mobile · Aug 4, 2017
Quire for Android Browsers: Smoother, Even Offline
Last updated: July 22, 2026
Quire's Android browser version is tuned to feel like a native app. Swipe a task for quick actions, launch Quire straight from your home screen, and keep working even when you're offline, with everything syncing once you reconnect.
We are one step closer to making Quire accessible anywhere on any device. For the past couple months, we have optimized it for your Android mobile browser, so it now comes with better reliability, and accessibility. Even when you are offline.
Here is a demo video to show you:
What exactly have been enhanced? To name a few, you can:
More of the web runs on phones than on desktops. Statista reports that mobile now accounts for the majority of global web traffic, so a browser version that holds up on Android matters.
What can you do by swiping a task?
For example, to quickly break down a task into smaller items, you can swipe it from right to left to add subtasks. To complete a task, swipe it from left to right and tap the complete icon.
Swiping is just one shortcut among many. See 20 hidden Quire features you should know.
How do you launch Quire from your home screen anytime?
For those who do not know, you can pin Quire to your smartphone’s homescreen. Simply go to a Quire web page, tap the menu icon and select “Add to Home Screen” to add a shortcut.
How does Quire feel like a real native app?
Once you added Quire to your home screen, you can enjoy an immersive full screen experience without the distraction of the URL bar.
Can you keep working even when you're offline?
Since day one, you can continue what you are doing in Quire, when you suddenly lose connection. Now, even better, you can launch Quire while offline, and use it like you would normally do. Everything will be in sync when connection is back.
There you have it. You can now dive into a rich, immersive user experience that a native Android app could before we roll it out, both online and offline! If you'd rather install the real thing, a dedicated Quire app for Android followed a few months later.
Related: Introducing Quire Mobile 5.0: Everything You Need to Know — see how the native app has evolved well beyond this browser experience.
What can you do in the Android browser version?
The browser version is built to behave like the app you'd install.
Why bother tuning the browser version when there's an app? Because not every device gets one installed. A borrowed laptop, a locked-down work phone, a tablet you touch twice a month: the browser is what you've got. Making it fast and offline-ready means Quire is there on all of them, not just the phone in your pocket. And the offline part is the quiet hero. Spotty signal on a commute, a plane with no wifi, a basement meeting room: your changes hold, and they sync the moment you're back online. You never lose the ten minutes of work you did in the dead zone.
Reliability sounds boring right up until the day it saves you, and on a phone browser in the real world, that day comes around more often than anyone expects.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does Quire work offline in an Android browser?
Yes. You can launch Quire offline and keep working as normal. It syncs once you're back online.
How do you add Quire to your Android home screen?
Open a Quire web page, tap the menu icon, and select Add to Home Screen. It launches full screen with no URL bar.
What can you do by swiping a task in Quire on Android?
Swipe a task right to left to add subtasks, or left to right and tap complete to mark it done.
