# Open app on phone from Glide

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/open-app-on-phone-from-glide/8017>\
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**Created:** [April 28, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/open-app-on-phone-from-glide/8017 "2020-04-28T14:27:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/open-app-on-phone-from-glide/8017/2 "2020-04-28T14:41:04Z")

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I’ve kind of explored this, but never got very far. I don’t think there’s anything in glide to let us determine the user agent. You would probably need to find some sort of url redirector or have a user specify their OS in a profile.

> [@Simple Local Covid 19 help app](https://community.glideapps.com/t/simple-local-covid-19-help-app/5886/2):
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> I wouldn’t count on the logo changing. Maybe on newer Android devices, but definitely not in IOS. Facebook has always been weird for me with links. Sometime they open in the app and sometimes they open in the browser. I am personally logged into facebook in both the app and the browser, so I don’t get the login page, but it is annoying when the browser opens instead of the app. I really don’t have good answer around this. You can build links that will deep link into facebook, but they are …

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