How to install the sayseeshow.io application

The installation takes place entirely in your browser, on each device concerned:

• Make sure you have a Wi-Fi or 4G connection on the smartphone you want to install the application on.
• Open your web browser (Edge or Chrome) on your smartphone and enter the address https://sayseeshow.io/app.
• Take a moment to read the terms and conditions of use. If they suit you, click on I accept.
• Before the installation, a message invites you to allow access to your camera and your microphone: these will be your future sensors.
• On the next screen, click on the Install button. That is all.

Giving each device a name makes the configuration much easier to read, in particular when you pair several of them:

• Go to the Settings menu.
• Click in the Machine Name field and enter the name you want.

The Enable Alerts button is on the home screen of sayseeshow.io. By default it is not enabled: without it, your device can neither receive nor send alerts.

For an alert to reach, say, the everyday phone, this button has to be enabled on the old smartphone that sends the alert and on the phone that receives it. If it is not enabled on both, nothing is received.

No. You do not need a phone plan or a SIM card to install and use the application on the old smartphone used as a sensor: it communicates over a closed, secure link with your everyday smartphone.

Plug a USB power cable with its charger into your old smartphone (2010 to the present day). In that case, remember to place it near a power outlet before launching the application and pairing it with your everyday smartphone.

A few situations prevent direct communication between two devices:

• sayseeshow.io cannot work with Tor: every request is sent from a different exit node, so the connection cannot be kept up.
• Some VPNs are incompatible, as are corporate networks that filter certain communication channels.
• Some proxies prevent peer-to-peer operation.
• Communication between two devices each on a different Wi-Fi network is not possible yet.

sayseeshow.io is incompatible with certain old browsers:

• Safari before version 15.4
• Firefox before 98: recent versions work, but with more limited functionality than Chrome
• Any version of Internet Explorer

In every case, Google Chrome is the browser to choose.

You can start with a single smartphone: it will be configured both to detect problems and to send alerts. It is however better to use several smartphones and to centralise the alerts on one of them, usually the one you use every day.

The more devices you put in place, the more effective the protection. If you do not have enough, install them wisely: by enabling motion detection you can cover both the entrance of the building and part of the main room, if you aim the device correctly from a strategic position.

The system can run on smartphones, tablets and PCs. As soon as a browser can be launched and the tool can be reached, it works in most cases.

If your device is too faulty (unexpected shutdowns or restarts, application freezes), it cannot be part of the setup. Old versions of the operating system are supported as long as Google Chrome can run on them.

Rotary phones, first-generation mobile phones (which are not smartphones) and BlackBerry devices cannot work with the application.

More generally: if the device can browse with Google Chrome, it will usually be compatible.