The social network
with no app.
Your phone's device name is broadcast over a dozen OS-level surfaces — AirDrop, Bluetooth pairing list, Personal Hotspot SSID, Find My, Quick Share, Cast, AirPlay, Nearby. We weaponize that field. Type a message; rename your device to it; every iPhone and Android in 30m sees your broadcast natively. Zero install on the recipient side. Works for everyone.
Stop renaming your phone every time
One install, then forever you compose Auras from this page and broadcast updates instantly with no Settings dive. Profile installs a Hylaq Aura icon on your home screen for one-tap access.
Apple-supported .mobileconfig with a Hylaq Aura WebClip on your home screen + WiFi auto-join + DNS attribution. Tap the icon to compose or update your Aura. The Pi or any nearby Hylaq Android user broadcasts it within 30s. iPhones in 30m get the AirPods-style pairing card pop.
Download Hylaq Aura profileNative APK that broadcasts Apple Continuity packets directly from your phone's BLE radio — the phone IS the beacon, no Pi needed. iPhones in 30m see your Aura as the AirPods pairing card. Android phones with the APK federate everyone's broadcasts so iPhone-only users still get amplified.
Download Hylaq Aura APKCompose your Aura
How your Aura pops up automatically — no recipient action
Honest scope: iOS & Android both gate AirPods-pairing-style cards to first-party APIs, so without a native app on your phone we can't fake those. But three other auto-popup surfaces work natively, with zero recipient install:
Captive portal auto-pops Safari
When ANY phone joins your Hylaq Wi-Fi (broadcast via Personal Hotspot SSID with your Aura name), iOS auto-runs a captive-portal probe. Hylaq Edge serves a non-success response → iOS auto-opens a Safari sheet on top of the recipient's screen showing your Aura message + reply button. Same surface hotel WiFi pages use. Works on iPhone + Android + Mac + Windows alike.
iCloud Family / Google Family hotspot prompt
When you rename your Personal Hotspot to your Aura, every Family member's iPhone auto-shows it on the lock screen ('Personal Hotspot from Hylaq · @colt: coffee buddy?'). Apple's free Family Sharing surface, no app, no opt-in beyond being in your iCloud Family. Same for Google Family on Android.
Hylaq Air auto-join trigger
Anyone with the Hylaq Air profile installed auto-joins any 'Hylaq · *' SSID in 30m. The auto-join fires the captive-portal pop. Recipient gets the popup automatically, never opens a single app — they're already in the Hylaq network.
Why this works on every phone, no app needed
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The social network exists in physical space, not on a server.
Twitter / Instagram / TikTok are global by default; you opt OUT of strangers. Hylaq Aura is local by default; you only see what's physically near you. Reverses 20 years of attention economy in one rename.