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# Platforms and updates
_Where Fishies runs today, what's coming, and how each version keeps itself up to date._
## Where Fishies runs
Fishies is a live aquarium, not a boxed release: the web version is the one build everyone is always on, and every native app opens the same server-authoritative aquarium as the browser. What ships and where changes as the alpha grows; this page always describes the current, real state, not the plan.
## Desktop
The desktop app installs on Windows, macOS and Linux from the download links on the game's site. It runs the same build inside its own window and adds a proper launcher, without changing what the browser already gets right.
- Windows: x64, 32-bit (x86) and ARM64 builds, for Windows 10 and 11.
- macOS: one universal build for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
- Linux: AppImage, .deb and .rpm packages, still experimental; a virtual machine or an NVIDIA GPU without its proprietary driver can leave graphics running on slow software rendering.
## Mobile
The Android app shares the same aquarium as everywhere else. iPhone and iPad support is planned but not built yet.
- Android: Google Play, a direct APK download, and an itch.io build, for Android 7.0 (API level 24) and up.
- iPhone and iPad: coming later; there is no Fishies app for iOS yet.
## Other storefronts
Beyond the game's own download page, Fishies is starting to reach other storefronts.
- itch.io: the desktop and Android builds are published there today.
- Steam: planned, not yet available; the store page and Steam-specific sign-in do not exist yet.
## Keeping up to date
Nobody has to go looking for a new version.
- The desktop app checks for updates itself and installs them without a separate download; the file you first downloaded keeps working as the updater.
- Google Play, itch.io and the browser all serve the current build automatically. The web version needs nothing at all: reloading the page is enough.
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In the game: https://fishies.lol/wiki/mechanics/platforms · Fishies 0.8.1
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