Smile Connect

Your PCs,
from any browser.

See and control your own computers from a laptop, a tablet or your phone. Nothing is shared until the person at the PC says yes.

  • End-to-end encrypted
  • Every session is approved at the PC
  • Works on phones, with touch control
Smile Connect

Sign in

Use your Smile account to see your PCs.

Continue with Smile Business

Enter the 6-digit code from your authenticator app.

Your password only goes to Smile Hosting's sign-in. Smile Connect never stores it. To add a PC, install the Smile Connect app on it.

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Devices

Connect to a device

Pick a PC or phone to see its screen. Someone at the device approves first, and control needs a separate OK.

Share this phone

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Lets your other devices see this phone - and, if you allow it each time, tap and type on it. You approve every request.

To allow control, turn on Smile Connect control in Accessibility.

Notifications are off for Smile, so requests only show here.

Sharing stopped unexpectedly last time. The details have been sent to the Smile team.
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Share this Chromebook
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Lets your other devices and your groups see this Chromebook's screen while this tab is open (install it from Chrome's menu to keep it handy). You approve every request. ChromeOS only lets Google's own app control a Chromebook, so this is view-only.

            

            

          

        

        
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Sharing
Groups
Share PCs with people you trust. New members start with no access until you tick what they can do.

        

        

          
          
        

        

        
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Plans
Smile Connect plans
Free gets you almost everything. Paid plans remove the time limit and the small delay, and send a smoother, sharper picture.

          

        

        

        
Your plan comes with your Smile Bundle - change or cancel it at smilecorp.co.uk/bundle.

        

        
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Time-limited sessions end on their own - reconnect as often as you like. Prices include VAT where it applies. Want Smile Hosting, SmileMail and a VPS too? Get the Smile Bundle and save. 

      


      

        Screen video and remote input travel over an encrypted peer connection. Smile never records sessions.
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Remote support

      
Get help from Smile support

      

        
Which screen does the Smile support person need to see? You'll get a code to read to them. Nothing is shared until you allow it.

        

      

      

        
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They'll see your screen only after you allow it - nothing else on your account. Control is asked for separately, and only lasts 10 minutes at a time.

        
      

      

        

        
They'll see only what you choose to share next - a whole screen, one window, or one tab. They can't control it from a browser.

        

        

      

      

      
    

    
      

        
Add a device
What would you like to add?

        
      

      

        

          WIN
Windows PC

          
  1. Download and install Smile Connect.
  2. Sign in with this Smile account.
  3. It appears under Your devices.

          Download for Windows
          Need an older version?
        

        

          LNX
Linux PC

          
  1. Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Pop!_OS: download the .deb and open it to install. Any other Linux: the AppImage (make it runnable, then open it).
  2. Sign in with this Smile account.
  3. Control works on X11 and Wayland - on Wayland your desktop asks before it starts.

          Download .deb (Ubuntu / Debian)
          
AppImage (any Linux) · .deb for ARM

          Need an older version?
        

        

          CROS
Chromebook

          
  1. On the Chromebook, open connect.smilecorp.co.uk in Chrome and sign in.
  2. Press Share this Chromebook - it appears under Your devices while that tab is open.
  3. View only: ChromeOS doesn't let other devices control a Chromebook.

          
To connect from a Chromebook, just use this website - or turn on Linux in its Settings and install the .deb (ARM Chromebooks).

        

        

          AND
Android phone or tablet

          
  1. Install the Smile app and sign in.
  2. Open Connect, then Share this phone.
  3. Turn on Smile's accessibility option so taps can be sent to it.

          Get the Smile app
        

        

          iOS
iPhone, iPad or Mac

          
Apple doesn't let other devices control its iPhones, iPads and Macs, so they can't be added. You can still use them to see and control all your other devices - right here, or in the Connect tab of the Smile app.

        

      

    

    
    

      

        
        

          

          
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Viewing doesn't give control. Ask the person at the PC to approve it.

        

        

        

          Are you still there?
          
Nothing has happened in this session for 30 minutes, so it ends in 60 seconds.

          
        

        
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Copied on the PC

              
Nothing yet. Copy something on the PC (Ctrl+C) and it shows up here.

              

                
                
              

            

            
Works while you have remote control.