Installing Wingyy on Android

Part 1 — the common path

These eleven steps are the same on every supported Android version. Where a version differs, there's a link to Part 2.

1. Download the APK

   Open this link in Chrome (or any browser) on the phone you want Wingyy on:

   https://wingyy.app/get

   The download starts, and Chrome shows a warning at the bottom of the screen. Depending on your Chrome version it reads something like:

   "This type of file can harm your device. Do you want to keep winggy.apk anyway?"
   Swedish: something along the lines of "Den här typen av fil kan skada enheten."

   …or, on newer Chrome builds, a shield icon with File might be harmful and a menu offering Download anyway / Keep.

   Tap Download anyway (older wording: OK / Keep).

   Why this warning exists

   Chrome shows it for every .apk file, from every website, regardless of what's in it. It is a file-type warning, not a verdict on Wingyy. Google is currently rolling out changes that will reduce these warnings for files that Play Protect has already scanned, but as of now you should expect to see it.

   If the download vanishes or the button doesn't respond, you may have downloads from unknown sources blocked — see Download blocked in Chrome.

2. Allow your browser to install apps ("Install unknown apps")

   Tap Open on the completed download (or find it later in Files → Downloads and tap winggy.apk).

   The first time, Android blocks it with:

   "For your security, your phone is not allowed to install unknown apps from this source."
   Swedish: "Av säkerhetsskäl får din telefon inte installera okända appar från den här källan."

   Tap Settings in that dialog. It drops you directly onto the right screen, where you turn on:

   Allow from this source (Swedish: Tillåt från den här källan)

   Press back once and the install screen reappears. Tap Install, then Done or Open.

   If you want to set it manually instead

   The permission is per-app: you're granting Chrome (or Files, or whichever app opened the APK) the right to install. Find it under:

   Settings → Apps → Special app access → Install unknown apps → Chrome → Allow from this source

   Swedish: Inställningar → Appar → Särskild appåtkomst → Installera okända appar → Chrome → Tillåt från den här källan

   Path moved in Android 12

   On Android 11 it lives under Settings → Apps & notifications → Advanced → Special app access → Install unknown apps. From Android 12 onwards the "Apps & notifications" screen was renamed to just Apps and the "Advanced" grouping went away. On Samsung: Settings → Apps → ⋮ → Special access → Install unknown apps.

   Grant it to one app only — whichever one you actually open the APK from. There is no global "Unknown sources" switch any more; that was removed after Android 7.

3. Play Protect's scan warning

   After you tap Install, Google Play Protect may interrupt with one of these:

   • App scanned — informational, tap Install anyway or OK. This is the most common one.
   • Unsafe app blocked — a stronger warning. Tap More details, then Install anyway.
     Swedish: "Osäker app blockerad" → "Mer information" → "Installera ändå"
   • Send app for scanning? — Play Protect hasn't seen this build before and offers to upload it to Google for analysis. Either choice is fine.
   Being straight with you about this

   Play Protect flags apps it has not seen distributed at scale through the Play Store. A freshly-published APK from a small publisher has, by definition, no reputation with Google yet, so it gets the warning — the same way a brand-new website gets a browser warning before anyone's visited it. It is a statement about distribution history, not about what the code does.

   We're not going to tell you to blanket-ignore Play Protect. Ignoring it is exactly how people get malware. What we can tell you is how to check that the file you're installing is the one we published:

   • Download only from wingyy.app. Not a mirror, not an "APK download" aggregator, not a Telegram forward.
   • Every release we ship is signed with the same key. Android enforces this: if a build isn't signed with our key, it cannot install over your existing Wingyy — the install will simply fail. That's a real, automatic tamper check.
   • The in-app updater verifies a SHA-256 checksum of every download before handing it to the installer, and refuses the file if it doesn't match.

   If Install anyway is missing entirely and you only get a "learn more" link, Play Protect has hard-blocked the install — see Play Protect won't let me install at all.

4. First launch — trial or license key

   Open Wingyy. You'll be asked to either:

   • Tap Try free — starts the free trial with 30 tokens, no card needed. One trial per device.
   • Or paste your license key, if you subscribed. It was shown on the success page right after checkout and emailed to you.

   Paste the key rather than typing it. If it's rejected, check License key not accepted — a trailing space is the usual culprit.

   Wingyy then runs a short setup wizard that links you directly to each permission screen in the next steps. You can also reach all of them later from Settings inside the app.

5. The Accessibility permission — this is the product

   Wingyy's whole trick is that it can see the conversation you're looking at. It does that through Android's accessibility system, the same mechanism screen readers use.

   Settings → Accessibility → Installed apps → Wingyy Reader → On

   Swedish: Inställningar → Tillgänglighet → Installerade appar → Wingyy Reader → På

   Depending on version and manufacturer, the sub-menu is called Installed apps, Downloaded apps, Downloaded services or just listed at the bottom of the Accessibility screen. The service is always named Wingyy Reader.

   Android then shows a confirmation dialog listing what the service can do — Allow Wingyy Reader to have full control of your device? — with View and control screen and View and perform actions. Tap Allow.

   What Wingyy Reader actually does

   • Reads the text of the chat currently on your screen — who said what, in what order — when you tap the bubble, so the coach can see the conversation.
   • Notices when you switch into a supported chat app, so the bubble knows when to appear.
   • Scrolls the chat view back a little during a scan to pick up earlier messages.
   • Takes a screenshot of the current screen during a scan, so the coach can read things that aren't plain text (images she sent, profile cards).

   What it does not do

   • It is not a keylogger. Wingyy does not capture keystrokes, and does not read what you type into the keyboard.
   • It doesn't watch your whole phone. The service is declared with a fixed allow-list of chat apps baked into the app itself. Your banking app, your email, your browser, your photos — Android never delivers those screens to Wingyy at all. See the exact list.
   • It doesn't run continuously in the background. A read happens when you tap the bubble.
   • It never sends messages. Wingyy drafts; you press send.

   Details of what leaves your phone and where it's stored are on the Permissions page.

   Switch greyed out?

   On Android 13 and newer it will be, the first time. That's the next section — it's a one-time unlock, not a bug.

6. Unlock "Restricted setting" (Android 13 and newer)

   See the dedicated section immediately below — the greyed-out toggle. On Android 11 and 12 you can skip it.

7. Display over other apps

   This is what lets the bubble float on top of WhatsApp, Tinder and the rest. Without it there is no bubble at all.

   Settings → Apps → Special app access → Display over other apps → Wingyy → Allow

   Swedish: Inställningar → Appar → Särskild appåtkomst → Visa över andra appar → Wingyy → Tillåt

   The in-app wizard has a button that opens this screen directly, with Wingyy already highlighted in the list. On Android 11 it's under Apps & notifications → Advanced → Special app access.

   Android 15 and 16

   From Android 15, "Display over other apps" became one of the settings that's also locked behind restricted settings for sideloaded apps. If this toggle is greyed out too, do the Allow restricted settings unlock first — it releases both permissions at once.

8. Battery — stop Android from killing the bubble

   The bubble is drawn by a small background service. Android's battery manager will eventually stop that service unless you exempt Wingyy. If your bubble keeps disappearing after a few minutes or overnight, this is nearly always why.

   Settings → Apps → Wingyy → Battery → Unrestricted

   Swedish: Inställningar → Appar → Wingyy → Batteri → Obegränsad

   On Android 11 the equivalent is App info → Wingyy → Advanced → Battery → Battery optimisation → All apps → Wingyy → Don't optimise.

   Samsung — also do this

   Samsung has a second, separate system on top of Android's. Both need setting:

   Settings → Battery → Background usage limits → Never sleeping apps → + → Wingyy

   On some One UI versions the path starts at Settings → Battery and device care → Battery → Background usage limits. While you're there, check that Wingyy is not in Sleeping apps or Deep sleeping apps — apps in the deep-sleep list never run in the background at all.

   Xiaomi / Redmi / POCO (MIUI & HyperOS)

   Xiaomi is the most aggressive of the lot, and it's the one platform where the accessibility service can get switched off by the system when the app is killed. Set all three:

   • Settings → Apps → Manage apps → Wingyy → Autostart → on
   • Settings → Apps → Manage apps → Wingyy → Battery saver → No restrictions
   • Open the recent-apps view, swipe down on the Wingyy card (or long-press it) and tap the padlock to lock it against being cleared

   OnePlus, OPPO, realme (OxygenOS / ColorOS)

   • Settings → Battery → Battery optimisation → Wingyy → Don't optimise
   • Settings → Apps → Wingyy → App battery usage → Allow background activity (or set to Unrestricted)
   • Turn off Sleep standby optimisation if your build has it (Settings → Battery → More settings)

   Huawei / Honor (EMUI / MagicOS)

   Settings → Battery → App launch → Wingyy → Manage manually, then turn on all three: Auto-launch, Secondary launch, Run in background.

9. Notifications

   On Android 13 and newer, apps have to ask before they can post notifications. Wingyy shows the system prompt on first launch:

   "Allow Wingyy to send you notifications?" — Allow / Don't allow
   Swedish: "Tillåt att Wingyy skickar aviseringar?" → Tillåt

   Tap Allow. Wingyy uses exactly one notification: the quiet, permanent "Wingyy is running" entry that Android requires for any app keeping a service alive. It's what stops the system from culling the bubble.

   You can silence it without breaking anything: long-press the notification → Settings → set the channel importance to Silent / Minimised. If you fully block notifications, the bubble becomes much less reliable.

   On Android 11 and 12 there's no prompt — notifications are on by default and you can turn them off in Settings → Apps → Wingyy → Notifications.

10. Check that it actually works

    1. Open WhatsApp (or Tinder, Hinge, Instagram — any supported app).
    2. Open a conversation with actual messages in it.
    3. The Wingyy bubble appears at the edge of the screen. Drag it wherever you like; it remembers.
    4. Tap the bubble. It reads the chat and comes back with a coach's read of the situation plus three ready-to-send replies. The first scan on a new conversation takes a few seconds longer because it scrolls back through the history.
    5. Tap a suggestion to copy it, then paste it into the chat. Wingyy never sends anything itself.

    Nothing appeared? Work through The bubble doesn't appear — it's almost always one of the two permissions above.

11. Updating Wingyy later

    There's no Play Store to push updates, so Wingyy handles it two ways.

    In-app updater (the easy way)

    Wingyy checks for new builds and offers the update inside the app. It downloads the APK, verifies its SHA-256 checksum against what our server says it should be, and hands the verified file to Android's installer. You tap Install once and you're done — your license, settings and chat history are preserved.

    Why the updater may ask for "install unknown apps" again

    Earlier you granted that permission to Chrome. It's a per-app permission, so it says nothing about Wingyy. When Wingyy itself hands an APK to the installer, Android needs the same permission granted to Wingyy:

    Settings → Apps → Special app access → Install unknown apps → Wingyy → Allow from this source

    Wingyy detects when this is missing and offers you a button straight to that screen instead of silently failing.

    Optional vs required updates

    Most updates are optional — the app shows a card you can dismiss, and it keeps working either way. Occasionally a build changes something the server can no longer support on older versions; those updates are required. You'll see an "Update required" screen instead of the app, and the bubble will say the same thing. Installing it takes a moment and nothing is lost — your license, token balance, matches and coaching memory all carry over.

    Manual reinstall (always works)

    Download the APK from wingyy.app/get again and install over the top. Do not uninstall first unless you have to — installing over the existing app keeps everything; uninstalling wipes local data and you'll have to re-enter your license key and redo the permissions.

    After any update, check your permissions

    Updating usually leaves permissions intact. Sometimes it doesn't — some manufacturers reset the restricted-settings unlock when the package changes. If the bubble is gone after an update, just re-run step 5 and, if needed, the unlock.

    If the install fails with a signature or "app not installed" error, see Update won't install.

⚠️ "Restricted setting" — the greyed-out Accessibility toggle

This is the single most common thing people write to us about, so it gets its own section. Your phone is not broken and Wingyy is not damaged.

What you'll see

You go to Settings → Accessibility → Wingyy Reader and the switch is dimmed and won't move. Tapping it pops a dialog:

"Restricted setting — For your security, this setting is currently unavailable."
On a Swedish phone the wording is along the lines of "Begränsad inställning" or "Styrs av spärrad inställning" — the exact phrasing varies by manufacturer and version.

Why it happens

Android 13 introduced Restricted Settings: an app installed outside an app-store flow can't be handed the accessibility or notification-listener permissions until you explicitly confirm, with your PIN, that you meant to. It's a genuinely good defence — hijacking accessibility is the main way Android banking malware works — and it applies to every sideloaded app, not just Wingyy. Android 15 widened the same protection to cover "display over other apps" and several other permissions.

The fix — do this once

1. Trigger the dialog first

   Go to Settings → Accessibility → Installed apps → Wingyy Reader, tap the greyed-out switch, read the "Restricted setting" dialog and dismiss it with OK / Got it.

   Don't skip this. On most builds the "Allow restricted settings" menu item is hidden until you've hit the restriction at least once. If the menu item isn't there, this is the reason 9 times out of 10.

2. Open Wingyy's app info page

   Settings → Apps → See all apps → Wingyy

   Shortcut: long-press the Wingyy icon on your home screen → App info (ⓘ). Or use the Wingyy Reader is greyed out? button in Wingyy's own setup wizard, which opens this page for you.

3. Tap ⋮ in the top-right corner

   Three vertical dots. Then choose:

   Allow restricted settings (Swedish: Tillåt begränsade inställningar)

4. Confirm with your PIN, pattern or fingerprint

   Android requires your screen lock here. If your phone has no screen lock set, you'll need to set one — Android won't grant the unlock without it.

5. Go back to Accessibility and turn Wingyy Reader on

   The switch now works normally. Accept the Allow Wingyy Reader to have full control of your device? dialog.

How it differs per version

Samsung (One UI) — read this if there's no ⋮

Samsung has moved this around more than anyone. Try in this order:

1. Look for Allow restricted settings as a row directly on the App info page, not inside the ⋮ menu. Recent One UI versions put it there.
2. If there's no ⋮ and no row: trigger the restriction first (tap the greyed-out accessibility switch, dismiss the dialog), then come back to App info.
3. Still nothing: fully close Wingyy, clear it from the recent-apps list, then long-press the icon → App info. The menu tends to reappear.
4. Reach App info from Settings → Apps → Wingyy rather than from the Accessibility screen — the page rendered from Accessibility sometimes omits the menu.

Android 16: Advanced Protection blocks all of this

Part 2 — your exact Android version

Everything in Part 1 applies to all versions. This part only lists what's different on yours.

Swedish labels

If your phone's language is Swedish, here's the same vocabulary. Translations vary a little between manufacturers and versions — match the meaning, not the exact string.

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