People, sharing and connected apps

Every Qbit account comes with its very own QR code and connect link. Hold the code up for someone to scan, or send them the link, and just like that, you’re connected.

1. Open the Connect with People page. The quickest way in is to tap the notification Qbit sends you when someone asks to connect. Or type qbit.app/?page=connections into your browser’s address bar.
2. Your QR code appears at the top of the card, with your share link in the box beside it.
3. Hold your phone up so the other person can scan the code with their camera, or copy the link underneath and send it.
4. If the code reads SAMPLE for a second or two, that’s just the real one loading. If it stays on SAMPLE, leave the page and come back, and she’ll try again.

• The QR code sits in a card that’s already open when you arrive. Tap it shut whenever you want it out of the way.
• Children get a code and a link of their own too. They just work a little differently at the end.
• The link and the code are the same thing in two forms, so hand over whichever’s easier.

Good to know: Good to know: for now there’s no menu button that leads here. Tap a Qbit connection notification, or type qbit.app/?page=connections, and you’re in.

One tap puts your personal connect link on your clipboard. Then paste it into a text, an email, a group chat, wherever your people are.

1. Open the Connect with People page.
2. Find the "Share link" box just under your QR code.
3. Tap "Copy".
4. The button says "Copied!" for a second and a half, then goes back to "Copy". That’s your confirmation.
5. Paste it wherever you’d like to send it.

• If your browser blocks copying, Qbit selects the link in the box for you, so you can copy it by hand.
• Your link stays the same until you decide to make a new one, so it’s fine to keep it in a note if you hand it out often.

Good to know: Anyone who taps your link can connect with you, so share it the way you’d share your phone number.

Skip the copy and paste. Hand your connect link straight to Mail, Gmail or Messages, and Qbit even writes the message for you.

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1. Open the Connect with People page.
2. Tap "Share via…" under the share-link box.
3. Pick a tile: "Mail", "Gmail", "Messages", "Copy" or "More…".
4. That app opens with the subject "Connect with me on Qbit" and a short, friendly note with your link already inside.
5. Add the person, tweak the wording if you like, and send it from there.

• "More…" opens your phone’s own share sheet, so you can reach any app you’ve installed. It shows up on devices that have one.
• "Copy" is there too, if you’d rather paste it somewhere yourself.

Type in an email address and Qbit sends your connect link for you. Nothing to paste, nothing to forget.

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1. Open the Connect with People page.
2. Find the "Or invite by email or phone" box.
3. Type the person’s email address, or a phone number starting with +1.
4. Tap "Send".
5. The line underneath reads "Sending…" and then "Invite sent ✓". The box clears itself either way, so your next invite starts fresh.

• Your invite carries your connect link, so when they tap it, the connection happens from their side with no extra steps.
• If the email doesn’t turn up, ask them to peek in their spam folder before you send another.

Good to know: Email invites are ready to go. Text invites aren’t switched on yet, so if you type a phone number, Qbit will ask you to copy the link above and send it yourself. This box is for adult accounts, and children share their QR code or link instead.

Posted your link somewhere a bit more public than you meant to? It happens. Retire it and get a fresh one in a couple of taps.

1. Open the Connect with People page.
2. Tap "Generate new link (expires in 5 minutes)".
3. Read the warning and confirm you want the current link to stop working.
4. The button reads "Generating…" for a moment.
5. A brand new QR code and link appear. Anyone still holding the old one will need the new one from you.

• Your QR code and your text link are two views of the same thing, so a new one refreshes both at once.
• Everyone you’re already connected to stays connected. This only closes the door on the old link.

Good to know: Your code keeps working until you tap this button, whatever the five minutes in the label might suggest. Tapping it is what retires the old link.

Standing next to the person you want to connect with? Point Qbit’s camera at their code and you’re connected on the spot, right inside the app.

1. Open the Connect with People page and scroll to the bottom of the Connect with People card.
2. Tap "Scan a code to connect".
3. Allow camera access when your browser asks.
4. Hold the other person’s Qbit QR code inside the frame.
5. It says "Connecting…", then "You’re now connected with" and their name, and closes itself after about a second and a half.
6. To stop at any point, tap the X or tap outside the sheet.

• Scanning from inside Qbit is the quick path. Your phone’s built-in camera app works too, it just drops you into a browser and may ask you to sign in first.
• Point it at a code that isn’t a Qbit one and she’ll say "That’s not a Qbit code. Try another…" and keep scanning.
• If the camera is blocked, Qbit lets you know and points you to the share link instead.

Good to know: When a child is on either side, the scan becomes a request for a parent to decide on, rather than an instant connection.

A friend has texted you a qbit.app link. One tap is all it takes. Qbit handles the rest, even if you’re signed out.

1. Tap the qbit.app link they sent you.
2. If you’re already signed in to Qbit, the connection is made straight away and a confirmation appears.
3. If you’re signed out, a sign-in window opens saying "Log in to connect, or sign up if you’re new to Qbit".
4. Sign in, or create an account if you don’t have one yet.
5. The connection finishes by itself the moment you’re signed in. No second tap to remember.

• Already connected? Qbit just lets you know.
• If that person already sent you a request, Qbit points you to your connections inbox to accept it there.

Good to know: When a child is on either side of the link, the connection waits for a parent to say yes.

When someone asks to connect, their request waits for you in one place with a clear Accept and Decline. You get to see who they are before you decide.

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1. Open the Connect with People page.
2. If anyone’s waiting, a "Pending requests" block appears near the top with a count on it.
3. Read the row: their name, "wants to connect as friend", their email address, and any message they wrote you.
4. Tap "Accept" to connect, or "Decline" to turn it down.
5. The list refreshes and the row disappears.

• Qbit sends you a notification when someone asks to connect, and tapping it brings you right here.
• When nothing’s waiting, the whole block tucks itself away, so an empty page means an empty inbox.

Good to know: Requests arrive as notifications, which come switched on, rather than as emails, so that’s the place to watch. When a child taps Accept, it goes to their parent for approval and the child sees "We sent this to your parent for approval".

One tidy list of everyone you’re connected to, with their photo, their name and how you know them. Tap anyone to open their own page.

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1. Open the Connect with People page.
2. Scroll past the Connect with People card to "Your connections", which carries a count.
3. Each row shows their photo (or the first letter of their name), their name, how many private notes you’ve written about them, and a coloured pill saying Family or Friend.
4. Tap anywhere on a row to open that person’s page.
5. Before anyone joins you there, it says "No connections yet. Share your Qbit Code above to get started."

• Family pills appear on their own when a parent verifies a child, so your own children usually turn up here without anyone sending a request.
• You can move through the list with the keyboard and press Enter or Space to open a row.

Good to know: Looking for the Remove button? It lives on the person’s own page, away from the list on purpose. And every request goes out as "friend", so there’s no relationship type to pick.

Every person you’re connected to has a page of their own. It’s where you see who they are, keep private notes, and decide whether to stay connected.

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1. Open the Connect with People page and tap a person’s row in "Your connections".
2. Their page opens with their initial in a circle, their name as the title, and their relationship pill on the right.
3. Under "Profile" you’ll see their name, the relationship, and "Connected since" with the date.
4. Everything else about that connection lives further down the same page.
5. Tap "← Back to Your Connections" at the top to head back to the list.

• "Connected since" shows whenever Qbit has a date on file for the two of you.
• If you removed the connection on another device, this page lets you know and takes you back to the list.

Good to know: Their email address stays private to them, so you won’t see it here.

A little notepad for each person you’re connected to. Perfect for "met at soccer" or "Anna’s mum". Every word is for your eyes only.

1. Open a connection’s page from "Your connections".
2. Scroll down to "Notes".
3. Type in the "Add a new note…" box. You’ve got up to 2000 characters, and the "Add note" button lights up as soon as you start typing.
4. Tap "Add note". On a keyboard, press Cmd and Enter (or Ctrl and Enter on Windows) to save without reaching for the button.
5. Your note appears as a card with the time you saved it.
6. Tap "Edit" on a card to change it, then "Save" or "Cancel". Tap "Delete" to remove it.

• Notes save the moment you add them, so there’s no Save Changes button to hunt for.
• The only outward sign is the note count on their row back in "Your connections", and that count is yours alone to see.

Good to know: Your notes stay with you, and the other person is never told they exist.

If someone’s behaving badly, you can send a report to Qbit’s team right from their page. It takes about ten seconds.

1. Open that person’s page from "Your connections".
2. Scroll to the "Account" section at the bottom.
3. Tap "Report this connection".
4. A small box asks "Briefly, what is wrong? (optional)". Type a reason, or leave it blank.
5. Tap "OK". Qbit replies "Reported. Our team will review it."

• The reason really is optional. A report with nothing typed still reaches the team.
• Reporting and disconnecting are separate. If you’d like to disconnect too, use "Remove this connection" just below.

Good to know: Want to skip the reason? Tap "OK" with the box empty. Cancel calls off the whole report.

Changed your mind about a connection? One step takes them off your list and you off theirs.

1. Open that person’s page from "Your connections".
2. Scroll to the "Account" section at the bottom.
3. Read the note there. Removing takes the connection off both your list and theirs, and they aren’t notified.
4. Tap "Remove this connection".
5. Confirm the prompt.
6. You land back on "Your connections" with their row gone.

• This button lives down here on purpose, away from the notes, so nobody removes a person while reaching for something else.
• Want to reconnect later? One of you shares a link or a QR code and you start fresh.

Good to know: Qbit keeps it quiet, though they’ll see the connection is gone next time they check their own list.

Two adults who swap links are connected instantly. When a child is involved on either side, the connection waits for a parent to say yes.

1. Your child shares their QR code or link, or taps "Accept" on a request someone sent them.
2. Instead of connecting straight away, Qbit shows "Sent to your parent" and explains: "We sent this to your parent for approval. You’ll be connected once they approve."
3. The request moves out of your child’s inbox while it waits.
4. A parent decides, and the connection is made only if they approve.

• It works the same whichever way round it goes. An adult who scans a child’s code creates a request rather than a connection.
• The family connection between you and your child is made for you when you verify them, so there’s nothing to send each other.
• Your child is told in plain words what’s happening, so they always know where things stand.

Good to know: Good to know: the screen where a parent approves or turns down a child’s request isn’t in the app yet, so for now those requests sit and wait. Nothing gets connected in the meantime.

When you share an answer, the person on the other end gets a clean, readable page. They open it right in their browser, with no account, sign-up or app to install first.

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1. Send a share link from Recents, or from an answer in a chat.
2. They open it in any browser and see your name, then "asked Qbit:", then your question and her full answer, formatted just the way you saw it.
3. A button at the bottom says "Try Qbit, it’s free" if they’re new, or "Open Qbit" if they already have an account.
4. If you have the Qbit app installed and tap your own link, it opens right inside the app.

• They see the question and the answer, and nothing else from your account.
• If the connection hiccups, the page quietly retries three times on its own before offering a "Try again" button.

Connected Apps is the one page for the outside services Qbit can read from, so her answers know a little more about your actual week. It also shows what’s still being built.

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1. Open the hamburger menu and tap "My Profile". The menu behind your profile picture gets you there too.
2. Scroll down to the "Connected Apps" card. The number on it counts what you’ve actually connected.
3. Tap the card.
4. Services are grouped under Productivity, Entertainment, Health & Fitness and Smart Home.
5. Each row names the service, says in one line what it would give Qbit, and carries a "Connect" or "Disconnect" button.
6. Tap "← Back to My Profile" at the bottom when you’re done.

• Qbit checks in fresh every time you open this page, so something you connected on your phone shows up correctly on your laptop.
• Child accounts can see this page too. Children have no third-party apps of their own, and My Kids > Connected apps shows a note saying exactly that.

Good to know: Google Calendar and Google Drive are the two you can connect today. The rest are dimmed for now, and the line at the bottom says so: "Dimmed buttons aren’t available yet."

Hook up your Google Calendar and you can ask Qbit what’s on today. She can add events for you too, whenever you ask.

1. Go to "My Profile" and tap "Connected Apps".
2. Find "Google Calendar" under Productivity.
3. Tap "+ Connect".
4. Qbit hands you to Google’s own sign-in and consent screen as a full page, not a pop-up.
5. Approve the access.
6. You come back to Connected Apps and, once the page finishes opening, a message says "Google Calendar connected. Qbit can see your schedule now."
7. The row now says she can see your schedule and add events you ask for, and the button becomes "Disconnect".

• Changed your mind on Google’s screen? You come back to "No problem, nothing was connected." and nothing is shared.
• If it takes too long, you’ll see "That took a little too long. Please try connecting again." Just start over.
• If Qbit can’t reach the server for a moment, the card keeps showing the last thing it knew, so a brief blip won’t make it look disconnected.

Good to know: If the button looks dimmed, Google access isn’t switched on for your account just yet, and tapping it won’t do anything.

Switching your calendar off takes two taps, and every event Qbit already added stays right where it is in your calendar.

1. Go to "My Profile" and tap "Connected Apps".
2. Tap "Disconnect" on the Google Calendar row.
3. Read the confirmation: "Disconnect Google Calendar? Qbit will stop seeing your schedule. Events it already added stay in your calendar."
4. Confirm it.
5. A message says "Google Calendar disconnected" and the row goes back to "+ Connect".

• You can reconnect any time with the same "+ Connect" button.
• Calendar and Google Drive are separate, so disconnecting Calendar leaves Drive just as it was.

Connect Drive and you can hand Qbit a specific file to read. She gets exactly the files you choose, one picking session at a time.

1. Go to "My Profile" and tap "Connected Apps".
2. Find "Google Drive" under Productivity, directly below Gmail.
3. Tap "+ Connect".
4. Approve on Google’s consent screen.
5. You come back to Connected Apps and see "Google Drive connected. You can pick files for Qbit to read."
6. The row now says you can pick files from Drive on the Docs page for her to read.

• Drive and Calendar are two separate permissions, so you can have either one on its own.
• Your Drive stays yours. She reads only what you pick in the file picker, and nothing leaves Drive until you pick it.

Good to know: If the button looks dimmed, Drive isn’t switched on for your account just yet, the same as Calendar.

Switching Drive off closes the door to anything new. The documents you already brought across stay in Qbit, ready to use.

1. Go to "My Profile" and tap "Connected Apps".
2. Tap "Disconnect" on the Google Drive row.
3. Read the confirmation: "Disconnect Google Drive? Qbit will stop reading files from Drive. Documents you already imported stay in Qbit."
4. Confirm it.
5. The row goes back to "+ Connect", and the Drive option disappears from the Documents upload sheet.

• Reconnecting later is the same "+ Connect" button, and your existing documents stay untouched throughout.
• If you’d like an imported document gone as well, delete it from your Documents in the usual way.

That small number beside Connected Apps answers "what have I actually got switched on?" at a glance, no tapping required.

1. Open "My Profile".
2. Look at the number beside "Connected Apps".
3. That’s exactly how many services you have connected right now.
4. Tap the card whenever you want the detail.

• It refreshes every time you land on My Profile, so something you connected on another device shows up here too.
• A zero means nothing outside Qbit is connected to your account yet.

Good to know: Looking for a count of people? That one lives on the Connect with People page.