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title: Sign in with a code, and install Auttendo on your phone and computer
description: A six-digit code replaces the sign-in link, Auttendo installs on your home screen and your desktop, and your computer can notify you when your inbox changes.
type: changelog
date: 2026-09-04
changelog:
  category: Platform
---

Auttendo now goes where you work.

- **Signing in is a six-digit code.** Type your work email, then the code we
  email you. It lasts five minutes and works once. The sign-in link is gone: a
  link had to open in whichever browser your mail app preferred, which was
  rarely the one you were waiting in.
- **Auttendo installs on your phone.** Add it to your home screen from Safari
  or Chrome and it opens with its own icon and no browser bar.
- **Auttendo installs on your Mac and on Windows.** It keeps you signed in
  between restarts, opens links to other sites in your normal browser, and
  updates itself, asking before it restarts.
- **Open the desktop app from your browser.** Already signed in on the web?
  Choose **Open in desktop app** from the account menu and Auttendo opens on
  your computer already signed in — no second code. Signing out in one place
  signs you out of both.
- **Your computer can notify you.** Turn on **Show notifications on this
  device** in **Settings → Notifications**, and new inbox activity arrives as a
  normal notification. Clicking it opens that conversation. It is a per-device
  setting, so your desk and your laptop decide separately.

Read [Install Auttendo](/install-auttendo) for the steps on each device.