KDE Connect also runs on more operating systems. It's worth mentioning to friends who run Windows.

Look what they need just to mimic a fraction of our power

KDE Connect is one of the most useful app on my phone, and I can't believe I went as long as I did without knowing about it

Interesting that they bothered to make this considering KDE Connect already works on Windows

I wonder if KDE connect could leverage the way Syncthing does device discovery and pairing

It works across networks, with no configuration

KDE Connect is an amazing app

Phone link is SHIT, it only works sometimes and never when ya need it to

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Not anyone know that KDE connect works on all devices, Android to android, Linux to Windows and all combinations.

So no need to use something like a bad copy from Microsoft.

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#kdeconnect is really awesome. The only negative point is that it won't allow you to send multiple files simultaneously. We have to send each file separately. If possible, please provide it soon.
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closed source - true

alternative to KDE Connect - false

requires you sign in to a Microsoft Account for it to work - true

KDE Connect and Phone Link only have partial feature overlap. I prefer KDE Connect but to claim that either is a proper alternative for the other is wrong, unless I missed that KDE Connect supports casting the phone's screen to PCs and launching phone apps from there.

This is not new. Has been there for a while

@[email protected] why isn't it called KDE Konnect instead of Connect?

@[email protected] @[email protected] Which, funny enough, is Precisely Why I run KDE Connect.

Also, I don't let my androids fraternize with Windows machines, I'd have to boil them all later because, ew.

It also doesn't work properly.

No screen mirroring though 😕

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KDE connect es ya un buque insignia de la conectividad para los amantes del #softwarelibre y si no es por KDE ni sabríamos que Gates ha sacado una nueva basura al mercado.

I turned on phone link once. Had a hell of a time getting it to not connect to my phone.

Does KDE connect actually work with SMS on Windows now? Last time I used it, I couldn't text people, only reply using the notification if they texted me and I happened to click on it quickly enough. Pretty useless.

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On one hand, *lame!!* Die in a fire, copycats

on the other hand, *cool!* it's not my imagination that kdeconnect is the best phone app ever. thank you to all involved!! ❤️

Based.

And yes, KDE Connect ftw

Apart from screen mirroring and sms that everyone has mentioned the proprietary alternative undeniably has more features. I don't know whether it is phone link or link to windows but one of them has a feature where your phone can be used as a webcam over WiFi. As someone who set up ip webcam on my phone and used obs virtual camera through most of the pandemic's online classes it's quite useful and I'd like to see features like that just work and are not relying on mjpeg and proprietary software on the phone end. Their auto hotspot feature i haven't gotten to work and i think is useless but I'm thankful that i don't have to turn off kde connect when using samsung dex.