Mac, Android, iPhone, watch
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Weald has native clients for Mac and Android, plus iPhone and Apple Watch companions. Mac is the full desktop client. Android can join a workspace directly and connect to its relay, while the Apple companions mirror a paired Mac over the local network.
Which app does what
| App | Requires | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| Mac | macOS 14 or later | The full client: board, chat, terminals, agents, keys |
| Android | Android 8.0 or later | A direct mobile client: chat, board, presence and voice calls |
| iPhone | iOS 17 or later and a paired Mac | Knowing whether anything needs you, and answering it |
| Apple Watch | watchOS 10 or later and a paired iPhone | A glance, and a reply, without opening anything |
Where the keys are
Mac and Android devices hold their own keys. On a Mac, the device key lives in the keychain and the workspace's MLS state lives beside it. Android creates a separate device key for each workspace, keeps it behind the Android Keystore, and derives its own group keys when it joins by invite. The relay never receives the private keys or plaintext workspace content.
The iPhone and Watch companions work differently. They do not enroll in a workspace, do not hold workspace keys, and do not connect to a relay. They hold a pairing key for one Mac and speak to it directly over the local network, which is why an iPhone alone cannot join a workspace.
What that costs
Away from your local network, the phone shows the last snapshot it received and says so on screen. There is no push service in this design, so an alert reaches the phone when the phone can reach the Mac, and iOS decides how often that happens in the background.
The alternative would be a notification service that renders previews on a server, which is on the list of things this product will not ship.
Read the pages
- Mac app: the surfaces, the shell, and what each panel reads.
- Coding agents: how Claude Code, Codex and the others work inside a project.
- Android app: joining a workspace, connecting to its relay, and what the phone can read and change.
- iPhone app: pairing, what it shows, and the three switches that decide what it may change.
- Apple Watch: the five screens and the complications.
Getting the Mac app is Download. Getting a relay for it to talk to is either self-hosting or the hosted tier on Pricing.