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id: android-installation
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title: Android application installation
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sidebar_label: Android App
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sidebar_position: 1
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---
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Our Android application is available on our F-Droid repo and Google Play Store. This allows you to connect to your Meshtastic device from your Android phone.
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<p float="center">
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<a href="https://mesh.tastic.app/fdroid/repo">
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<img alt="Get it on F-Droid"
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src="https://fdroid.gitlab.io/artwork/badge/get-it-on.png"
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width="49%"/>
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</a>
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<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geeksville.mesh">
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<img alt="Download at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geeksville.mesh"
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src="https://play.google.com/intl/en_us/badges/static/images/badges/en_badge_web_generic.png"
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width="49%"/>
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</a>
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</p>
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The minimum Android version is 5.0 (Lollipop 2014, first BLE support), however Android 6 (Marshmallow 2015) is recommended as Bluetooth is more stable.
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There is a Play Store [testing program](https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.geeksville.mesh) with the latest cutting edge changes, though this may come with extra bugs. It is recommended that you follow the [Meshtastic Discourse Alpha Testers](https://meshtastic.discourse.group/c/development/alpha-testers) channel if you decide to join.
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The app can also be sideloaded by downloading the .APK from <a href="https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-Android/releases/latest">GitHub releases</a> page. If you do sideload, you may have to give your browser permissions to run a package installer. If you wish to view the code or contribute to development of the app, please visit the app's <a href="https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-Android">GitHub page</a>.
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[](/img/android/android-messages-sm.png) [](/img/android/android-nodes.png) [](/img/android/android-channel.png) [](/img/android/android-settings.png) [](/img/android/android-debug.png)
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The app uses anonymous usage statistics and crash reports to allow us to catch problems with Meshtastic and fix them. You can disable this by unticking the checkbox on the settings page.
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[](/img/android/android-stats-consent.png)
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Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google LLC.
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