The iOS and Android apps are actual Buzz, not a remote control that needs your laptop open

First half is my practical take on how Buzz is different from other chat with agents. Without saying "nostr" or "sovereign" even once

engineering.block.xyz/blog/a-buzz-on…

Jul 30, 2026 · 4:33 PM UTC

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Agents don't run on the phone, but the ones on your laptop will catch up on messages and resume work when you open it

Soon we'll talk about other places for agents to run
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@_tombrow First screen though
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@BQuenaudon Fair, we need to enable key pair generation on mobile for people who want to skip desktop entirely
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@_tombrow I’m not getting any push notifs on iPhone, why?
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@skyegill95 Coming soon
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@_tombrowm@wesbillmanwith ability to not see agent replies in threads on mobile that I can see on desktop.

Even weirded is refresh doesn’t work or closing and opening app doesn’t work but sometimes sending another message on mobile does.

It’s unusable for me on mobile atm.

Am I the only one with this issue or is this known?
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@_tombrow no, but you said NIP! even better :P
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@_tombrow Sure it’s coming, but I’d love to have my communities sync across… maybe I’m on an old version!
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@_tombrow @tlongwell_bzz Great article. It would be really cool if users could sign in on buzz[.]xyz with a nip-46 style oauth flow so they could control their agents from any device
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@_tombrow On Android, I noticed aging respond but I can't see respond until I see the next message. As well as would love a feature for notification. When agent has finished replying
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@_tombrow offline loading/persistence pls pls pls !!!!

Also some messages within threads never appear
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@_tombrow Hey Tom, why are my agents offline most of the time on the mobile app ans I can switched them on or restart them.
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@_tombrow I’m trying to work exclusively in Buzz now. On mobile, can the threads please be reliable and consistent when I click on them? More often than not, clicking a thread with multiple replies incorrectly shows 0 messages after I click on it.
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@_tombrow Do you find that if you reply to an agent it doesn’t do anything unless if you @ it?
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@_tombrow @_tombrow thanks for sharing, my agents are not responding I’ve tried everything to get them responding on the desktop app. Logged a 🐛 hopefully next update kickstarts the service again. Will have a read of the blog 🫡 great product
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@_tombrow great start. Definitely needs a version for iPad
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@_tombrow Now I have 3x of each agent from my iOS and using 2x macOS.. I’m trying to keep the agents running on the macstudio while on the macbook
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@_tombrow Love that it’s made for phone. Almost finished setting it up to run across all my vastly different inflight projects
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@_tombrow Hey Tom I’m running into some mobile connectivity issues with my agent setup. iPhone can't reach localhost endpoints. I created 1 agent running locally on my machine w/ Qwen. Would love some guidance on best practices for mobile local model setup. Thx
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@_tombrow The mobile QR code generation on my Mac buzz app, relayed on Hostinger VPS, is failing. So, I can’t set up my buzz mobile app.
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@_tombrow Onboarding is tied to dekstop app though. Why not allow mobile app to generate keys?
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@_tombrow I can't load agent response on mobile until of the manual refresh on my desktop
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@_tombrow This needs to auto discover local Gemini on Android and use it
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@_tombrow Can I pair multiple desktops with buzz?
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@_tombrow Let me change the font,, my phone settings dictate the font size and I want to change the font for the app
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@_tombrow can’t wait for the fix that lets you invite mobile only users
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@_tombrow May be I am doing wrong way that my Hermes agent is not getting connected
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@_tombrow Has anyone had Buzz fail to save their key locally? I’ve been logged out during computer reboot, lost access and can’t reach support. It’s meant to be stored on-device, so I’m trying to find a recovery path. Any help appreciated.
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@_tombrow The distinction matters mostly to developers. Most users treat any app as a remote control if setup friction is high. What's the one feature that makes Buzz feel local rather than cloud-dependent to you?
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@_tombrow if you're willing to remove the term .md I will worship you and throw a little baby pickles at your feet. 😉
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@_tombrow Why is my android and iPhone looking like this when I click invitation to my own relay 👀
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@_tombrow Codex on my laptop can access my local files, repositories, and creds, so it can push changes to github.

If I connect that same codex agent to buzz on my phone, can I tell it to push to github remotely? Didn't get that part yet
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@_tombrow Mobile app is not available in France. When will the app be available? Cannot wait to use Buzz on my phone. Thanks 🙏
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