Squad for iPhone and iPad is in beta, so it installs through Apple’s TestFlight app. See Get Squad for iPhone and iPad. “The Mac” on these pages means Squad for Mac.
Live Activity
On iPhone, the Live Activity shows on the Lock Screen, and in the Dynamic Island on an iPhone that has one.When it shows
- It starts when at least one teammate works or something needs you. The app starts it, so it begins only while Squad runs.
- It needs Live Activities to be on for Squad in iOS Settings. The app has no switch of its own. Turning Live Activities off in iOS removes one that shows.
- It updates as your squad changes.
- When nobody works and nothing needs you, it shows “All done” for 60 seconds, then ends.
- After 15 minutes with no update, the Lock Screen card says “Open Squad to refresh”.
- It ends when you sign out, or when you switch squads. Only one shows at a time.
What it shows
Your squad’s name, the faces of up to three teammates who work (the most recent first), a line about what the first one does, and how many things need you. The number is the same as on the Today tab. The number of teammates who work, and the line about who works, count everyone at work, not only the faces shown, from version 1.0.93. With five at work, it says “5 working” and “Otis and 4 others are working”. On the Lock Screen, the card shows:- Your squad’s name, and how many teammates work, or “Open Squad to refresh”.
- The faces, then the line about the work, or “All done for now”. Under it, who works, for example “Otis is working”, “Otis and Mara are working”, or “Otis and 4 others are working”, and a clock of how long the first one has worked on this, for example “Otis is working · 4:12”. The clock stops showing once the card says “Open Squad to refresh”.
- When something needs you, an orange row with “1 thing needs you” or the number of things, and Answer.
A number above 99 shows as “99+”. The edge is orange while something needs you.
Tap it
Tap the Lock Screen card or the Dynamic Island. Squad opens on Today, where what needs you is listed. Answer is part of the card, not a separate button.Widgets
Add the widgets from the iOS widget gallery. They show sample data in the gallery. The widgets follow the light or dark look of your Home Screen. The Live Activity card is always dark. Widgets do not get data from Squad’s servers. The app writes what they show each time your squad changes while the app runs. So a widget is only as new as the last time Squad ran.- Your squad in the Small and Medium sizes shows how long ago that update was. After 2 hours, it says “Open Squad to refresh” instead.
- Your squad, in every size, says “Sign in to see your squad here.” when you are signed out. A tap opens Squad. When you are signed in, a tap opens Today.
- Needs you always shows a number, 0 when nothing waits. A tap opens Today.
Your squad
“Who’s working, on what, and what waits for you.”
The widgets count everyone at work too, not only the faces that they show, from version 1.0.93.