KDE Connect 4+
Communication Between Devices
KDE e.V.
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- Free
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Description
Made for people like you. Open Source. Free to use. For any purpose. Forever.
KDE Connect provides a set of features to integrate your workflow across devices:
- Shared clipboard: copy and paste between your devices.
- Share files and URLs to your computer from any app.
- Virtual touchpad and keyboard: Use your phone screen as your computer's touchpad or keyboard
- Remote presentation remote: control a laser pointer on the screen of your computer by moving your phone around.
- Remote commands: run commands on your computer from your phone.
- End-to-end TLS encryption: your information is safe.
Please note you will need to install KDE Connect on your other computers/phones/tablets and keep the version up-to-date for the latest features to work.
This app is part of an open source project and it exists thanks to all the people who contributed to it. Please visit the KDE Connect website to grab the source code.
What’s New
Version 0.3.0
- You can now transfer large files without crashing the app or causing the app to become unresponsive (!82 by Apollo Zhu, reviewed by Han Young)
- Add keyboard support as a part of remote input (!76 by Han Young, reviewed by Apollo Zhu)
- Now sends original HEIC images instead of jpg/png when possible (!52 by Apollo Zhu)
## Improve compatibility with iOS 16
- Fix device name only showing as "iPhone" or iPad on iOS 16 (!81 by Apollo Zhu)
- Fix crash on iOS 16 when pressing "Enter" key in "Add Devices by IP" while some text fields are empty (!75 by Apollo Zhu, reviewed by Ruixuan Tu)
- Fix crash on iOS 16 when there are other KDE Connect compatible devices present (!74 by Apollo Zhu, reviewed by Ruixuan Tu)
- Fix incorrect battery status color on iOS 16 (!77 by Apollo Zhu)
## Better support for iPad
- Improve layout on iPad (!45 by Apollo Zhu)
- Tab bar on iPad and other wide screen devices now have consistent background (!72 by Ruixuan Tu, reviewed by Apollo Zhu)
## Misc
- Update features list and discovery help based on feedback (!63, !65, !66 by Apollo Zhu)
- Fix missing remote device certificate after pairing in some rare circumstances (!50 by Apollo Zhu, reviewed by Lucas Wang)
- Fix inconsistent device certificate caused by incorrect keychain access group (!70 by Apollo Zhu)
- Fix crashing on launch for Macs with Apple Silicon (!83 by Apollo Zhu, reviewed by Ruixuan Tu)
- Code cleanup and refactoring (!60, !71 by Claudio Cambra, reviewed by Apollo Zhu; !40, !49, !68, !69 by Apollo Zhu)
Ratings and Reviews
Easier than AirDrop
I’m blown away by the user experience in this app. Just by installing the `kdeconnect` package on my desktop, I could find my machine and pair within minutes. The UI is laid out cleanly and uses Apple’s native design principles, so it feels like a stock app.
Meanwhile, on my Macbook Air, I constantly need to reboot both my laptop and phone just to use features like clipboard sharing and AirDrop! This has been an issue ever since macOS Catalina.
The KDE team made iOS integration that “just works” better than Apple could, and I can’t recommend this app enough. It works on any linux setup, but I run KDE Plasma and it’s beautifully integrated.
Prevent Auto Lock When Transferring Files
It doesn’t prevent the auto lock mechanism of the phone and the transfer process pauses when moving to another app or getting out of the app. (Not quitting the app. Just moving it to the background)
These two are major things that i had a problem with. Other than that, it’s an amazing app
Lots of potential
For an open-source app, I am impressed with how good it is. Sending files and photos/videos from my phone to my laptop works seamlessly. And so does using the remote input.
A couple things don’t work though:
- I can’t receive files from my computer. I use the Gnome extension to send a jpeg to my phone and the KDE Connect iOS app just vibrates, no photo in my camera roll or iCloud Drive.
- The “ping” feature only works if the app is open. Looks like the app needs to integrate with Apple’s notification framework to deliver these notifications while the app is in the background.
App Privacy
The developer, KDE e.V., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- K Desktop Environment e.V.
- Size
- 5.4 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2014-2023 KDE Community
- Price
- Free