SMS login codes from your Android, on your Mac
You are logging in on your Mac. The code goes to your phone. You find the phone, unlock it, read six digits, and type them. The Relay shows the text on your Mac and puts the code on the Mac’s clipboard, so you paste and carry on.
Codes land
where you type.
The OTP hits your phone, appears on your Mac, and is already on your clipboard. One ⌘V and you’re in.
Codes land
where you type.
The OTP hits your phone, appears on your Mac, and is already on your clipboard. One ⌘V and you’re in.
iPhone owners get this free. Now you do too.
“send and receive SMS, MMS, or RCS text messages from your iPhone on your Mac or iPad”Needs an iPhone. Safari on a Mac can also fill in codes texted to an iPhone.
An SMS that arrives on the phone shows up on the Mac. A login code in it is copied to the Mac’s clipboard so you can paste 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.
- 3Paste the code
When a site texts you a code, the message appears on your Mac and the code is on the clipboard. Click the code field and paste.
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 shows incoming texts. To write and send texts from your Mac, use Google Messages for web, which is free.
- —Where a site offers a passkey or an authenticator app, those are stronger than codes by text.
People ask
How do I get a verification code from my Android phone on my Mac?
With The Relay, a text that arrives on the phone shows up on the Mac, and a login code in it is copied to the Mac’s clipboard, ready to paste.
Can I reply to texts from my Mac?
The Relay shows incoming texts and codes. For two-way texting from a Mac, Google Messages for web is free and works in any browser.
Is this like AutoFill for codes on an iPhone and a Mac?
It solves the same problem. Apple fills codes texted to an iPhone into Safari on a Mac. With an Android phone, The Relay puts the code on the Mac’s clipboard for you to paste.
Do my texts go through a server?
No. Texts travel directly between your phone and your Mac over your local network and are not uploaded to The Relay’s servers.
GUIDES ON THIS
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