How To Send And Receive Texts From An Android Phone On Mac – SlashGear

You can get started with Messages on your Mac by following these steps:

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1. Open the web browser on your Mac.
2. Navigate to Messages for Web. You will see a QR code that allows pairing between your Mac and Android phone to sync messages.
3. Open the Messages app on your Android phone and tap on the hamburger menu icon in the top-left corner of the screen.
4. Tap on “Device pairing.”
5. Tap the pill-shaped blue button that says “QR Code Scanner.
6. Scan the unique QR code that is flashing on your Mac’s screen using your phone’s camera.
7. Wait for the app to verify the link.

You will see a Messages interface on your Mac that essentially looks like a stretched version of the messaging app’s interface. In the left pane, you get a list of all the text messages you have received and the bi-directional conversations between you and another contact. You can tap on the Start Chat button in the top left corner, pick a contact from the directory saved on your phone, and start talking to them over Messages, just the way you would do on an Android phone. There are a few limitations though: you can’t reply to a specific message, and there’s no way to leave an emoji reaction. Plus, if you are trying to send a media file like a picture or video, they won’t pass through, either.