Android Notifier Sends Text, Voicemail, Incoming Call Notifications to Your Desktop

by: Kellex | posted 09.10.10 | Apps, News

Wouldn’t it be handy to have an app that allows your phone to send notifications of incoming calls, texts, voicemails or even low battery warnings to your desktop? Then check out a new player in the smartphone-to-computer game called Android (Remote) Notifier.

Remote Notifier allows your device, when connected over wi-fi or Bluetooth, to send a variety of notifications to your desktop which as your brain might have just realized, is super handy especially if you were to be, let’s say, sitting in a conference room with your phone on silent? Think about it. Win.

Download the phone application here.

Download the desktop application here.

You will need both in order for this to work. Simply install them, connect to a wi-fi network and send over a test notifcation. It really is as simple as that.

*I should note that it does not appear to be working with Google Voice texts, but does work with GV phone calls.

Via: Lifehacker

Cheers Jeremy!

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jaq

Were can I find custom roms to flash on my phone?

Do I always have to reset my phone to default settings when I want a custom ROM or change it??

Someone help???

Thanks.
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phenom

Droid-Life: You'll probably want to update that post with the market link/QR Code so that when it gets updated it will update in the market & on your phone. Your article has a direct download link to the Google Code page.
http://twitter.com/Pollita_Droid Erica Marchand

It works great on my mac. wish i was able to respond to txt though.. but its very cool.
phenom

Droid-Life: You'll probably want to update that post with the market link/QR Code so that when it gets updated it will update in the market & on your phone. Your article has a direct download link to the Google Code page.
http://twitter.com/Pollita_Droid Erica Marchand

It works great on my mac. wish i was able to respond to txt though.. but its very cool.
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PigHeaded

I wish they had a phone to chrome!

Droid21diord

they so do, it's called android2cloud look it up it works great
Droid21diord

http://code.google.com/p/android2cloud/

Cdempsey3

Does anyone with Samsung Captivate having problems installing this app to their phone?
ScottH

I was just thinking yesterday that I need to go search for a Droid app like this. I had a similar app on my BB and loved it.
Aj Triano

Does any one know if you can you only have it working on one computer at a time?

I set this up on the first MacBook Pro and it works beautifully. Love it. Tried setting it up on a second laptop (also a MacBook Pro) and can't get any notifications to show up. A test ping shows up on the first laptop and not the second. Does it only work on one computer at a time?
Legacystar

http://code.google.com/p/desktopsms/

lets you replay to texts from your pc
http://twitter.com/gorirra Gorirra Consulting

can't wait for the app to have USB functionality… my work doesn't have a wifi connection
if i wanted to connect via bluetooth, do i need to get a dongle? what kind?
jonny6pak

I remember I used to have a free app that hooked into my old Sony Ericsson phone via bluetooth that would display text messages on my desktop. I could also repy to the texts from my pc, which was awesome. I wish I could do that with my Droid.
rda990

wow,I thought you could actually reply/see texts on the computer…and then noticed it just notifies you…still cool ill keep it.
Finire

Seems like a great concept, but when I try installing the desktop part of the app in Windows 7 X64 I get the following error.

“Tray Icon Not Loaded”
“Could not load tray icon. Make sure you are using the correct version (32 or 64 bit) for your system.”

I've double and triple checked, and I used the windows installer 64 bit version.

StewInAShoe

I had the same problem. Just uninstall the 64 bit and install the 32 bit. Works just fine

Finire

Appreciate it.

http://twitter.com/McDroidX Michael Lee

I'm getting an error that says failed to bind when i try to launch on Windows 7?

Chris Nimon

Make sure you grabbed the right file for your windows version (32 or 64). When ever I have a problem downloading something I try doing it through internet explorer instaed. A lot of the time that works for me.

Eriik

Is there a Mac version?

Finire

Yes, just check under the downloads section from the link for the desktop version and you'll see it.

Armijo302

this is handy little program. my phone could be left in another room and the ringer is off and it lets you know about your battery life right after a text or phone call and you can see who is calling you and read the text so its pertty cool
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=710530141 Tyler Buchanan

Who cares if it doesn't work with google voice texts? That's what the google voice extension on chrome is for
http://www.facebook.com/BlackagarBoltagon Andrae Fernandez

great program. I've had issues with leaving my phone on silent while on the computer.

PigHeaded

Don't leave it on silent. Leave it on vibrate. Works for me.

jawa5636

I like this idea but all phone notifications need to be supported for me to keep this. Will try it out though. Thanks for the heads up as usual.
DroidFan

http://i52.tinypic.com/2n1e5wn.jpg/IMG]
KinFolk248

is it me, or is setup complicated. i mean which desktop file to download adn try to figure out how to install. i need to stop going out on thursday night(college night) getting wasted cus im always in a daze on fridays lol

Chris Nimon

Its not too bad. I assume you have windows or a mac which are the bottom 4. Then you need to know if you have a 64 0r 32 bit system. then download and run (on your computer for the desktop file) to find which system you have on win7 you hit Start, Control Panel, System and Security, then System. look for System Type and it will say 32 or 64.

saimin

Google Voice already gives me notifications on my PC of incoming calls, texts, and voicemails.

The350zWolf

Sure, but this will also notify you about your verizon text and calls. I suppose that you can have them forward using GV as well

Serqet

Now, if they can only get my notifications to pop up in my Warcraft chat channel, my life will be complete. O_O

PigHeaded

You need a notification to have a life.

BAoxymoron

i think you mean you need a life to have a notification… but failburns are cool too

Pog-Mo-Thoin

Will it notify me that I am out of beer?

Chris Nimon

They do have those fridges now where when you take something out you scan the barcode and when an item gets low it auto sends you an email or txt

Pog-Mo-Thoin

It's close, but too many steps. What I really need is an app that utilizes the voice command feature on my Droid, so I can just say to my phone, “beer”, and then through a combination of good app code and Jedi powers an ice cold frosty appears right before me.

Chris Nimon

yea, what we really need is a Star Trek Replicator app. lol

m82a1

oh ya, that is cool!
dandroid30

Is anyone worried about the permissions requested by this app? We're allowing a lot of stuff, it makes me nervous…thoughts?

Chris Nimon

The desktop app only works on wifi and bluetooth. You can set it to only work on your preferred networks and not any open public one. While there is always a risk of some hacker getting into your system I dont see much to worry about here if you set it up this way.

dandroid30

Great points, Chris. I think I'm gonna try it. Anyone else have any thoughts on privacy with this app?

garbagedick

if you are a full-on google voice user (like me) you'd basically get every update in chrome if you use the google voice extension. and obviously email on your computer as well
The350zWolf

This is great, not to be nitpicky about it, but it would really be awesome if the notifications were sent over 3G -> internet, still pretty darn nice!
http://twitter.com/Pollita_Droid Erica Marchand

I've been hearing about this one everywhere.. seems to be on top of it game. I cant wait to go home and hook it up to my mac! Just another reason to love android some more..
http://syntakk.blogspot.com syntakk

Wow, this is brilliant. Thanks for sharing!
Chris Nimon

Nice, I dont know how many times I've missed a call/txt because i forgot I was set to silent while spending every waking moment on Droid-Life. LOL

kellex

Hah +1!

DeeRoid

Genius. I love Android. Period.

PigHeaded

and it loves you back. Cheers.

DroidFan

my D2 does this automatically…..love the feature

kellex

Wait what? I guess maybe I should use my D2 a little more. What app?

DroidFan

I have no idea. I just plug my droid into my pc and it downloaded some stuff and I had this after it was done. I never downloaded any app for this. I have a screenshot of my desktop
[IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/2n1e5wn.jpg/IMG]

kellex

Ahhh Ok I know what you are talking about. I cancelled that on my DX and it never prompted again heh.

zepfloyd

I have a D2 now and …really? how? Anyway, this works great for me!
http://www.ellianth.com Ellianth

The milestone 1 does this also. you need to install the moto-tools software. It does a lot more than just display notifications.

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