Notification Mirroring Is Now Way Better
Notification mirroring lets you see all of your phone's notifications right on your computer. Now you can dismiss them from your computer, too!
Seeing all of my phone's notifications on my computer is awesome. I love that I don't have to reach for my phone all of the time to see why it buzzed, but it's been missing one huge feature—the ability to dismiss them after I've read them.
Android App Updated To Version 12.2
Version 12.2 is available now and includes a bunch of improvements throughout the app. Here are some of the highlights.
Set how long mirrored notifications are displayed.
We've heard from a lot of people that they'd like to set how long mirrored notifications stay visible. We thought this was a great suggestion and have added it in this update!
Firefox Extension Gets A Big Update
Pushbullet's Firefox extension now supports notification mirroring and more! You can get the latest version here (Version 4).
We've been adding a lot of cool features to our Chrome extension lately, but our Firefox extension had fallen behind. This has been dissapointing to our Firefox users so we're making up for it today—our Firefox extension now supports all of the same new features as our Chrome extension!
Real-Time Notification Mirroring From Android To Your Computer
Pushbullet can now show you all of your phone's notifications right on your computer, the second they show up.
Just how fast are we talking? Very fast. Watch and see:
You'll Never Send Things To Friends The Same Way Again
You can now add and push to friends with Pushbullet, making Pushbullet the fastest and easiest way to share links, files, and more, directly with your friends.
Why is Pushbullet better than other ways of sharing? Because we've made it possible to send almost anything directly to a friend, without anything getting in the way. Here are a couple examples of why this is better than email:
By pushing a link directly to a friend instead of emailing it to them, they'll instantly get a notification about the link and going to that link is as easy as tapping on the notification (as opposed to having to go and find it in their inbox). Cool.
Sending a picture or file to someone shouldn't mean attaching it to a blank email. With Pushbullet, you simply send the picture or file right to them. They can then start downloading instantly by tapping the notification. So much easier.
This is awesome, how do I get started?
Relying On A Google API And Going Over The Quota On Launch Day
Last week we made it possible to push almost anything from your Android phone to Chrome on your computer. It was an instant hit, but we ran into an unexpected snag: we hit the quota of 10,000 push messages per day in just 12 hours.
Why is there a quota?
When you push something to Chrome using Pushbullet, we send a notification to Chrome on your computer using Google's Cloud Messaging Service (GCM for short). GCM is perfect for us because it enables us to deliver notifications instantly and efficiently, saving us from having to constantly check in with the server or maintain our own long lived and fragile network connection, both of which would result in a worse experience.
