# Setting up mobile controls

> Grant permissions, arrange quick actions, and use the phone's camera and microphone for a connected device.

Source: https://help.cephable.com/docs/mobile/setting-up

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## Permissions

The microphone and camera are requested the first time you use each. Grant them from inside
the app so the prompt is attached to the feature you are turning on.

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If you declined a prompt earlier, the app cannot ask again — re-enable it under
**Settings → Cephable** on the device.
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Permissions are granted per feature under **Settings → Apps → Cephable → Permissions**.

If the connection or camera stops when you switch apps, exempt Cephable from battery
optimization.
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## Quick action buttons

This is what most people use the mobile app for: your pinned actions from the connected
device, large enough to hit reliably.

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:::step title="Pin controls on the computer"
Add controls to your quick action buttons in the desktop app.
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:::step title="Open the device on your phone"
The same buttons appear once the device is connected.
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:::step title="Arrange them for reach"
Put the ones you use most where your thumb naturally lands.
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![Quick action buttons in the Cephable mobile app](https://help.cephable.com/screenshots/mobile-quick-actions.jpg)

_Quick actions on the phone_

## Using the phone's camera

The phone's front camera can provide head and face input for the connected device.

- **Prop the device up.** Handheld tracking fights every small hand movement.
- **Expect battery cost.** Continuous camera use is the biggest drain — plan on charging
  during long sessions.

The same baseline and sensitivity ideas apply as on the desktop — see
[Head and face controls](/docs/using-cephable/additional-features/camera-controls).

![The camera controls screen in the Cephable mobile app](https://help.cephable.com/screenshots/mobile-camera.jpg)

_Camera controls on mobile_

## Using the phone's microphone

The microphone screen works the same way as on the desktop: start listening, and what you
say is matched against the connected device's App Controls.

Using the phone as the microphone is useful when the computer is across the room, or when a
headset is easier to position near your mouth than the computer's built-in microphone.

## Switching App Controls

The App Controls selector changes which set the connected device is using — handy when you
are away from the keyboard and the automatic switch has picked the wrong one.