See and answer your Android calls from your Mac
The phone is charging in the other room and it starts to ring. With The Relay the incoming call shows on your Mac, where you can accept it or decline it without leaving your chair.
Take the call.
Leave the phone.
Your Android rings across the room. Your Mac rings on your desk. Accept or decline without breaking stride.
Take the call.
Leave the phone.
Your Android rings across the room. Your Mac rings on your desk. Accept or decline without breaking stride.
iPhone owners get this free. Now you do too.
“make and receive calls from your Mac or iPad when those devices are on the same network as your iPhone”Needs an iPhone. Microsoft Phone Link does it for Android, on Windows only.
An incoming call on the phone shows on the Mac, where you can accept or decline it.
Works with Android 8.0 or later and macOS 13 Ventura or later. Your data travels directly between your phone and your Mac over your local network.
Three steps. Then it just works.
- 1Install on both
Put The Relay on your Android phone and on your Mac. It needs Android 8.0 or later and macOS 13 Ventura or later.
- 2Scan to pair
Open it on both. Scan the QR code on your Mac with your phone. The two are now paired over your own Wi-Fi.
- 3Take the call
When the phone rings, a call notification appears on your Mac with the caller. Click Accept or Decline.
What it will not do
- —Both devices need to be on the same local network, or in Bluetooth range. It does not work across the internet when your phone is somewhere else.
- —It handles incoming calls. It does not place calls from the Mac.
- —If you only want to know that the phone is ringing, KDE Connect shows incoming-call notifications for free.
People ask
Can I answer my Android phone on my Mac?
With The Relay, an incoming call on the phone shows on the Mac, where you can accept or decline it.
Can I make calls from the Mac?
No. The Relay handles incoming calls. It does not place calls.
Is there a Phone Link for Mac?
No. Microsoft Phone Link is a Windows app. On a Mac, The Relay covers incoming calls along with notifications, texts and codes, clipboard, files, links, and webcam.
GUIDES ON THIS
Android Calls on Mac: Can You Answer Your Phone on macOS?
Can you answer Android calls on a Mac? What Apple and Microsoft offer their own phones, what KDE Connect and AirDroid say they do, and where The Relay fits.
Phone Link for Mac: Does It Exist, and What to Use Instead
Microsoft Phone Link is a Windows app and has no Mac version. Here is what Phone Link does on a PC and the closest match for each feature on a Mac with Android.
Phone Link Alternatives for Mac: A Ranked Shortlist
Moved from Windows and Phone Link to a Mac? A ranked shortlist of Phone Link alternatives for Mac, with each Phone Link feature matched to what replaces it.
Make Calls From a Mac With an Android Phone: What Works
A Mac cannot dial through an Android phone by itself. What is documented: Google Voice in a browser, WhatsApp calling, AirDroid, and how to hand a number to the phone.
See Missed Calls and Voicemail From Android on a Mac
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