Nowadays,
there is an increasing preference for social media-based messages i.e. sending
messages over the internet to sending via the traditional SMS messaging. As
much as this is true, SMS or text messages still perform very important roles
in our life. For instance, even though banks send email alert messages to us,
we will wait for the traditional text message alert. Furthermore, in most
cases, SMS alerts get delivered faster than email alerts. In my opinion, the
only reason why the traditional text messages are getting archaic is because of
the SIM card limitation.I mean without the SIM card in your mobile device, text
messaging is useless.
The ability
to send text messages without the use of sim has been available for iOS device
users for quite a while. Thanks to more advances being made in the Android
market, it is now possible to get android
text messages on PC. This can be done by using third party software on both
the Android smartphone and the PC or by another incredible software program for
Google. Yes! I think it is safe to say
that we really owe a lot of the amazing gadgets and software we use to Google.
This article will show you how you can use the two aforementioned methods to
send and receive android messages on your PC.
1. Using Google’s Android messages for
web
This is the best risk-free most original way of getting android text messages on PC. The main
function of Android messages for the web is so that Android users can sync
messaging on their phone and PC easily. This is not restricted to personal
computers alone, as long as it is a desktop device, you can send text messages
using it. To do this you need to follow some steps:
· You need to download the “Android
messages app”. You can easily do this by visiting the google playstore and
search the name of the app in the search field.
· After installation on your mobile,
you need to open the Android messages webpage on your pc or desktop device.
Once the page loads, a QR code box will appear
· You need to then open your
smartphone’s messages app and navigate to the settings overflow box.
· Next, you need to select “messages
for web”. This would immediately initiate the camera of your smartphone. You
can now point the camera at the code to scan it. Once it scans, it would
automatically display your messages as if you were checking your messages on
your phone.
· Please note that if you would wish to
continueto use the PC for text messaging, it is advisable that you check or
tick the “Remember this computer” option.
The impressive thing about this method is how close it
resembles the android text message app layout. You can now select messages you
want to read or reply as the case may be.
Note: You have to be connected to the internet for this method to work; both
your phone and smartphone.
2. Third-party software programs
Third party software is software that has to be installed but is not
usually supported by Google. One good example of such software is the
Pushbullet. The Pushbullet program works exactly like the “Android messages on the
web”. The only difference is that it is the third party. To use this method,
you need to:
· Install the Pushbullet app. The
Pushbullet app is available on Google Play store and can also be downloaded by
google searching it
· Once you have successfully installed the
pushbullet app, you need to sign up for an account. Unless you have used this
method before (you won’t be reading this if you have) you need to create an
account
· Once you are done, You would then
receive a prompt box asking you if you want to see your phone’s messages on the
computer screen.
· Once you click yes, it would now ask
for some permissions. Some of these permissions include access to your
contacts, overwrite sleep and lots more. Once you grant it all these
permissions, you would still see some prompts you need to activate or grant
access. The key to it here is to painstakingly read everything before ticking it
out. After doing this, you would receive a prompt message that states that you
have to install the Pushbullet desktop program. You can do this by simply
visiting the official webpage.
· Once you load the webpage, you need
to immediately sign in. You have to use the details of the account you created
on your smartphone here.
· Next, you need to choose the “Set up
your computer” option. You would then have to download a pc application
installer. Once you are done with the download, locate it and launch. You can
then follow the normal way of installing an application on your devices. Once
you are done with the installation, you should be good to go.
As before, these two methods are very dependent on the
network connection of your phone.
· You can now launch the program on
your pc.Now you need to select your mobile phone.You can do this by accessing
the left side of the program’s page. Once your pc detects your phone, you can
now select the SMS tab. Just like the Android messages for web, all your text
messages would be listed here. You can now decide which content you want to
read or delete.
· You can also install an extension for
your PC browser so that you can use your browsers instead of the program
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