Working Across Devices

Once a device is connected, Zinley can do real work on it — and you can reach one device from another. Most of this has no button: you just ask Zinley in chat, and it picks the right tool.

On-device tools

These only work on a device that's connected and has its cross-device toggle on. Zinley asks for the relevant system permission the first time it uses one.

On a computer

  • Files — read, write, move, and package files; upload something to your conversation.
  • Terminal — run commands and watch long-running processes.
  • Computer control — click, type, and drive apps on screen, including full browser automation (log in somewhere, fill a form, pull a report).
  • Deploy a build — hand Zinley a site or app bundle and let it publish from the machine.

"Clean up the Downloads folder and tell me what you deleted." "Open our billing portal in the browser and download last month's invoice."

On a phone

  • Contacts — search and read your address book.
  • Reminders & calendar — list, create, and complete reminders; read and manage on-device calendar events.
  • Photos & camera — search your library, pull a photo, or take a new one.
  • Clipboard — read and write the system clipboard.
  • Notifications — schedule a reminder notification, or clear pending ones.
  • Location & maps — where you are, an address for it, a search, or directions.
  • Reach out from the device — start an email, an SMS, or a phone call from your own phone (Zinley composes it; you send).
  • Documents & sharing — pick a document, read it, or push content into the system share sheet.

"Text Mai that I'm running 15 minutes late." "Find the photo of the parking receipt from last Tuesday and email it to accounting."

Tasks that run on a specific machine

You can pin work to one device by naming it:

"On my MacBook, back up the project folder every Friday at 6pm."

A chat where the user says to run a task on a named machine and Zinley executes it on that device.
Name the device, and the work happens there.

Zinley schedules it against that device and — if the app is asleep — wakes it when the task is due. See Scheduled tasks.

View (and control) another device's screen

From the app you can watch the screen of another of your devices live, and optionally take control of it — useful for finishing something on the office machine from the sofa, or checking on a long job.

Watching another device's screen from the app, with the optional remote-control toggle.
See another device's screen — and take the controls if you need to.
  • Pick the target device and start watching. If it's asleep, Zinley wakes it first.
  • Control is a separate, explicit grant — you ask for it when starting the session.
  • Sessions are time-boxed (about 30 minutes) and end when you stop them.
  • Only devices with cross-device on can be watched.

Ring another device

In a live voice session on one device, you can make another of your devices ring — start on the laptop, pick it up on the phone as you head out. Both devices must be yours and reachable.

Hand a job to a different device

You don't have to be on the machine that does the work. Ask from anywhere — the web app, your phone, Telegram — and Zinley routes the job to the right device, waking it if needed:

"On the home PC, render that video and message me when it's done."

If you don't name a device, Zinley picks a suitable one that's reachable.

Zinley's Computer — the device you don't have to own

On Plus and above, Zinley has its own always-on cloud machine. Files, terminal, browser — same kind of hands, with none of your hardware awake. Use it when the work doesn't need to happen on your computer specifically. See Zinley's Computer.

What to keep in mind

  • Cross-device off = unreachable. A device with the toggle off can't be targeted, watched, rung, or handed a task. Check Devices overview if something isn't showing up.
  • Guests never get devices. People you've allowed in as guests on Telegram or Discord can talk to your agent, but on-device tools are stripped for them.
  • Confirmation before anything outward-facing. Sending an email, placing a call, or anything that leaves your machine waits for your approval by default.
  • It all spends credits. Work done on a device is a normal request — see Plans & limits.

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