Any notification that comes into the phone instantly pops up on your desktop via a Chrome or Firefox browser extension. We hate letting notifications stack up, or miss something important, so it’s difficult to ignore the phone. As connected as we are to our phone, there are always times where we’d like a little separation, but the thing just keeps calling us back with its siren songs, vibrations, and blinking lights. Anything that happens on your phone – a news story breaks, you receive a Facebook message, someone calls you – will also pop up on your computer screen.Īs simple as this sounds, it’s a wonderful convenience. The app can now mirror your Android phone’s notifications to your computer through browser add-ons. Pushbullet has given us a way to share links and files between computer and phone for a while, but now it has a new ability. Pushbullet is the silver bullet to solve the notification issue, pushing the updates from your phone’s screen to your desktop. But if your phone is buried in your pocket or sitting at an inconvenient distance (which if you get as lazy as we occasionally do, means anything out of arm’s reach), the flashing light and beep of activity can compel you out of your comfortable position. Getting notifications and being able to stay current on the things that matter to you is great.

Pushbullet extension