Pushbullet Review
There are some apps out there that are considered necessities.
In my opinion, this is one of those apps. Pushbullet is an app that, in its own
words “saves you time by moving your notifications, links, and files wherever
you go”. In my experience, pushbullet does exactly that.
It requires very
little setup (only two main steps (and it walks you through it)) and after
that, it just works in the background. The way it works is that the file or
notification gets sent from your phone to the servers and then to your laptop (or
other device), meaning that both devices don’t even need to be connected to the
same internet connection (like most pairing services require).
The list of
different things it can do is phenomenal. You can send files between devices (even
from a long distance away), you can also send files to friends (you add them
through e-mail), you can subscribe to certain websites to certain websites to receive
notifications when new posts arrive, and what I believe to be the most useful –
receiving notifications across all devices, whether it’s a laptop, computer,
tablet, and phone, be it iOS or android. In fact the list of supported devices
and OS’ is probably as long as you can get. Pushbullet works on android, iOS, Chrome,
Firefox, Opera, Safari (as extensions), and also has native Windows and Mac
apps. It doesn’t stop there though, the API has been opened allowing for (un)official
Windows Phone, Blackberry, and even Ubuntu apps!
The website and apps allows
you to see previous ‘pushes’ (notifications and what you’ve pushed to other
devices) and configure your settings. Notifications are pushed automatically to
your selected devices (even which notifications you want pushed can be
customised) and with many of them, you can actually interact with them from the
other device. This means that if you get a message on your phone, you can reply
to it from your laptop! Manually pushing files is simple too. All you have to
do is select the file, choose ‘share with Pushbullet’ and then select the
device(s) you want to share it to. The system is excellent, easy, and near
instantaneous. I cannot stop singing its praises, in fact I use Pushbullet to
send screenshots to my laptop when writing these reviews! To top it all off,
the app is free, contains no ads, and receives regular support and updates that
quashes bugs and adds new features.
If you don’t have it already, I urge you to
download Pushbullet and give it a try. Chances are, you won’t uninstall it.
You can download Pushbullet from here:
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By Mustafa Mahmoud
