Not only can you interact with SMS notifications on your PC, you can also initiate an SMS from your PC. A pop-up will appear from which you can start typing. On the “Devices” tab, click on the device you want to type to remotely. Just open the app you would like to type in and then click on the extension on your browser. This is useful for those of us who type faster with a physical keyboard than a virtual. Join allows you to write remotely from your desktop to any app on any device. This works with other apps that display notifications such as WhatsApp, Hangouts, Facebook, etc. You can interact with notifications by either replying or dismissing it. A sample use case would be when you receive an SMS on your smartphone, you immediately get a notification on your PC. Mirror your notifications on any device and interact with them from any device, be it your PC, smartphone or tablet. Now let’s dive into the features: Notification mirroring Tapping on any of the devices shows you a history of all your shares which you can quickly re-share. The main screen lists the devices that you have configured Join in. It makes use of Android’s Material Design language. To do so, click on the extension then “Settings”.
You might want to try running a diagnostic test after installing just to make sure that it’s working as it should. After installing the Chrome extension, Join’s icon will appear on the top-right corner of your Chrome browser from which you can command your devices to perform certain tasks.
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To get started on using Join, you need to download the Chrome extension since Join makes use of Chrome’s notification system to display notifications.
Join is a Pushbullet alternative with a lot more to offer. Shortly after, Join was introduced by joaomgcd, a developer well known for his Tasker plugins. We knew it wouldn’t be long before an alternative shows up to take its place. When Pushbullet, an app that bridges the gap among connected devices announced their subscription based model to pay for features that were previously free, a lot of its users were not too happy about it.