# Authenticate Clients with the Plex iOS/Android App

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/authenticate-clients-with-the-plex-ios-android-app/237941>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [June 5, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/authenticate-clients-with-the-plex-ios-android-app/237941 "2018-06-05T21:57:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![andrewkellymusic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@andrewkellymusic](https://forums.plex.tv/u/andrewkellymusic)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/authenticate-clients-with-the-plex-ios-android-app/237941/1 "2018-06-05T21:57:09Z")

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Ok, so right now, when adding a plex client, I need to head to [plex.tv/link](http://plex.tv/link) in my browser, sign in, and enter a code to authenticate the device. It would be really awesome if there was a way to implement something where an account already logged in through the Plex app on a mobile device could navigate to a tab or a setting in the app to auth that device (via code or another means) without having to fire up a mobile or desktop browser to authenticate that device.

Does anyone else feel like this would be a useful feature?

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**Author:** ![UltraCico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6f9a4e/32.png) [@UltraCico](https://forums.plex.tv/u/UltraCico)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/authenticate-clients-with-the-plex-ios-android-app/237941/2 "2024-05-04T08:33:18Z")

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Me! 😄

I actually posted a duplicate suggestion:

> [@Link devices from mobile app](https://forums.plex.tv/t/link-devices-from-mobile-app/876693):
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> Hi, it would be useful to have in the Plex mobile app (I use the Android one) the ability to link new devices, instead of going to [https://plex.tv/link](https://plex.tv/link). As a bit of background, I got the idea because of this issue of mine: The rationale is that normally apps are always logged on, but websites needs authentication (for cybersecurity hygiene, browsers are often set to clean cache / not save credentials). This way the device linking would be faster and handy. Thank you!