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Hello, PushBullet - push anything to your Android phone from your browser
- yesimahuman 14y agoI still email myself things, or text myself something, which sucks. This seems like a serious replacement for that. Wish it was on iOS!
- helloimben 14y agoI could definitely use something like this on iOS as well. As a designer, I'm constantly making things I want to be able to show to others at any given time, so I constantly email mockups to my phone. The process currently sucks, and this would be really helpful.
- guptaneil 14y agoSounds like Dropbox would help you with your problem.
- rsingel 14y agoHow does this differ from the Chrome to Phone plugin?
- Guzba 14y agoChrome to Phone has had a big influence on PushBullet. The convenience of things being placed in your notifications is huge but Chrome to Phone hasn't pushed past being all about web stuff. I want to be able to put my own notes, lists, etc on my phone, not just webpages and links. And files too, of course. Simply, PushBullet will be a superset of Chrome to Phone.
- stephengillie 14y agoThat's a great addition. A big annoyance of mine with CtP is it's one-way, I can't send links to a browser. Would it be possible to PushBullet a file/link back to a browser? Maybe the last browser that pushed to the phone?
- yoavfr 14y agoJust installed it. It's not a about pushing specific urls, but instead you push specific predefined data types. The ones available right now are "Note", "Address", "List", "File". Pushing is done by visiting the site at this time, though I can imaging a browser extension is in the works. Personally, I don't think I'll use it - I use dropbox when I want to sync a file with my phone, Evernote for notes and lists, and just Chrome to Phone for addresses (via google maps) or urls.
- bostonvaulter2 14y agoI'm glad that it's not just through extensions, that was the major thing I didn't like about Chrome to Phone (since sometimes I use public computers).
- jdangu 14y agoCare to explain the difference with Chrome To Phone?
- treeform 14y agoPushbullet is a superset of Chrome to Phone. Chrome to Phone can only send link while push bullet can send other Media as well such as addresses and todo lists.
- forcer 14y agoI have installed it. time will tell whether I will actually remember to use it when I need it. One thing you should definitely fix - once you install Android app and run it for first time, it tells you that you need to sign in using your G account. I thought the reference is for the web-app since the android app already listed my G account email address at the bottom of the screen. In the web-app I checked I am signed in and yet I could not do any push. So I was frustrated why the wep-app does not recognize my android device. I touching the android app randomly and finally a random click on my email address made the connection. Its definitely not obvious how to pair the device with the web app. You should make some button in the app Otherwise I like it :)
- Guzba 14y agoThanks a lot for the feedback. I 100% agree I need to make pairing more clear.
- grncdr 14y agovery interesting. If this had an API and/or a chrome extension I could see myself using it a lot. If you're looking for collaborators ping me (email in my profile)
- jaggs 14y agoDoesn't work for me. Latched to my email and shows my phone on the dashboard, but when I try to push something nothing appears on the phone. I've tried pushing the sync button too. Is it US only? Or does it need wifi on the computer?
- Guzba 14y agoI did see in the logs that someone's Google account wasn't playing nicely. I should be passing along error messages better, hah. If you wanted to message me the Google account you signed up with, I'll look into it.
- jaggs 14y agoYeah got it. Two factor authentication. That will kill it stone dead, won't it?
- Guzba 14y agoI bet your right. Too funny, you'll never think of everything you should test, right? :)
- jaggs 14y agoHeh, ain't that the truth. :) [Update: I apologize greatly. Both my test pushes just arrived perfectly in my notifications bar. Nice!!! ]
- Guzba 14y agoGlad to hear they made it though the pipes!
- jaggs 14y agoNow I'd like the opportunity to edit the text notes I push, so I can copy paste into other apps maybe?
- nickpresta 14y agoPushing files is interesting, but addresses, notes, and lists are easily done already. Pushing an address: 1. Search address on Google Maps 2. Open up Maps on Android 3. Click on "My Places" from dropdown menu 4. Swipe to Recent Pushing notes: 1. Create notes in Google Drive 2. Open on Android Pushing lists: 1. Create list in Google Drive 2. Open on Android Pushing websites: 1. Open website on laptop in Chrome 2. Open Chrome browser on Android 3. Select the "Other Devices" tab 4. Open website I suppose you could push files via Drive as well. Pretty cool though; I may give it a try.
- Guzba 14y agoI agree there are easy ways to do most of PushBullet's functionality through other means but I think there is a lot of power in not just actually getting the list on your phone with Google Drive, but actively pushing it into your notifications. Glad to hear you'll give it a try :)
- mikeevans 14y agoPushing an address is even easier than that (if you're on 4.1+). Search for a place in Maps, and a minute later Google Now will have that place listed.
- iosnoob 14y agoApplaud a great start! Add iOS support and a chrome extension and reverse direction as well and I'd use this all day every day.
- derwildemomo 14y agoThere's something quite similar for iOS already, it's called beamapp [ http://getbeamapp.com/ http://getbeamapp.com/ ].
- ipedrazas 14y agoIs it ready yet? it never worked for me :(
- moreati 14y agoSlightly OT, rather than Chrome to Phone I use https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/qr-code-tag-extension/bcfddoencoiedfjgepnlhcpfikgaogdg https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/qr-code-tag-extens..., so I can send a URL to anyone in the room with a smartphone. Admittedly they have to install something like Google Goggles first
- spinchange 14y agoDownloaded app, installed, and added push URL to bookmarks bar. It's awesome as is, but as others have mentioned, any kind of browser extension that would facilitate capturing selected text to send as a note or in one of the given formats would make this superlative.
- tapan_pandita 14y agoOMG, yes! I was wondering why it wasn't easier to do any of this! Downloading now.
- fidz 14y agoWhy minimum version of PushBullet is android ICS? How about people that still use Gingerbread or below?
- Guzba 14y agoI optimized around getting the app out and supporting devices pre ICS got cut for now, that's all. (Holo theme + new apis means cleaner code and in my experience with other apps, ICS+ is much less quirky so I can guarantee a better quality of experience with much less effort)
- camtarn 14y agoGiving this a go - I do have solutions for most of these things (Evernote for notes, Maps' built-in syncing, etc) but this sounds like it might be convenient, especially for files. One small thing... when I started the app, it fired up my Twitter client O.o What's up with that?
- Guzba 14y agoNothing in PushBullet should fire up your Twitter client. :? Very strange.
- arpit 14y agoFor those asking for an API for something like this, take a look at PushOver(https://pushover.net/ https://pushover.net/). While PushOver doesn't support files, it does have a nice API and can also be used in IFTTT recipes.
- BHSPitMonkey 14y agoHow does the data get from point A to point B? Does everything pass through your servers? Do I have any reason to feel that my URLs/maps/files couldn't be snooped upon by yourself or anyone else?
- Guzba 14y agoGood question. I use Google's Cloud Messaging to actually deliver the pushes but the data in a push is not plaintext, and the push sometimes doesn't even have the data at all (the GCM message is just a tickle). All interaction with PushBullet app servers is done by https. Overall, I don't think I've done anything stupid but I wouldn't trust PushBullet to anything you consider prudently private.
- voltagex_ 14y agoWould love an API so I can push IRC alerts to my phone. Growl integration would also work well.
- o_sam_o 14y agoNice! Add: * Contact us * Bookmarklet
- gekko68 14y agoSo what's your business model? How do we know that you won't sell our e-mail addresses you get by signing in via Google account?
- EFil 14y agoHello, why is the file limit 5MB? can you make it bigger?
- absolon 14y agoPlease add feature to direct picture send to phone. Now I have to save it to disk than using "File" to send to phone. Anyway great idea.