIdentifying a recitationYour **Recently identified** list (kept on the device)Starting a Listen session or checking a recordingPractice attempts, reports, tracks and the khatm mapOnce a Listen session has started, a short drop is fine: the phone keeps the audio, up to 30 minutes of it, and sends it when the connection is back. See [follow a reciter live](https://abdohoo.app/help/samee/follow-reciter-live). ## Before you rely on it in the mosque - Allow the microphone once at home ([how](https://abdohoo.app/help/samee/allow-microphone-https)). - Try a short Listen session so you know where **Stop and save** is. - Check that the pill at the top says **Ready**. New to Samee? Start with [what Samee is and how to start](https://abdohoo.app/help/samee/what-is-samee). ## Frequently asked questions ### Is there a Samee app on Google Play? Not yet. An Android app is being prepared. Until then, install the web app from your browser: it opens from its own icon, full screen, like any other app. ### Does the installed app work offline? Its screens open without a connection, but identifying, listening and your saved sessions need the internet, because the recognition runs on Samee's server. ### How do I update the installed app? You don't need to. Whenever you open it with a connection, it loads the latest version of Samee. ### How do I uninstall it? Remove it like any other app: long-press the icon and choose Uninstall or Remove from Home Screen. On a computer, open it and choose Uninstall from its menu. Your data stays on Samee's server until you erase it.