Introducing Mobile Diffs
Coding agents can keep work moving while you’re away from your desk. Today we’re bringing Diffs, Linear’s fast and focused code review, to iOS and Android.
We built Linear Diffs because code review was becoming a bottleneck for our own team. What started as an internal tool has become the default way we review code.
Guided Reviews make it easier to see what changed and why, and from the same place you can reply to a thread, leave a comment, or send a fix back to an agent. The review sits next to the issue, feedback, or bug report that started the work, so the reasoning behind the request stays connected.
Running the whole loop from a phone
Alessandro Oddone, who leads our Android team, does a lot of his thinking away from a desk. An idea that comes to him while on a walk goes straight to a coding agent from the Linear app, and the PR that comes back gets reviewed on the same phone, with findings from a Codex review sent back to the agent and a teammate pulled in to approve. The idea, the review and the approval all happen in the app.
What’s in Mobile Diffs
Guided Reviews
Guided Reviews break a pull request into sections, starting with what the change does and why, so a large PR can be reviewed on a phone one section at a time.
Direct notifications
Review requests, approvals and new comments arrive in your home screen and Linear Inbox.
Preview links
Preview links open from the diff, so you can try a mobile change on an actual phone.
Review state that syncs with desktop
Files you mark as viewed on your phone are already marked when you open the same PR on desktop, and the other way round.
Work with review agents
Follow and reply to review threads from the app, from teammates and coding agents alike.
What’s next
Today, Diffs makes it easier for people to review large pull requests, on a laptop or a phone. We’re exploring how we can improve the experience further by bringing agents deeper into that process, and we will share more news soon.
Get started
Mobile Diffs is available today in the latest versions of the Linear app on the App Store and Google Play. If your workspace isn’t using Diffs yet, ask an admin to upgrade Linear’s GitHub integration for code access, then check your review inbox.