AirDroid - Handoff to your of Android-smartphone

The other day AirDroid 3.0 officially came out of beta and available to all comers. Share files, receive notifications, respond to messages and make calls directly from your desktop computer.

Three years ago, developers AirDroid We took the first step to the idea of ​​complete control over your device with a remote computer. This results in a web-based service with which to manage their Android-smartphone could be without the USB-connection.

In the summer of this year, Apple introduced one of the key functions of OS X Yosemite and iOS 8 - Handoff. Her opportunity to completely change the approach to interaction and integration of mobile and desktop systems.

Three years have passed since the advent of AirDroid, and its creators have set ourselves the task to implement the same function for the competing platform. As a result, users receive a third version of the app, which is as close to the original idea Handoff, and even in some ways surpassed what the solution from Apple.

So first of all you need to download the client for your smartphone and laptop. Among the supported platforms can be found

Next, the user is given complete control over their smartphone. With the computer it is connected not so closely, as is the case with Handoff, but it allows you to perform certain actions that are not available to owners of the iPhone and iPad.

AirMirror

AirDroid This mode duplicates everything that happens on the smartphone screen.

Here's a great yuzkeys: you receive a new message notification in WhatsApp, and instead get a smartphone and answer you simply use AirMirror and remotely answer within the usual Android-application running in a window on a laptop.

By the way, in the settings, you can select the programs from the notification that you want to see on the screen of his laptop. The function is called Notification MirrorAnd the actual messages from the applications are broadcast instantly.

SMS and calls

To reply to a message or incoming call, you do not even have to run a remote control. Directly within the notification already provided opportunity to accept or reject the call or to respond promptly to an important message.

In addition, the desktop application are imported phonebook contacts from your smartphone, so you can always call or email your friends without taking your phone.

File Transfer

This function will envy every iPhone owner. Drag any file on the application icon in the status bar, and it will appear immediately on your smartphone. This will work both at local and at the remote connection. But it is worth considering that the files that you share will be stored on servers AirDroid for only seven days.

This feature is not only a bunch of laptop and smartphone. You can also receive data from other devices on Android, or send them to anyone with a smartphone or computer with AirDroid.

If you are concerned about the issue of security and safety of your data - do not worry. AirDroid uses encryption end-to-end, and as the developers say, to gain access to your information to third parties will be almost impossible. Applications are available absolutely free, and you can download them directly from the project's web page.

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