Send & Accept Texts From Any Computer With Android Messages

It's no abstruse that Android has a messaging problem. iPhone users can about-face to iMessage as a one-stop boutique for all their messaging needs — appearance like apprehend receipts and the adeptness to argument from a computer accept been accepted with Apple articles for absolutely some time. Android has no such solution, but Google's attractive to fix that with a huge amend to the Android Messages app. If you're not accustomed with Android Messages, it's the de-facto absence SMS app for Android. Though it doesn't appear pre-installed on every Android phone, you can artlessly install the app and alpha application it to accelerate and... more

It's no abstruse that Android has a messaging problem. iPhone users can about-face to iMessage as a one-stop boutique for all their messaging needs — appearance like apprehend receipts and the adeptness to argument from a computer accept been accepted with Apple articles for absolutely some time. Android has no such solution, but Google's attractive to fix that with a huge amend to the Android Letters app.

If you're not accustomed with Android Messages, it's the de-facto absence SMS app for Android. Though it doesn't appear pre-installed on every Android phone, you can artlessly install the app and alpha application it to accelerate and accept SMS and MMS letters aural seconds.

While it's a nice messaging app in general, and it already supports the new RCS accepted that's set alter SMS, the affection Google aloof added is what absolutely sets it apart. Now, by scanning a QR code, you can brace Android Letters with any computer to argument from your approved phone cardinal on your laptop or desktop.

Step 1: Amend to the Latest Adaptation of Android Messages

To try this out, you'll charge to amend to Android Letters adaptation 3.3.043 or higher. The amend is currently in the action of rolling out to the Play Store, so you may not see it yet, but analysis the afterward articulation first:

• Update Android Letters on the Google Play Store

If the amend isn't accessible yet, you can sideload it now. Make abiding you accept Unknown Sources enabled, again arch to the articulation below. There are six variants of the APK, so you'll charge to apperceive your processor blazon and acquisition your awning body amount to see which adaptation to download. Already you've affective the appropriate APK file, barrage it from your notification adumbration and columnist "Install" to amend Android Messages.

• Download the latest adaptation of Android Letters (3.3.043) from APKmirror

There is additionally a server-side basic to the update, so alike afterwards updating, you may charge to delay for Google to cast the about-face on your annual afore you can use Android Letters on your computer. This action could booty up to a week, according to Google. For those not absent to wait, XDA has an all-embracing tutorial to force-enable the feature, but you charge basis access.

Step 2: Articulation Your Phone to Your Computer

• Visit Android Letters on the web to argument from your computer

Now, accessible the Android Letters app on your phone. If aggregate went calmly with the app amend and the server-side update, all you'll charge to do is tap the three-dot card button in the top-right bend and accept "Messages for web." If you don't see this option, you'll accept to delay for the server-side update.

If the "Messages for web" advantage is present, go advanced and tap it. On the abutting screen, tap "Scan QR code," again artlessly browse the QR cipher on your computer's screen. Afterwards afterward the prompts, you'll see a bulletin advertence "Connected to Letters for web." The app will now appearance your signed-in computers — booty agenda of this menu, as you can use it to abstract this computer after if you charge to.

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Step 3: Accelerate & Accept Letters from Your Computer

Once connected, the browser will accompany up a new folio with all alive conversations to the left. Selecting one will accompany up the chat to the right. To alpha a new message, baddest the "+" button in the top-left bend of your screen. Blazon the name, phone number, or email of the alone you ambition to acquaint with. Already inputted, address a bulletin in the argument box below.

You will apprehension a few new appearance with the web adaptation that borrow from added Google-developed apps. You can accomplish a GIF chase application the animated account figure amid in the argument box (the additional figure from the left). There is additionally a aphotic approach for those who adopt it, which can be enabled by selecting the three vertical dots in the upper-right bend of the window and selecting "Settings." Accept "Enable aphotic theme" to about-face on aphotic mode.

Now, we're assuredly starting to ability affection adequation with iMessage on Android. There's still a continued way to go, but already Google's new RCS Universal Profile gets implemented by added carriers, we'll accept best of iMessages appearance through the Android Letters app and this desktop site.

Special acknowledgment to Kieron Quinn, AKA Quinny898, the developer abaft Mighty Quinn Apps. We're still cat-and-mouse on the server-side amend ourselves, so the screenshots aloft all came from him. He's one of our admired developers, too — if you accept the time, analysis out some of his abundant apps like Custom Quick Settings, GeoGuess, and the ported Pixel Launcher.