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Why your Android and your Mac should talk

What Apple gives iPhone owners on a Mac, what Android owners are missing, and what closing that gap looks like.

8 min read

Apple Continuity for Android: Every Feature, One by One

Apple lists 19 Continuity features. We go through each: what an Android owner with a Mac has today, the free option, and whether The Relay covers it. Often it does not.

7 min read

Handoff for Android and Mac: Which Parts You Can Have

Apple Handoff needs an iPhone, but parts of the idea work between Android and a Mac: links, clipboard, login codes, files. What exists, what does not, and why.

8 min read

How Many People Use an Android Phone With a Mac?

Nobody publishes the number of people with an Android phone and a MacBook. We work through the data that exists, show the arithmetic, and give an honest range.

7 min read

The Android and Mac Ecosystem Gap: Why They Do Not Talk

Apple ties its Mac features to an Apple Account. Google builds its computer tools for Windows and Chromebooks. Why Android and a Mac ignore each other, and what changed.

MORE TO READ
Guides →
Plain instructions for the things an Android phone and a Mac will not do on their own: moving files, reading texts, sharing a clipboard, using the phone as a webcam.
Compare →
Honest comparisons of the apps that connect an Android phone to a Mac, including when the free one is the right answer.
Use cases →
How developers, students, photographers, and people on video calls all day get an Android phone and a Mac to behave like one setup.