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Mobile attendance

Multi-employee face identify · Early access

Tablet kiosk mode for site attendance.

One ₹15k Android tablet on the wall. The same HelloTime Attend APK that runs on every worker's phone runs on the kiosk — paired to a site, locked down with Android's Device Policy Controller, and serving a multi-employee face-rec carousel that clocks the next worker in under a second.

Kiosk pairing and the per-worker face flow are live. The multi-employee 1:N face identify path is in early access — request onboarding to enable it for your site.

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How HelloTime kiosk mode works

Kiosk mode is a routing flag inside the same APK shipped to phones — there is no separate kiosk app to install, version, or pay for.

  1. 01

    Buy a tablet for under ₹15k

    HelloTime's tested kiosk hardware: Lenovo M10, Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 or Xiaomi Pad — all available below ₹15,000 retail. No proprietary hardware, no buyback contract.

  2. 02

    Install the same APK

    The HelloTime Attend APK ships a single binary for phones and kiosks. The same build that runs on a worker's phone runs on the tablet — no separate kiosk app to maintain.

  3. 03

    Pair the tablet to the site once

    Admin scans a one-time site QR code on the tablet. The device persists a site ID plus a device JWT and switches into the kiosk shell on next launch. No per-employee login.

  4. 04

    Lock the tablet down

    On Android, HelloTime uses the Device Policy Controller plus Single-App Mode so workers can't exit the app. On iPad, Guided Access is supported — Android tablets are the OEM default for cost reasons.

  5. 05

    Multi-employee carousel (early access)

    The kiosk caches the site's PersonGroup subset for sub-second match. Worker steps up, face is detected and matched, name appears with clock-in / clock-out, two-second confirm, screen resets for the next worker. The 1:N identify endpoint is gated to pilot sites today — onboarding by request.

Hardware bill of materials, under ₹15k.

HelloTime is hardware-agnostic. These are the tablets the team has tested and certified — buy them anywhere, pair them in two minutes.

Lenovo Tab M10 (3rd gen)

10-inch 1080p tablet, front camera, Android 13. Around ₹13–15k retail. HelloTime's reference kiosk hardware.

Samsung Galaxy Tab A8

10.5-inch tablet, decent front camera, sturdy build. Around ₹13–17k retail. Solid second choice.

Xiaomi Pad / Redmi Pad

10-inch tablet line, sub-₹15k variants available. Tested as a budget kiosk option.

Tablet wall / desk mount

Generic VESA or floor-stand mount; HelloTime is hardware-agnostic — pick anything that physically fits the site.

Charging cable + power

Tablets stay plugged in at the kiosk station. No special PoE or industrial wiring needed.

Pairing flow

  1. Admin opens the HelloTime web console, generates a site QR code from the site's settings.
  2. Worker or admin opens the HelloTime APK on the tablet, taps "Pair as kiosk", scans the QR.
  3. The tablet persists the site ID and a device JWT, locks orientation to landscape, and enters Single-App Mode on next launch.
  4. The kiosk pulls the site's enrolled PersonGroup subset and caches it locally for sub-second face identification.
  5. Admin can revoke a paired tablet from the web console at any time — the device JWT is rotated, the cache is wiped on next sync.

Why HelloTime beats Truein on kiosk mode.

Truein invented the tablet-kiosk-for-attendance category in India. Here is how HelloTime is built to take it.

One APK, phone and tablet

HelloTime ships one Flutter binary that routes to the worker UI on phones and the kiosk shell on paired tablets. Same proto stubs, same gRPC client, same SQLite offline queue. Truein keeps separate mobile and kiosk apps.

Sub-second match on ₹15k hardware

The kiosk caches the site's PersonGroup subset locally so face identification is sub-second on a Lenovo M10 — not a high-end iPad.

Native Android lockdown

Device Policy Controller plus Single-App Mode is built in — no third-party MDM contract, no per-device licence. The user can't exit the app to play games or run a browser.

Public, hardware-agnostic pricing

HelloTime publishes its Attend SKU price and lists the exact tablets that work. No bundled hardware lock-in. Truein gates pricing and steers buyers to its own kiosk hardware.

Where the kiosk fits

One tablet at the gate, one tablet per shop floor, one per branch. The kiosk shares the same face template and the same offline queue as the worker phone app — clock events from both paths land on one timesheet.

Manufacturing & factories

One tablet per shop floor, shift carousel at the gate.

Retail chains

One kiosk per store, central roll-up across all branches.

Facility & cleaning services

Site tablet for vendor crews — no per-worker phone.

Construction & site teams

One tablet at the gate of every site.

Face-recognition attendance

Same face template powers the kiosk.

GPS geofencing

Site-locked clock-in by design.

HelloBooks payroll

Kiosk hours flow straight to payroll.

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