> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://squad.so/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get started with Squad for iPhone and iPad > What Squad for iPhone and iPad is for, how to install the beta through TestFlight, how to sign in, and a short tour of the three tabs. > [!NOTE] > > Squad for iPhone and iPad is in beta, so it installs through Apple's TestFlight app. See [Get Squad for iPhone and iPad](https://squad.so/docs/ios/overview.md#get-squad-for-iphone-and-ipad). "The Mac" on these pages means Squad for Mac. Squad for iPhone and iPad is the app for your squad when you are away from your desk. It signs in to the same squad as the web dashboard and Squad for Mac. Your squad keeps working in the cloud while the app is closed. The app is made for three jobs: * **Answer what needs you.** Questions, approvals, and drafts, often from a notification. * **Ask in one sentence.** Type or speak to your chief of staff, who hands the job to the right teammate. * **See how it is going.** Who works on what, what got done, and what comes next. Setting things up stays at the desk: routines, skills, apps, AI, billing, and email. See [What is not on iPhone and iPad](https://squad.so/docs/ios/not-on-iphone.md). ## Words in the app The app uses the same words as the web dashboard and Squad for Mac. A teammate is an AI member of your squad, and your chief of staff is the teammate who leads it. Work is a task, work that repeats on a schedule is a routine, and something that a teammate asks you is a question. The places have the same names too, for example **Today** and **Needs you**. ## Get Squad for iPhone and iPad Squad for iPhone and iPad is in beta. It installs through Apple's TestFlight app, from this link: [https://testflight.apple.com/join/Eh9pMMDX](https://testflight.apple.com/join/Eh9pMMDX). The same app runs on iPhone and iPad. ### Before you start * An iPhone or iPad with iOS or iPadOS 26 or later. * A Squad account with an email address and a password. A new squad is set up at squad.so on a computer. ### Install the app **1. Install TestFlight** On your iPhone or iPad, install Apple's TestFlight app from the App Store. **2. Open the link** On the same device, open [the TestFlight link for Squad](https://testflight.apple.com/join/Eh9pMMDX). TestFlight opens with Squad. **3. Install Squad** In TestFlight, install Squad. Squad shows on your Home Screen. **4. Sign in** Open Squad and sign in with the email and password that you use at squad.so. See [Sign in](#sign-in). On squad.so, an iPhone or iPad browser also offers the app: a card on **Today**, a row in the bell, and a line on the sign-in page. Squad for Mac offers it in its bell, with a code to scan with your iPhone's camera. See [Squad for iPhone and iPad on the web](https://squad.so/docs/what-squad-is.md#squad-for-iphone-and-ipad-on-the-web). ### How Squad knows you use the app From version 1.0.92, the app tells Squad that you use it each time it starts, and when you sign in. Squad records it at most once every 12 hours for the same version. For 30 days after the app last reported, the dashboard on an iPhone or iPad does not offer you the app. After 30 days, it offers the app again. Squad for Mac stops offering it in its bell once the app has opened on your account. The sign-in page shows its line on every iPhone and iPad. ### Updates Each new release of Squad goes to TestFlight. TestFlight tells you when a new version is ready, and you update Squad there. ## Sign in **1. Open Squad** Open the Squad app. The screen says **Sign in to Squad**. **2. Enter your email and password** Type your **Email** and **Password**, then select **Sign in**. Password AutoFill can offer your saved squad.so login. **3. Wait for your squad to open** The app shows the Squad mark while it opens your squad. Then the **Today** tab opens. If your email is not confirmed yet, the screen says **Check your email**. Type the code from the email and select **Confirm**. On the sign-in screen, **Forgot password?** emails you a code to choose a new password. The app does not create accounts. Sign in with the account that you use at squad.so. ### Screens that can show before your squad The app shows one of these screens instead of your squad when something stops it. Each screen says what happened in a sentence, and has **Sign out**. | Screen | What it means | | - | - | | **No squad on this account yet** | The account has no squad yet. When your squad is ready, it opens in the app. **I have an invite link** lets you join a squad. | | **Your squad is getting ready** | Setup finishes at squad.so on a computer. Your squad opens in the app as soon as it is ready. The app sends no notification when it is ready. If setup hit a problem, the screen asks you to finish it at squad.so on a computer. | | **Your squad is moving** | Your squad moves to a faster computer. It is back in a few minutes, and nothing is lost. | | **Your squad is paused** | The squad is paused, or its last payment failed. The owner can turn it back on, and it opens in the app again as soon as it is. | | **Your squad has ended** | The subscription ended. The owner can start it again, and it opens in the app again if they do. | | **This squad is paused** | A squad that you were invited to is paused or has ended. Its owner can turn it back on, and it opens as soon as they do. | | **Your access has ended** | Ask the squad's owner to invite you again. **I have an invite link** lets you join with a new invite. | When you are in more than one squad, these screens also show **Open** and the name of each of your other squads. When the app cannot reach your squad, it says "Squad can't reach your squad right now. It keeps trying." If you have not accepted the Terms of Service yet, a sheet **Before your squad starts** opens first. Select **I accept**. After your squad opens, iOS asks once whether Squad can send you notifications. See [Notifications on iPhone and iPad](https://squad.so/docs/ios/notifications.md). ## Take a short tour 1. Look at **Today**. Under the greeting, a sentence says what needs you and what your squad finished today. Below it, answer what needs you in place. See [Today](https://squad.so/docs/ios/today.md). 2. Select **Chats**. Your conversations with teammates and groups are here, newest first. Select one to read it. See [Chats and conversations](https://squad.so/docs/ios/chats.md). 3. Select **Back**, then **Squad**. Your chief of staff is first, then each teammate, then the people in your squad. See [Your squad](https://squad.so/docs/ios/squad.md). 4. Tap the face beside the tab bar. The **Ask** sheet opens, addressed to your chief of staff. Type a sentence and select **Send**. The new conversation opens. 5. Touch and hold the same face, say what you need, and let go. Your words go to your chief of staff. See [Talk to your squad](https://squad.so/docs/ios/talk-to-your-squad.md). You now have your squad open on your iPhone or iPad. ## What to read next > [card] [Find your way around](https://squad.so/docs/ios/navigation.md) > > The tabs, the face, sheets, the iPad, links, and appearance. > [card] [Get notifications](https://squad.so/docs/ios/notifications.md) > > Answer and reply from a notification. > [card] [Share to your squad](https://squad.so/docs/ios/share-to-your-squad.md) > > Send a photo, a file, or a link from any app. > [card] [Troubleshooting](https://squad.so/docs/ios/troubleshooting.md) > > Symptom, cause, and fix. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.