Thanks to an excellent application, you can now view every notification from your Android phone on your computer .
In this way even if the phone is kept in your pocket, in another room or with the silent ringtone, there will be no danger of missing any message, call, Whatsapp or other types of notification because they will also be displayed on the computer.
This can be achieved without installing any additional program on your computer, using an internal function of Windows 10 or creating a connection via the Google Chrome browser and the popular Android PushBullet app, which I have already talked about in the article on how to send notes files and links from PC to Android and vice versa .
To make the connection between PC and phone work, you need to install the Microsoft Complement application for your phone on Android, obviously for free. On PC, however, there is nothing to install, because the application that receives notifications on the PC is already present in Windows 10 with the name: My phone. This app can be found by looking for it on the Start menu and we had already talked about it in the guide on how to receive and send SMS from Windows 10.
When you open the app on Windows 10, you will find three features:
- Photos, to see the latest photos taken on the phone.
- Messages, to send and read the SMS of the connected phone.
- Notifications, to see the notifications of messages received on Whatsapp, notifications from Facebook or from any installed app.
The connection works via the wifi connection and requires, for configuration, to authorize all permissions of the app on Android. First of all, open the Complement de your phone app on Android and follow the wizard. If it is not done automatically, you need to go and give the necessary permissions. Open, on Andorid, then Settings -> Apps to see the list of installed applications; locate Complement of your phone, touch it and then on Authorizations grant access to the Archive (photo) to Contacts and SMS. In addition, you must also go to Settings> Permissions> notifications (but this menu can be found in different places depending on the phone used) to grant access to notifications (on Huawei it is in Settings> App permissions> Special access ).
In the end, before showing all the contents of the phone and sending notifications on the PC, the Windows 10 phone app sends a request for access to Android to allow execution.
In case of problems, first try to make the connection between smartphone and Windows 10 as explained in another post
The new feature is called " notification mirroring " and it works like this: as soon as a notification appears on your phone, the same alert is also displayed on your computer in real time, using Chrome's desktop notifications.
Text messages, emails, phone calls, everything else also becomes notified via pop up on the PC and if opened or deleted, they also disappear from Android. There is also the possibility to disable the mirroring of specific notifications, thus avoiding being bombarded with persistent messages and warnings. Notifications can be marked as read directly from the computer by pressing dismiss.
To activate this function you need to install the program for Windows PC or the Pushbullet extension on Chrome or Firefox and the application on Android.
After setting up the account, in the Android app you have to press the option button at the top right, access the settings and activate the notification mirroring by authorizing the app to interact with Android.
PushBullet is still the easiest and fastest way to view and manage Android notifications from your computer, without installing heavier applications.
Crono App, released in 2018, free and really excellent, which works in a very similar way to Pushbullet, with extension for Chrome and Firefox, which allows you to receive Android notifications on PC from your mobile phone connected to the internet and that uses the Android API. To work, you need to install the Crono app on the Android phone and the Crono extension on Chrome on the PC.
When the apps are connected, Crono web shows all your notifications in real time and also allows you to reply to received messages, call back in the event of a missed call and much more. Almost all the actions that can be performed on a notification on Android, can be done from PC on Chrome. In addition to this, just like Pushbullet, you can also send files to the device and paste the clipboard of the copy and paste on it. Notifications can also be postponed or hidden on the computer screen.
After the connection is successful, you can try a test ping from the phone to the computer and verify that the notification is received. All future notifications will be received on Windows: including SMS, Facebook, Gmail and WhatsApp notifications .
As seen in other articles, then,
- Manage your Android phone from your pc via web browser with Airdroid
- Android Messages receives notifications for SMS on PC
READ ALSO: Receive and Send SMS from your computer (Android and iPhone)
In this way even if the phone is kept in your pocket, in another room or with the silent ringtone, there will be no danger of missing any message, call, Whatsapp or other types of notification because they will also be displayed on the computer.
This can be achieved without installing any additional program on your computer, using an internal function of Windows 10 or creating a connection via the Google Chrome browser and the popular Android PushBullet app, which I have already talked about in the article on how to send notes files and links from PC to Android and vice versa .
Sync Notifications on Windows 10
With the latest version of Windows 10 (starting from the May 2019 update) it is possible to receive notifications received on the Android smartphone on the PC. This type of synchronization therefore allows you to view phone notifications directly on the computer monitor, in the notifications section of Windows 10 (which is opened by pressing the message icon next to the clock).To make the connection between PC and phone work, you need to install the Microsoft Complement application for your phone on Android, obviously for free. On PC, however, there is nothing to install, because the application that receives notifications on the PC is already present in Windows 10 with the name: My phone. This app can be found by looking for it on the Start menu and we had already talked about it in the guide on how to receive and send SMS from Windows 10.
When you open the app on Windows 10, you will find three features:
- Photos, to see the latest photos taken on the phone.
- Messages, to send and read the SMS of the connected phone.
- Notifications, to see the notifications of messages received on Whatsapp, notifications from Facebook or from any installed app.
The connection works via the wifi connection and requires, for configuration, to authorize all permissions of the app on Android. First of all, open the Complement de your phone app on Android and follow the wizard. If it is not done automatically, you need to go and give the necessary permissions. Open, on Andorid, then Settings -> Apps to see the list of installed applications; locate Complement of your phone, touch it and then on Authorizations grant access to the Archive (photo) to Contacts and SMS. In addition, you must also go to Settings> Permissions> notifications (but this menu can be found in different places depending on the phone used) to grant access to notifications (on Huawei it is in Settings> App permissions> Special access ).
In the end, before showing all the contents of the phone and sending notifications on the PC, the Windows 10 phone app sends a request for access to Android to allow execution.
In case of problems, first try to make the connection between smartphone and Windows 10 as explained in another post
Receive Notifications on Chrome with PushBullet
PushBullet is a great application, among the best for Android, super-fast and free, which allows you to transfer data and information between your computer and Android phone in a simple way with a touch.The new feature is called " notification mirroring " and it works like this: as soon as a notification appears on your phone, the same alert is also displayed on your computer in real time, using Chrome's desktop notifications.
Text messages, emails, phone calls, everything else also becomes notified via pop up on the PC and if opened or deleted, they also disappear from Android. There is also the possibility to disable the mirroring of specific notifications, thus avoiding being bombarded with persistent messages and warnings. Notifications can be marked as read directly from the computer by pressing dismiss.
To activate this function you need to install the program for Windows PC or the Pushbullet extension on Chrome or Firefox and the application on Android.
After setting up the account, in the Android app you have to press the option button at the top right, access the settings and activate the notification mirroring by authorizing the app to interact with Android.
PushBullet is still the easiest and fastest way to view and manage Android notifications from your computer, without installing heavier applications.
Better alternative to Pushbullet is Chrono App
Crono App, released in 2018, free and really excellent, which works in a very similar way to Pushbullet, with extension for Chrome and Firefox, which allows you to receive Android notifications on PC from your mobile phone connected to the internet and that uses the Android API. To work, you need to install the Crono app on the Android phone and the Crono extension on Chrome on the PC.
When the apps are connected, Crono web shows all your notifications in real time and also allows you to reply to received messages, call back in the event of a missed call and much more. Almost all the actions that can be performed on a notification on Android, can be done from PC on Chrome. In addition to this, just like Pushbullet, you can also send files to the device and paste the clipboard of the copy and paste on it. Notifications can also be postponed or hidden on the computer screen.
After the connection is successful, you can try a test ping from the phone to the computer and verify that the notification is received. All future notifications will be received on Windows: including SMS, Facebook, Gmail and WhatsApp notifications .
As seen in other articles, then,
- Manage your Android phone from your pc via web browser with Airdroid
- Android Messages receives notifications for SMS on PC
READ ALSO: Receive and Send SMS from your computer (Android and iPhone)
