Setup guide

Install Berry without surprises.

Berry comes straight from this site, not an app store, so Windows and Android ask a couple of extra questions the first time. Here is every message you might see and what to tap, so you know before you download.

Windows

Version 1.1.3 · 89 MB installer

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What you need

  • Windows 10 or 1164-bit. 8 GB of RAM is comfortable; 16 GB if you want the bigger chat model.
  • 2 to 3 GB freeThe installer is small; the speech, voice and chat models download once on first start.
  • A microphoneThe one built into your laptop is fine. A headset helps in noisy rooms.
  • No admin rightsBerry installs for your account only, so it works on most work and school PCs too.

What you'll see, and what to tap

  1. Your browser may warn that Berry-Setup.exe “isn't commonly downloaded”. Choose Keep (in Edge: … → Keep → Show more → Keep anyway).
  2. Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”. Click More info, then Run anyway. Every new app from a small maker gets this until Windows has seen it many times.
  3. Click through the installer. No administrator password is needed. Leave “Start Berry when Windows starts” on if you want it ready every time.
  4. Berry downloads its models on first start (0.7 to 2 GB). Keep the PC online until it says it's ready; after that it never needs the internet.
  5. Try it. Tap Alt + Win and ask something, or hold Ctrl + Win while you talk to type into any app.

If something gets in the way

“Windows protected your PC”
  1. Click More info, the small link under the message.
  2. Click Run anyway. Berry installs for your account only and needs no administrator rights.
  3. Why: Windows shows this for new apps from small makers without a paid code-signing certificate. Berry runs entirely on your PC.
Your browser says the download “isn't commonly downloaded”
  1. Edge: open the downloads list, hover over Berry-Setup.exe, click … → Keep → Show more → Keep anyway.
  2. Chrome: open the downloads list and click Keep.
“Smart App Control blocked part of this app”
  1. Check before you download: open Windows Security → App & browser control → Smart App Control settings. If it says Off or Evaluation, you're fine.
  2. If it's On, it blocks every unsigned app and has no “allow this app” button. To use Berry, choose Off.
  3. Think it over first: on some versions of Windows it can't be switched back on without resetting Windows.
Berry can't hear me
  1. Open Settings → Privacy & security → Microphone.
  2. Turn on Microphone access and Let desktop apps access your microphone.
  3. In Berry's Settings → Speech, pick your microphone and press Test microphone.
The keys do nothing
  1. Check Berry is running: its icon is in the notification area (click ^ near the clock).
  2. Right-click the icon → Settings → Help → Restart Berry.
  3. Windows hides your keys from apps while a window running as administrator (like Task Manager) is in front. Click another window and try again.

Android

Version 1.2.0 · 94 MB app

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What you need

  • Android 8.0 or newerOn a 64-bit phone, which is nearly every phone from the last six years.
  • About 1 GB freeThe app plus the speech model (about 160 MB), which downloads once.
  • Wi-Fi for the first startAfter the speech model is on your phone, Berry works with no internet at all.
  • Five minutesAndroid asks a few times whether you trust an app from outside the Play Store. The steps below show every tap.

What you'll see, and what to tap

  1. Download Berry.apk in Chrome. If Chrome asks whether to keep the file, tap Download anyway.
  2. Open the file. Android says it can't install unknown apps: tap Settings, turn on Allow from this source, go back.
  3. Play Protect may warn you. Tap More details → Install anyway. If there's no such button, follow “Play Protect blocks the install” below.
  4. Open Berry. On the Home tab, allow the microphone and download the speech model. That's all you need to start talking.
  5. Want the dictation bubble? Android 13 and newer hide its switch behind “Restricted setting” the first time. The fix takes 30 seconds and is below.

If something gets in the way

Play Protect says the app is harmful or blocks the install
  1. Tap More details, then Install anyway.
  2. No “Install anyway”? Open the Play Store, tap your profile picture → Play Protect → the ⚙ in the top right.
  3. Turn off Scan apps with Play Protect, open Berry.apk again and install it.
  4. Turn Play Protect back on afterwards. Berry keeps working.
  5. Why: Play Protect warns about every app that doesn't come from the Play Store. Berry runs offline and sends nothing anywhere unless you turn on online chat.
“For your security, your phone can't install unknown apps”
  1. Tap Settings on that message.
  2. Turn on Allow from this source for the app you downloaded with (Chrome or Files).
  3. Go back and tap Install.
“Restricted setting” when turning on the dictation bubble
  1. Android 13 and newer block this for apps installed outside the Play Store until you allow it once.
  2. Open Settings → Accessibility, tap Berry and try to turn it on. When Android says “Restricted setting”, tap OK. The next option only appears after this.
  3. Open Settings → Apps → Berry, tap ⋮ in the top-right corner and choose Allow restricted settings. Confirm with your PIN or fingerprint.
  4. Go back to Accessibility → Berry and turn it on. (Samsung: Accessibility → Installed apps. Xiaomi: Accessibility → Downloaded apps.)
“App not installed”
  1. An older copy of Berry signed differently is already on the phone.
  2. Uninstall it once (press and hold the Berry icon → Uninstall), then open Berry.apk again.
  3. Still failing? Check you have 1 GB free and that the download finished.
The bubble or “Hey Berry” stops after a while
  1. Open Settings → Apps → Berry → Battery and choose Unrestricted.
  2. Samsung: Settings → Battery → Background usage limits → Never sleeping apps → add Berry.
  3. Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo: also turn on Autostart for Berry.
The speech model download won't finish
  1. Connect to Wi-Fi and keep Berry open until the bar reaches the end.
  2. If it stops, tap Download again: the parts that already finished are kept, so it won't start from zero.
  3. Check you have about 1 GB free in Settings → Storage.

Still stuck? Email abdullahnadeem6987@gmail.com with what you see on screen (a screenshot helps) and I'll help you get it working.