Looking for recommendations on how to SMS from a computer, á la Pushbullet or some such. Currently using Google Messages with companion desktop/web app and love the experience, but am on a de-Googling quest and looking for alternatives.

Prefer FOSS options (love the Fossify stuff, for example) but an willing to pay a slight premium if required. Would like solution to be compatible with any web browser and Windows but Linux (Mint) would work, too.

Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance!

  • maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone
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    8 months ago

    It can do that. It’s just that the computer and the device sending the messages need to be on the same network. Not the device receiving the messages.

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      8 months ago

      Ahhh okay okay, maybe I misunderstood. I was under the impression that it could only send messages between devices on the same LAN.

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        8 months ago

        It’s not the best integration though. Usually when someone sends a message I get a notification to ‘Mark as read’ or ‘Reply’.

        The first reply I send is seemless. But it doesn’t start a messaging window or anything like that. If that same person sends a follow up message shortly after then the notification doesn’t really work the same way again, or at all. I forget.

        Perhaps I’m meant to be running the SMS applicstion all the time, which is a seperate widget or something and part of kdeconnect. I usually don’t run this and I think it was because I ran into other issues with it (I think it tries to sync all your phone messages so perhaps if you have a GB or two of messages it struggles).

        What I might do is keep it running today while working and see if that makes the integration work better, allow me to send messages from the computer on the fly etc.