Sign in and install Kairo

Kairo uses Google sign-in only, there's no password to create or forget. Click Continue with Google and pick an account.

Kairo is a progressive web app, so it installs without an app store and opens full-screen, without browser chrome.

• iPhone / iPad (Safari): tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen.
• Android (Chrome): tap the ⋮ menu, then Install app or Add to Home screen.
• Desktop (Chrome/Edge): click the install icon at the right end of the address bar.

Everything in Kairo lives in one of four places, and they sit in the same order on a computer and a phone.

On a computer the sidebar lists every page under its place. On a phone the bottom bar has one tab for each place, with Capture in the middle; inside Plan, a switch at the top moves between Calendar, Lists and the Log, and the tab remembers the one you were last on.

Planning is always there. Habits and Notes are yours to keep or put away. The first time you open Kairo it asks which you'd like; after that, open Settings (tap your picture, then Settings) and use the switches under Your Kairo.

• A place you put away leaves the sidebar, the bottom bar, search, Capture and the day views, and the number keys close up behind it.
• Nothing in it is deleted, and a link to one of its pages still opens. Turn it back on and it's all there as you left it.

1. 1Press N and type a few things that are on your mind. Don't add dates yet, just get them out.
2. 2Go to Lists and create one or two lists, like Work and Home.
3. 3Back on Today, pull two or three tasks in from the inbox panel.
4. 4Star the one that matters most, that's your first Spotlight.
5. 5Optional: open a task, give it an estimate, and press Start to try the focus timer.