(Actual “hands-free” voice calls through your PC or Mac isn’t ready yet, but it’s in the cards, Moaxis promises.) For example, you can actually respond to text messages through Moaxis’s desktop alerts, and you can also answer or decline phone calls-although if you actually want to speak to a caller, you’ll need a Bluetooth headset that’s connected to your phone. Moaxis, for its part, sounds a bit more similar to Apple’s vision of iOS notifications on a Mac.
Moaxis lets you answer or decline Android calls from your Mac or PC, but-for now, at least-you’ll need a Bluetooth headset connected to your phone to speak to callers. The alerts show up as little banners that slide into view in the top corner of your PC or Mac desktop-same as with (most) standard system alerts. When an Android notification gets triggered, the apps send the alert to your PC with help from an easy-to-install desktop client-or, if you wish, you can skip the desktop program and install an extension for your web browser of choice. The two apps have their differences, but in general terms they do the same thing: they push most of the notifications from your Android device to your Mac or PC desktop.īoth Moaxis and Pushbullet have helper apps that sit on your Android phone, where they listen for incoming notifications. The apps I’m thinking of are Moaxis and Pushbullet, and they’re both free on the Google Play store. Meanwhile, there are a couple of Android apps that can do the desktop notification trick right now. If the concept sounds familiar, maybe you’re thinking of the upcoming notification features in iOS 8 and Mac OS X Yosemite, which promise to let iPhone and iPad users answer texts and phone calls on their Macs.Īll very nice, but iOS notifications won’t be coming to your Mac until this fall. Both Moaxis and Pushbullet send notifications from your Android phone to your Mac or PC.
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