Social on your phone

Open Nock Social on another device and add its website to your home screen or app window.

Nock Social works at social.heynock.com on a phone or computer. Install adds a web-app entry where your browser supports it; it is optional. You can keep using Social in an ordinary browser tab.

This is Social’s website installation, not installation of the Nock desktop application or a promise of an App Store download. It does not connect a phone to Team or give it access to your desktop agent.

Type the website address in your phone’s browser. If Nock shows Settings → Browser → Nock Social on your phone, you can expand that card and scan its QR code with your phone’s camera instead.

The QR code is a link to the public Social website. Scanning it does not transfer your desktop session, log you in, or install anything. Sign in with your Social account on the phone, or choose Create account there if you are new. Nock and Social have separate accounts and sign-out actions.

If the QR card is not present in your installed Nock version, use the direct website address. You do not need the desktop app to use Social on a phone.

Use the Install button

Social shows Install Nock Social on the sign-in page and Install in the feed header when it is not already running as an installed web app.

Open Social in your device’s browser.
Choose Install or Install Nock Social.
If the browser offers an installation prompt, review it and confirm only if you want to add Social.
If no native prompt is available, Social displays instructions for your device instead. Follow those steps in your browser.
Open the resulting Social icon to check that it launches the website. Sign in if that browser context asks you to.

Canceling a browser prompt does not install Social. The website stays available, and you can use the browser’s installation menu later. In an installed/standalone Social window, the Install button is hidden; its absence there is expected.

iPhone or iPad

Open Nock Social in Safari.
Tap Share.
Choose Add to Home Screen. You may need to scroll through the actions.
Turn on Open as Web App if your device offers it, then tap Add.
Open Nock Social from its new home-screen icon.

If a link opened inside another app, open it in Safari first. The Social Install button can show these instructions, but the browser’s Add action is still yours to confirm.

Android

Open Social in your phone’s browser.
Try Social’s Install button.
If it shows instructions instead of a prompt, open the browser menu, usually ⋮.
Choose Install app or Add to Home screen, whichever your browser provides.
Confirm, then open the new Social entry.

Menu wording and installation availability depend on the browser and device. If neither option is offered, use a browser that supports web apps or keep Social in a tab. Do not install an unrelated app just because its name resembles Nock Social.

Computer

Use a browser that supports web apps, such as Chrome or Edge. Open Social, then choose its Install button or the browser’s install command in the address bar/menu. Confirm to open Social in its own app window. A desktop shortcut and Nock’s own browser are separate ways to reach the same service.

What installation changes—and what it does not

Installation makes Social easier to open and may give it a separate app window. Use the same Social account to reach that account’s conversations on another device.

Social remains an online, hosted service. A home-screen icon does not make posts, messages, or AI chats local-only, provide an offline inbox, or leave Nock monitoring messages after the page closes. Sending content has the same audience and privacy implications as using Social in a tab.

Troubleshooting

Install opens a help dialog: your browser has not provided a native installation prompt. Follow the displayed manual steps.
No installation option inside another app: open the link in Safari or another full browser and try there.
Install is missing in the app window: it is hidden when Social detects installed/standalone mode. Continue using that window.
The new icon asks for sign-in: use your Social account as described above.
The site will not load: check the exact address and your connection. Installation cannot repair an unavailable website; keep the actual browser error when contacting Social support.

See Nock Social for first sign-in, friends and messages for conversations, and groups and profiles for community setup.