Install Tuckbird
About two minutes. Do this on the phone where you want Tuckbird.
Opened this page inside TikTok, Instagram or Facebook? Tap the ⋮ or ⋯ menu and choose Open in Chrome (or your browser) first. In-app browsers can't install apps.
- Download the app Download Tuckbird 0.1.0 If Chrome says the file might be harmful, tap Download anyway. Chrome says this about every app that doesn't come from Google Play.
- Open the fileTap Open in Chrome's download bar, or open it from your notifications or the Files app.
- Allow installs from Chrome, this onceAndroid asks you to allow Install unknown apps for Chrome. Turn it on, go back, then tap Install. You can turn it off again afterwards.
- If Play Protect asksTap Scan app, then Install when the scan finishes.
- Open TuckbirdAllow notifications when it asks, so it can tell you when a video is ready. Nothing else to set up.
- Get WristReelIf you don't have it yet, install WristReel from Google Play on this phone. Its watch app installs from Google Play too.
Samsung Galaxy: Auto Blocker
Newer Galaxy phones block every app that doesn't come from an app store. If the install button is grey or nothing happens:
- Open Settings → Security and privacy → Auto Blocker.
- Turn it off, install Tuckbird, then turn it back on if you like.
Auto Blocker also blocks updates, so turn it off briefly whenever Tuckbird offers an update.
Using it
- In TikTok, Instagram or Facebook, open a video and tap Share.
- Tap More (or Share to…) to open Android's share menu, then pick Tuckbird.
- Stay on the screen for a few seconds and the video goes straight to your watch. If you leave, tap the Ready: tap to send to your watch notification, or Send to watch in Tuckbird.
Updates
Tuckbird checks this site's source page now and then. When there's a new version it asks you, and you install it the same way as above. It never updates without asking you.
If something goes wrong
- "App not installed": you probably have an older copy that was signed differently. Uninstall it, then install again.
- Can't install during a phone call: newer Android versions block installs during calls with unknown numbers. Hang up and try again.
- A link doesn't work: private posts, stories and login-only posts can't be saved. If a public post fails, update Tuckbird, because the sites change often.