diff --git a/server/public/apple-touch-icon.png b/server/public/apple-touch-icon.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4268440
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diff --git a/server/public/home.html b/server/public/home.html
index 0ce3820..ed6e769 100644
--- a/server/public/home.html
+++ b/server/public/home.html
@@ -2,8 +2,16 @@
 <html lang="en">
 <head>
 <meta charset="UTF-8">
-<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, viewport-fit=cover">
 <title>BizGaze Connect</title>
+<!-- PWA: installable on Android & iOS ("Add to Home Screen"); also enables iOS web push -->
+<link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json">
+<meta name="theme-color" content="#1F3B73">
+<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
+<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
+<meta name="mobile-web-app-capable" content="yes">
+<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style" content="black-translucent">
+<meta name="apple-mobile-web-app-title" content="Connect">
 <style>
   :root{ --brand:#FFC708; --brand-d:#E0AC00; --blue:#1F3B73; --blue-d:#16294f; --blue-soft:#EAF0FB; --ink:#1f2430; --muted:#6b7280; --bg:#f6f8fb; --card:#fff; --line:#e6e9ef; --green:#16a34a; --red:#b91c1c; }
   *{box-sizing:border-box;}
@@ -589,7 +597,7 @@
 </head>
 <body>
 <script src="/icons.js?v=3"></script>
-<script>window.__BUILD='2026-06-24-push4';console.log('%cBizGaze Connect','color:#1F3B73;font-weight:bold','build '+window.__BUILD);</script>
+<script>window.__BUILD='2026-06-24-pwa1';console.log('%cBizGaze Connect','color:#1F3B73;font-weight:bold','build '+window.__BUILD);</script>
 <div class="loading" id="loading">Loading…</div>
 
 <header>
diff --git a/server/public/icon-192.png b/server/public/icon-192.png
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diff --git a/server/public/icon-512.png b/server/public/icon-512.png
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diff --git a/server/public/manifest.json b/server/public/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e2c900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/public/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "name": "BizGaze Connect",
+  "short_name": "Connect",
+  "description": "Chat, screen share, and video meetings for the BizGaze ecosystem.",
+  "start_url": "/home",
+  "scope": "/",
+  "display": "standalone",
+  "orientation": "portrait-primary",
+  "background_color": "#1F3B73",
+  "theme_color": "#1F3B73",
+  "icons": [
+    { "src": "/icon-192.png", "sizes": "192x192", "type": "image/png", "purpose": "any" },
+    { "src": "/icon-512.png", "sizes": "512x512", "type": "image/png", "purpose": "any" },
+    { "src": "/icon-512.png", "sizes": "512x512", "type": "image/png", "purpose": "maskable" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/server/public/sw.js b/server/public/sw.js
index 9e827b5..539bbcb 100644
--- a/server/public/sw.js
+++ b/server/public/sw.js
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 // the background / frozen / closed, and to open the right chat when one is clicked.
 self.addEventListener('install', (e) => { self.skipWaiting(); });
 self.addEventListener('activate', (e) => { e.waitUntil(self.clients.claim()); });
+// No-op fetch handler: present only so the app meets PWA installability criteria. It never
+// calls respondWith(), so the browser performs its normal network fetch — NO caching, so this
+// can never serve a stale app.
+self.addEventListener('fetch', () => {});
 
 self.addEventListener('push', (event) => {
   let d = {};
diff --git a/server/static.js b/server/static.js
index 633d56f..7f15324 100644
--- a/server/static.js
+++ b/server/static.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const { json } = require('./lib');
 const { currentUser } = require('./session');
 const { PUBLIC_DIR, REC_DIR, TRANS_DIR, UPLOADS_DIR } = require('./config');
 
-const MIME = { '.html': 'text/html', '.js': 'text/javascript', '.css': 'text/css', '.png': 'image/png', '.jpg': 'image/jpeg', '.jpeg': 'image/jpeg', '.svg': 'image/svg+xml', '.ico': 'image/x-icon' };
+const MIME = { '.html': 'text/html', '.js': 'text/javascript', '.css': 'text/css', '.png': 'image/png', '.jpg': 'image/jpeg', '.jpeg': 'image/jpeg', '.svg': 'image/svg+xml', '.ico': 'image/x-icon', '.json': 'application/json', '.webmanifest': 'application/manifest+json' };
 
 function serveStatic(req, res) {
   let p = req.url.split('?')[0];
