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BTW, for those trapped in Windows land, there's an experimental port of the KDE Connect app for Windows that works surprisingly well. My wife was quite puzzled
by CarelessExpert 5y ago
BTW, for those trapped in Windows land, there's an experimental port of the KDE Connect app for Windows that works surprisingly well. My wife was quite puzzled, recently, when a phone call cause video playback on our media PC to pause automatically...
- sokoloff 5y agoAnswering the call, placing a call, or just having an incoming call ring? I’m maybe in favor of the first, slightly opposed to the second, and would find the last so infuriating that I’d shut it off immediately.
- CarelessExpert 5y agoIf memory serves it was when I answered the call.
- tssva 5y agoA large amount of the functionality is also available through the "My Phone" application which ships as part of Windows 10.
- smoldesu 5y agoWhile this is true, "My Phone" doesn't do a great job of staying consistently connected, and it even fails to do a lot of the features that Connect can offer. I still prefer Connect on Windows.
- tssva 5y agoI however have no issues staying connected with "My Phone" and when I used it occasionally there were issues with "KDE Connect". Also the feature I use most is pushing a website to my laptop so I can continue there later. With "My Phone" this works whether I am at home or out and about. Also it works when my laptop is currently not online. "KDE Connect" requires a VPN connection when I am not on the same network and the feature to push to another device doesn't work if that device is offline at the time. I understand that the difference is that one uses a server and one doesn't, and for some people not having Microsoft in the middle is an advantage but for others it is not.
- mrguyorama 5y agoI thought that was samsung only
- tssva 5y agoMirroring of apps on the phone is Samsung only. The rest of the features are available on all android phones.
- smoldesu 5y agoSame goes for MacOS, though the best experience is of course going to be with KDE or Gnome.
- spurgu 5y agoI tried it some weeks back but couldn't get it to work.