Pushbullet - Connecting ALL Your Connected Devices
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Pushbullet is a fast and effective way to share content between all your connected devices, your iPhone, Android, phone, iOS or Android tablet, desktop and notebook computers.
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This is now the third video of yours I have watched. You are helping to change my world with a great video on getting a real understanding on these topics.
Joe The Grey Glad to hear it Joe!
been using Pushbullet for a few days and i love it. universal C&P is the best part as if im on my phone and i come across something i want to watch but want to watch it on a bigger screen i can copy on my phone and then paste on my laptop which is plugged into my TV and Boom within 10 sec im watching it on my tv.. amazing stuff
Great use case! Love it!
I've actually used it for two years now. It's the first app I install every time I get a new device!
I've been using Pushbullet for awhile now and love it! Thanks for the video!
Ronnie It is a very cool app! thanks for the feedback.
Great review Steve... I've been using PushBullet for a few months now & I love it. I especially like how I can sms people from any of my Chrome devices... Fantastic App.
I just got it and I LOVE IT! It allows me to do what I have ALWAYS WANTED to do! Namely, respond to text messages on my computer! But it does so much more than just that!
+K G It does have a load of features!
+dottotech Actually, I discovered it just before I saw your video. It inspired me to go out and buy a Bluetooth dongle so I could get it to work with my computer! Glad I did! Thanks for the great videos!
I hear that app can see another person from they phone thats true?
Hi Steve!
Thanks for the mention! I'm glad you like the app and as always, fantastic job with the demo!
F Javier Escorihuela Thanks for pointing us in the right direction.
How does PB make its money, how does it work? Does it encrypt the data, send it through one of PB's servers and to the target device once the user has clicked the notification?
Info I like to know before I start sending data to who knows where... TIA It looks like a great app ;)
Been using PB for quite some time and find it extremely useful. I use it for sending web-based articles that are hard to read on my smartphone to the Chrome browser on my laptop. I also like getting notifications on from my phone on my laptop, and lastly, respond to SMS messages right from my laptop.
Lawrie Mann It does a lot of the things that iOSX Yosemite does, but a bit more transparently.
The chrome browser plugin for this is wonderful, I use it to send and view text messages from my android phone on my old imac . Works like a charm.
I've been using PB between Firefox on PC, iPad, and Android phone, and love it. Especially you can do very interesting things if you pair it with Tasker on Android!
Wow thanks for this. This will probably be my favorite app of the year.
..... hey Doc ..... I’m missing so much DeskConnect ..... it was so useful and working nicely easy and fluid on all iOS Version. 5 for iPad 1 and 6 for iPhone 3GS.
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Do you anything about it?
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Hi Steve, another great video! I have been playing with PushBullet for a week or so, but didn't realize that you could push files as well as email!
Quick question for you -- how do you do the screengrabs of your mobiles in real time the way that you do? Initially I thought that you were using some sort of iOS app, but since you are using a Galaxy Note Edge as well as the iPhone 6+ you have got me intrigued. I am still using a Note3 btw, and still love it, even after nearly two years.
Terry Chadban I use an app called Samusung Sidesync 3 to record the screens
dottotech Thanks for that Steve, I will have to take a look at it!
Hi Steve :)
Your new android is called "Galaxy Note 4 Edge". It is the current best phablet from Samsung. Mine is just the normal Galaxy Note4. I envy you. :D
Thanks for giving android a try.
Thanks for all the tips for this app. Really a life saver..
Priyank Fagnia I use it more frequently all the time
Really useful app. I have it pushing data between six different devices. I'm researching a project at the moment and have data spread across my PC and my iOS devices. Pushbullet makes it really easy to send text and images between them all saving hours of rekeying data.
Richard Burton Wow, 6 devices! I am thinking that it will also be useful in family and work scenarios, sharing with a small group.
dottotech I'm sure it will. I had Pushbullet for a while before I realised its true potential. Now it's become one of my main go-to tools. Wherever I am, browsing with Chrome, working on my PCs or out and about with my mobile devices I can quickly call it up and send notes, links, images and more to wherever I need them.
What software do you use to screen capture your android devices? I know ScreenFlow works well with iOS devices but I was wondering about android.
Ohh sorry I see SideSync
I agree that Pushbullet is a great app but what is actually encrypted? Just the chat or everything? Also, what program are you using to mirror your devices? Just wondering, thanks.
I'm not entirely sure what Pushbullet encrypts, I would say you should reach out to them and ask.
Are you several techniques for recording my phone screens, the iPhone records directly into both Screenflow and Camtasia via the Lightning connection, for android I use reflector2 to mirror the device
Very good but is this not the same with Evernote and you can do a lot more with Evernote than you can in pushbullet
Have you tried the MightyText app? Similarly, it allows you to send/receive texts, links, attachments from your desktop to your smart phone. I am going to check this out though.
One thing I've been trying to figure out is mirroring any webpage to any device from my computer. I've attempted this with Windows 10 to my HiSense SmartTV but so far no luck. It would be great if I had the ability to wirelessly extend to my TV as another monitor!
+Justin O'Neill I will check into MightyText, In the Apple world extending yout Desktop to TV is pretty easy with AppleTV. Chromecast may be an option.
+dottotech
Thanks for the quick reply!!,
I've attempted to use GoogleCast but I'm having similar issues to what these guys are talking about in the extension reviews/ support tabs:
chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-cast/boadgeojelhgndaghljhdicfkmllpafd/reviews?hl=en
I'll be playing around w/ it more when I've got some free time. Mighty Text is pretty great though! Lot's of great features.
Keep up the great work man!
used mighty text and i have to say Pushbullet is on a different level. much more efficient
Don't forget to get their Portal program as well!
I'm gonna start using it right now :)
Hey Steve! Great video btw. I wanted to ask you what audio interface do you use?
amazing!!!! exactly what I needed
+Marinka Glad to hear it! Pushbullet is a pretty useful utility!
I might be missing something here, but wouldn't it be easier to upload a file to a cloud drive (One Drive, Google Drive, Box) and just have that particular cloud drive's app on all your devices?
capricorn83 Same thing I was thinking...I have photos going to Google Drive, I have my PDF scans going to Google Drive, I have....well you get the idea. All my devices access Google Drive so I may be missing the point.
Update: I tried it today and found nothing really useful...the messaging notification on the PC turned out to be annoying the other features did nothing that I am not already doing with Google drive...its just not for me. For anyone not using cloud storage, it may be a good app to try out.
capricorn83 Same here. I see this as cloud storage only with a little different way of approaching how you share. One disadvantage may be that unless a person has the app installed, you can't share with them. Whereas with Google drive it seems I am able to just create a link to share with anybody, even those without Google drive installed. I think I remember doing that.
+Jim Haney Well, it really comes down to convenience: for instance, Pushbullet also supports sending links directly to your devices. On Chrome, you can even set it up so that pressing a key combination (for me its CTRL+S) immediately sends it to your mobile phone, where you can proceed to open it directly on your default mobile browser.
The desktop version of Pushbullet has both a drag and drop file pushing system and a Windows Explorer "Send to (Device)" context menu. Both help send files to your mobile phone quickly and efficiently-- no need to manually upload and then manually download. I've done this with APK files I find on the web: After download, I right-click on the file, press "Send to Nexus 6" and two seconds later, I tap the pushbullet notification, and it's installing on my phone :)
Sir I would really appreciate if you could upload a video explaining the best to do app, best email client, and best note taking app for iPhone 6plus and Mac and Windows which can sync with each other.... Thank you
Priyank Fagnia it is very subjective, I use Snapentry and Evernote along with straight up Gmail my iPhone 6 and just Evernote (with the widget) and Gmail on my Android.
Hi .... I have a small doubt that is can we send what's app massages throughout the pushbullet
My question - do the files go directly from one device to another or are copies of the files saved somewhere in between and if so - where? Is security an issue?
Holli McVean I am not certain, but I expect it is from one device to the other with no other copy being stored
I was hoping you were going to discuss that if I received a text on my Samsung phone (which I will leave at home while on a holiday) I want it to appear on my Motorola phone which I am taking on my holiday to avoid Roaming charges. I can send myself messages between my phones, but messages coming into my Samsung are not getting sent to my Motorola. Help!
what a great app - thanks Steve
To send something from any devices to my Android mobile, I just have to send it an email through Gmail, without having to install any application. I have design a bookmarklet within Chrome to launch default mail form, filled with subject as page title, body selected page content followed by page link, then [Send], just to hear my mobile bing.
The content of the bookmarklet, that display preloaded mail form. You can edit further it to include image or attach file.
javascript: m='mailto:?subject=Bookmark:'+document.title+'&body='+encodeURIComponent(window.getSelection()+"");m=m.substr(0,4000);m=m+' '+window.location.href; pop=window.open(m,"pop","toolbar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,location=no,menubar=no,left=64,top=64,height=620,width=480"); exit;
Strictly for File Transfer, I think I prefer "Send-Anywhere". You can send more than one file at a time of any type or size, and it will automatically zip multiple files together... and you can push to your different multi-platform devices
stan_sprinkle Thanks for the feedback, there is a slight difference as you still (I think) have to pull the files to your devices using other FTP apps, whereas PubsBullet pushes the file.
I think the beta version of Send Anywhere might have made you "confirm" on the receiving end, but the latest version lets you push to your registered devices (pretty sure). I'm quite sure if I push from iPhone to my computer, it just transfers... And multiple files at a time if you want instead of one at a time on Pushbullet. From the desktop to the phone, it think it also just pushes without needing to confirm but I might be wrong. Don't have my laptop with me now.
stan_sprinkle Sounds like a pretty useful solution Stan, I will have a look at it!
Oh, one other big feature of send anywhere… On your Mac or Windows send anywhere application, you can expose "shared directories" to other devices under your account. This means you can be on your iPhone in literally browse the shared directory on your Mac from your phone to pull whatever files you want over. (maybe this exists on push bullet but I don't think so)
all that said, I think push bullet has them beat on the notifications aspect, and the smoothness with which the files consistently transfer from device to device. Send anywhere is still working out some kinks. I think they only came out of their beta version about two months ago.
stan_sprinkle Thanks! I am looking at it now, it may well be "demo worthy"
Thank you
Thanks for the tip with this app. Very useful for old fossils like me that still use SMS a to communicate. Great to be able to text from my desktop.
PS
Ssssschedule is British English
Skkkkkedule is North American English
Kevin Large Thanks Kevin, I switch back and forth all the time!
Good advice. But I don't like to install one app for every single need, I prefer multipurpose applications. I already have Dropbox installed on my devices, so my solution is to use it not only for cloud drive/backup but also for sharing content between my devices.
Wow you clearly missed the point with pushbullet.
Let me give you a quick scenario.
You get a notification on you phone saying "Check out this article", it then pops up on your computer (the same as on your phone).
You decide to click on it and it opens the article in your Web browser on your Pc (and dismisses the notification on your phone). And then you realize "NO I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ THIS ARTICLE NOW I NEED TO GO TO WHATEVER PLACE WHICH IS NOT AT THE PC", so you click a little pushbullet icon on your browser and it's pushed back to your phone browser for later reading.
Simon Magnusson That was a long message xD
Simon Magnusson I'm a bad at explaining things
Simon Magnusson Great scenario, thanks for that! (not too long at all!)
Ohhhh!!!! man that's a beautiful cat...Is he maincoon? ohh buddy -your baby is so cute!!!
Rophoenix It is a Siberian, and she has a great laid back personality.
Cool buddy... and thanks for your videos!!!
Pushbullet distractionware. Still finding it hard to see a strong use case for this. Map example. Star it in Google maps and it syncs. Links in Keep notes, Files sync in Drive or Dropbox. This seems superfluous. Security is also a concern. Like to be convinced.
Do you still love Pushbullet? Curious since I am looking for a solution...and the video is a couple years old.
Holy cow, for a second I thought I read Bushbullet!
You just emailed yourself data, but using an email client called Pushbullet. Technology may be different, but process the same.
Not really 100% accurate, but functionally pretty close
+dottotech I meant the use case is essentially the same. You are just using different high level tech.
Hello, Steve, and thanks for the video. This is another "theoretically useful but..." app for me.
My particular beef is that I have an older HTC Desire S phone with Android v2.3.5 fitted, I can't upgrade it, and I have no pressing need to upgrade for work. I am managing OK so far with the features and functions I have, except for the pressure of apps that refuse to update because the latest versions (supposedly) "need" v4.
PB isn't compatible with Android 2.3.5 although it's OK on my Samsung Galaxy Tab running Android 4.4.2. So the theory is fine, but the implementation isn't as good as appears on the surface because I can't actually connect all my devices.
To broaden the comment a bit, what can a user do if they do not have the latest version OS? It takes money to keep up with the treadmill, and after 40 years in and around the computer industry, I am tired of the upgrade pressure (I don't get the same pressure to upgrade my car every year, by having the transmission stop working at the car-maker's command).
It has been a feature (bug?) of the PC-era computing industry to keep pushing users to the next "level" at the behest of the industry, rather than allow users to drive innovation according to their own perceived needs.
I want the industry to respect my limited funds, and my desire for managing the transition to newer features for myself, by keeping app versions capable of running on older OSs. A necessary factory reset on my phone recently cost me three apps which I could not reload.
/rant but I trust that you pick up the valid point here.
John A
Melbourne Australia
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 running 4.*2*.2.
John Angelico I hear you John, but can offer little in the way of solice,
The tech industry is racing ahead and no manufacturer can sit back and not try to constantly innovate. the bottom line is they are constantly feeding a new market, and don't have time to look back.
Ironically the best company at honouring your investment is Apple,. You can still run most current apps on 3 year old phones......the Android world does not have Apple's focus coming from a single source.
dottotech Why does the innovation have to be limited to the last two years of phones? PCs are generally supported in software for five years or more.
Steve, I have been spoiled by some wonderful apps in the IBM OS/2 world. I had
a) the same word processor for over 15 years - defeated only by colour and multi-function printers
b) the same email program - regularly updated but with the most consistent and use-able interface I have used
c) databases and spreadsheet programs with features only recently added to Excel
all drawing from robust design principles which the developer community at the time managed to get right, and keep right.
Backwards compatibility was almost automatic, and DLL Hell was unknown.
(Sigh) nostalgia time over...
good demo. i recently found draw.io. This is new and maybe something that the community is interested in.
Joseph Washington Thanks Joseph, I will check it out!
Just letting you know that actually does work from computer to computer if you copy and paste but it is a paid feature so if you want to pay for Pushbullet it will work you can copy and paste and supervises with any computer you can copy it from one computer to the next you can copy and paste text text but again it's a paid feature how do I know that because I had Pushbullet in the past and I'm back on Pushbullet now so anyway just letting you guys know it is a peed feature it works the way you said you can copy from one computer to the next one device to next yes you can but again it is a paid future of Pushbullet
If you are in the Apple ecosystem this is not helpful because there is airdrop. I do agree, if you are not 100% in the Apple ecosystem then this is great.
the developers of this software and the ones of vlc can kill a person and still go to heaven. I really like it because I push links from phone to my computer and then read when I get home. very convenient :)
+Victor Kyalo Aye, my favorite feature is the pushing of links to my desktop browser; I've stumbled upon articles at work that I can't read then and there so I push them to Chrome and it automagically opens when I get home :)
No linux? Useless for me.
Doesn't Evernote achieve the same thing?
William VanderWerff It does similar things, but only within your own account, with Pushbullet you can send content to others as well.
Not able to set this buger up