# Add New Device

## Connect the device with Blynk.Apps

1. Tap **Add new device**

![Devices tab](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/72790181/120279434-1a41e400-c2bf-11eb-8043-a7ae62397593.png)

2. Make sure your device is powered on and waiting for connection.   
3. Tap **Ready**

![Add new device](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/72790181/120279456-2168f200-c2bf-11eb-818c-f012ef0d6981.png)

4. **Choose your device** and tap it's name

![Choose device](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/72790181/120279475-29289680-c2bf-11eb-864a-2bec69665648.png)

### **iOS device connection:**

Once the **Ready** button is hit, the application tries to automatically connect to the device AP based on its hotspot prefix - **Blynk**. If connection is successful, the app goes straight to the **Connect your device** step. If unsuccessful (e.g. because the device has different hotspot prefix), the app presents with the instructions to go to the system settings and connect to the device manually:

* tap **Go to Settings;**
* select your Device in Wi-Fi settings
* return back to the Blynk application
* tap **Already connected;**
* if asked, **allow** Blynk application to connect to devices in your local network;
* proceed with common add device **flow**

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![IOS manual connection](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/72790181/120279552-43627480-c2bf-11eb-97be-ad8f9130b916.png)

## **Connect your device to WiFi**

Once the app is connected to the device, the next step is to send to the device the WiFi credentials for it to use.

1. tap **Choose Wi-Fi network** and select the network your mobile device is connected to;
2. type selected Wi-Fi password; 
3. there's an option to **Remember this network** **for other devices** – enabling it helps to save time if you need to add many devices. 
4. tap **Continue.**

![WiFi setup](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/72790181/120279726-773d9a00-c2bf-11eb-9fc8-7bcab1681f02.png)

{% hint style="success" %}
Your smartphone will connect to the device and transfer the credentials, consequently, the device will try to connect to the internet and subsequently to the Cloud.
{% endhint %}

![Configuring device](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/72790181/120279747-802e6b80-c2bf-11eb-9e05-0e31da8636dc.png)

## **Device profiling**

{% hint style="info" %}
Once your device is successfully connected to the internet and the cloud, you can rename it to differentiate it from the others.
{% endhint %}

1. Tap **Continue**

![Device connected](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/72790181/120279939-b966db80-c2bf-11eb-9deb-becb387e85df.png)

2. Follow the on-screen steps to create Device profile

![Device profiling](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/72790181/120279960-c257ad00-c2bf-11eb-9aed-e9745aba0422.png)

{% hint style="info" %}
Check the device information to be correct on the Review screen. If something has to be changed you can edit it here by taping the field you need to edit.
{% endhint %}

3. Tap **Apply** once all is fine

![Review](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/72790181/120279993-cdaad880-c2bf-11eb-9690-6c16c943fe91.png)

{% hint style="success" %}
Profile is created.
{% endhint %}

4. Confirm by tapping **Continue**

![Final step](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/72790181/120280018-d56a7d00-c2bf-11eb-9e0c-3ce0e6aaa77a.png)

## **Finalizing setup**

There’s one last screen of the provision process. 3 options are here:

* **Add new device** – add and setup completely new device;
* **Add new device and apply most recent profile/metadata** – our advice is to give devices different names;
* **Exit to app** – end device adding process and proceed to using it.

![Exit](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/72790181/120280043-de5b4e80-c2bf-11eb-84d8-c3f6aaa252d2.png)


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