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Android Messages Will Now Let You Send Texts From Your Computer (www.blog.google)

Posted by BeauHD on from the cross-platform-support dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Google is beginning to roll out desktop browser support for Android Messages, allowing people to use their PC for sending messages and viewing those that have been received on their Android smartphone. Google says the feature is starting to go out to users today and continuing for the rest of the week. Text, images, and stickers are all supported on the web version.

To get started, the Android Messages website has you scan a QR code using the Android Messages mobile app, which creates a link between the two. In today's blog post, Google also goes over numerous other recent improvements to Android Messenger including built-in GIF search, support for smart replies on more carriers, inline link previews, and easy copy/paste for two-factor authentication messages.

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  1. would they? by fluffernutter · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Google wouldn't use this to scan all your texts with non-consenting people........... would they?

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  2. Re:Been doing this for 10 years with my Mac+iPhone by jhesse · · Score: 3, Informative

    And anyone else who has an iPhone.

    What would be nice though is if I could send SMS msgs from my Mac to my children's Android phones.

    Sending and receiving SMS messages from the Mac to Android phones works. You need to have your phone number associated with your iMessage/iCloud/Apple ID/whatever. Setup seems kind of non-intuitive, but once it works, you have a log of all your SMS/MMS conversations on the computer.

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  3. Jolla/Sailfish OS by fph+il+quozientatore · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Jolla/Sailfish OS user here. I can SSH into my phone from the PC and send an SMS, for bonus nerd points: https://together.jolla.com/que...

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