What is Pushbullet and its 3 best functions – Take a look at these tips, tricks, and solution you can use to make your life much easier with your devices whenever problems arrive and complications which you may find difficult to deal with.
Pushbullet is probably the best application for Android in 2014. But it is still valid and below we present its 3 best functionalities.
This program allows you link your Android with the PC or other mobile devices wirelessly for multitasking. For example, send files, view mobile notifications on the PC, send the clipboard from one device to another, among other things.
To use pushbullet, you must install the application on your cell phone (or cell phones) and the desktop client on your PC or PCs. This is necessary for the devices to link with each other.
1. View and respond notifications from PC
This is how notifications are displayed in Windows 7 with Pushbullet
Pushbullet software allows you to view cell phone notifications on your PC and also respond to them. For example, reply to messages from Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Line, Telegram or Hangouts.
When a new message arrives through these systems, Pushbullet generates a notification on the PC in which there is a button Responder, from which you can write and send the response.
2. SMS client for PC
Pushbullet not only allows you to view and reply to messages from your PC. It also offers a full SMS client, which is capable of displaying the entire SMS conversation threads. In this way you can review all the previous messages in a conversation – the context – before responding appropriately, something that was not possible before.
Pushbullet also has extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera. Through them you can also send SMS.
3. Copy files from PC remotely
This functionality allows you to view and copy files from PC to cell phone easily. Just activate the Remote Files function on the PC and you will be able to access them from your Android.
The most interesting thing about Pushbullet Remote Files is that it is not necessary for your devices to be nearby. You could get a file from your PC at home from your mobile across town. And you can get any file from that PC (not just files inside a folder of Public Access the like).
Free alternatives to Pushbullet Pro
Pushbullet is an all-in-one application to integrate Android and PC. It allows you to send files and copy paste text between the two, manage notifications and answer SMS / instant messages (WhatsApp, SMS, Facebook, etc.) from the PC, among other things. Unfortunately, some features are exclusive to Pushbullet Pro, the paid version of Pushbullet. If you are not able to pay the subscription, we will tell you which are the best free alternatives.
Airdroid
Perhaps the best and most complete alternative to Pushbullet right now.
Allows you to send files (Send files) up to 30MB in size between Android and PC on local network or over the Internet, view notifications on PC (Mirror phone notifications) and answer unlimited SMS, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, etc. from the computer. Allows clipboard sharing between phone and PC (Universal copy & paste). This application also allows you to view the Android screen on your PC (something that Pushbullet does not have). All of these features are completely free.
It does not allow managing notifications from the PC (Mirrored notification action support) and does not offer storage (Storage space)
The premium version of AirDroid ($ 1.67 per month or $ 20 per year) allows you to send files up to 1GB in size.
It is compatible with Windows PC, Linux and Mac.
Descargar AirDroid: airdroid.com
Pushline
It can display notifications on the PC and allows sending SMS and controlling calls from the computer. It also allows you to copy / paste text and share links between both teams.
You cannot transfer files, there is no cloud storage and you cannot send SMS, instant messages via WhatsApp, Facebook, etc., or manage notifications from your PC.
It is compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac. It does not have a native client for PC, but only an extension for the Google Chrome browser.
Download PushLine: getpushline.com
Pipeline
Allows you to send and receive files between PC and Android under the same network, without Internet. It is also possible to synchronize the clipboard between both computers.
You cannot view or manage notifications on your PC and you cannot reply to instant messages or SMS.
It is compatible with Windows PC, Linux and Mac. It is completely free and open source.
Download Duct: msec.it/blog/?page_id=11
KDE Connect (Linux)
It allows you to share files and links, see notifications in Linux and share the clipboard between Android and PC. It offers encryption, it is free and open source. It has support to control the PC from the Android.
It does not offer support to answer SMS, instant messaging, it does not provide storage and it does not allow to manage notifications.
Download KDE Connect: kde.org
Unifunctional alternatives
If you only use one or the other PushBullet function, there are several possibilities.
- For example, check the following link on applications to see notifications on the PC.
- To copy paste text between Android and PC (sync clipboard), try the apps ClipSync (bdwm.be/cs/) and Alt C (altcopy.net).
- To reply SMS and instant messaging, you can use WhatsApp Web (web.whatsapp.com), Telegram Desktop (desktop.telegram.org) and MightyText (mightytext.net), which currently offers various functions, such as notification mirroring and managing calls and SMS.
- For file storage and sharing, you can use Google Drive O Dropbox.
Descargar Pushbullet
Remember that you must download and install Pushbullet on all the computers that you are going to interconnect. The respective clients can be found in pushbullet.com.
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