How to Get Android Notifications on Computer?

If you have an Android phone and work on a Windows PC for your work during the day, you can’t always have access to your device and see notifications. So you don’t miss any important notifications from your phone or tablet, you can get them on your desktop with the Desktop Notifications app.

Android Desktop Notifications on Windows

For this to work you’ll need to install a couple of things.

• Desktop Notifications Android App
• Android Desktop Notifications for Chrome or Firefox (Beta)

First make sure you have desktop notifications enabled on your Android, if you don’t the app will remind you to turn them on.

Launch the app and you’ll see the connect code – enter that into the Chrome extension.

Click the notification icon on the upper left side of your browser. There you need to enter in the pairing code and change a few settings.

That’s it! Now every time you get a notification on your Android smartphone or tablet, you’ll see it on your desktop in the notification area.

Note: The extensions for Chrome and Firefox work on both Windows and Mac. The Desktop Notifications app works on devices running Android 2.2 or higher.

Trick to Create Offline Maps in Android ?

Do you have a Android phone or tablet that you’d like to use for Maps on the go, but it lacks a mobile data connection? Have no fear, even after the update to version 7 Google Maps still offers a way to cache areas offline. This is great if you have a device such as the Note 10.1 tablet which has a built-in GPS yet can only connect to the internet via Wi-Fi. And there are still plenty of people that don’t like paying the big monthly fees a mobile data plan can cost.

While version 6 of Maps had a direct option for creating an offline cache, the method now used is more of an Easter Egg than an official feature, but it works none the less.

To use it open the Maps application on your Android device and then select the area you would like to cache. Unfortunately Google Maps won’t let you cache a map of an entire state, the file size is just too big. It does let you cache a moderately large-sized area though so it should be enough for short trips around your town or county.

Once you have the area you’d like to cache in view, type “okay maps” into the search box.

Google will take a moment to “pre-load” the area and then save the copy to your device’s offline cache. Once it’s cached you can use the map at any time, even in Airplane mode. This will allow you to fully zoom in anywhere within the confines of what was visible at the time of creating the cache. It’s a neat feature that I hope Google brings back (and improves) for tablet users like myself.