Does this kind of cross-platform app exist?
UPDATE AND CONCLUSION: I'm switching to iPhone. I've loved Androids from the first time I tried one, and stuck it out a long time, despite ours being a Mac household through and through. But in terms of philosophy and mission, Apple is a much closer match for…
UPDATE AND CONCLUSION: I'm switching to iPhone. I've loved Androids from the first time I tried one, and stuck it out a long time, despite ours being a Mac household through and through. But in terms of philosophy and mission, Apple is a much closer match for me. With all this advice and further pondering, I just won't be dragged further - and unwillingly - into the Google ecosystem. Thanks for all the advice - I'm off to shop for an iPhone. ORIGINAL POST: I looked for this years ago - I hope the terrain has changed since then. I'm currently using Airdroid to handle text messages and transfer files between my Android and my Mac. It's never been perfect; group texts, images, and videos never showed up, as the function is limited to SMS. And it's always been a bit clunky. With the old messaging app being shoved out by Google messages, it's even less useful. I'm not savvy enough to understand what makes it onto my desktop app and what doesn't; sometimes texts make the leap, other times they don't. Bottom line, if even yer basic SMS doesn't show up, its usefulness is limited. And a notification from Apple says the two won't be compatible soon anyway. So I'm back in the market for a new app. What I'm looking for may not even exist: a cross-platform Android equivalent that includes MMS and group text functions. I want to see all my texts and their accompanying files on my Mac. Is there such a thing, and if so - which would you recommend?
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Just use quickshare. Its built in to android and supports sharing to apple devices.
Updated - no, that's not it at all, unfortunately. "Quick Share is designed exclusively for sending and receiving files and links between devices, and it does not sync or mirror SMS, notifications, or message threads." Original response - Whoa, seriously? It's already there??? checking immediately - thanks!
Ah sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you just wanted local file transfer. A good option might be KDE connect, however I dont know if it supports mac, but I think it does.
Thank you so much for all that - great info. I've just updated my original post - I've decided to move entirely into Mac world, and replace my Android with an iPhone. Haven't stopped gritting my teeth since the despised Google made it nonnegotiable to move to Google messaging. But I really appreciate your time and generosity.
You're not quite chasing a unicorn, the thing you want is Google Messages' own web pairing rather than a third-party app. Open the Messages web page in Safari on the Mac, scan the QR code from Messages on the phone, and you get the real threads including MMS and group texts, because the phone is still doing the sending and the browser is just a window onto it. The catch is the phone has to stay awake and online, and the pairing drops if you leave it too long between uses. If you'd rather have a proper app that keeps its own history, Beeper is the closest I've found, last I checked it bridges Android SMS and MMS alongside everything else, and unlike AirDroid it doesn't quietly swallow attachments. KDE Connect is genuinely great for files and notifications and I use it daily, but the others are right that its SMS side never handled MMS, so it won't get you the group texts. And AirDroid's decline is real, you're not imagining that part.
Kde connect is a beast and works better than AirDroid
Why do you need SMS on your Mac? SMS is a phone thing.