Bridge 0.2.0

Bridge now runs on Windows! And the phone can talk to a Mac and a PC at the same time… most of the time.

Windows (new)

• Notifications, clipboard both ways, and phone mirroring with video, audio and full input, on Windows 10/11.
• Pair over USB or by pasting the ticket. The Bluetooth link needs no Windows pairing as it's encrypted end to end by the app itself.
• Material 3 look, system tray, launch at login, minimise to tray.

All platforms

• Notification icons: the phone's app icons now show on Mac and Windows notifications.
• A Mac and a Windows PC can both be linked over Bluetooth at once.
• Set up over USB now verifies that the phone's helper started, and clears a stale one left over from a reinstall.

Fixes

• Bluetooth: the Mac's link no longer times out when another computer connects, and a Mac pairing for the first time no longer drops mid-dialog.
• Messages over 512 bytes (app icons, long clipboard text) were being silently discarded by the phone.
• Windows: cancelled connects no longer interfere with later ones, and a dead tunnel closes the session cleanly.

Known issues

• Windows' Bluetooth link can drop and reconnect every few minutes. It usually comes back on its own; being worked on for 0.2.1.
• Windows is not code-signed, so SmartScreen will warn on first run.

Downloads

• Bridge-0.2.0.apk: For Android 11+
• Bridge-0.2.0.dmg: For macOS 13+
• Bridge-0.2.0-windows.zip: For Windows 10/11. Make sure the five files inside the zip are together in one folder

Bridge 0.1.1

Mac bugfix. Android app is unchanged.

Fixed

• The Mac remembered the phone's Bluetooth identifier from its first pairing and ignored any other. That identifier changes whenever the Bluetooth bond is remade, so after re-pairing the Mac could no longer find the phone.
• The ticket and pairing secret are stored as one keychain item instead of two, so macOS asks for keychain access once now. Existing installs are migrated on first launch.

Install

• Bridge-0.1.1.dmg, drag Bridge to Applications. Existing settings and pairing carry over.

Bridge 0.1.0

Initial release. Your Android phone on your Mac, from anywhere.

Install

• Phone: Bridge-0.1.0.apk for Android 11+, arm64. Open it and allow installs from your browser.
• Mac: Bridge-0.1.0.dmg, drag Bridge to Applications.

Then pair once: USB debugging on, plug in, Set Up Over USB in Bridge's menu on the Mac. Full steps in the README.

Highlights

• Screen mirroring with audio over an encrypted iroh tunnel; works on cellular and through VPNs
• No ADB port left open on the network during a session; USB debugging switched on only when needed
• Notifications and clipboard over Bluetooth LE when the phone is nearby
• Pairing secret on every stream, helper connection and Bluetooth link
• Nearby only by default. The Mac wakes the tunnel for a session and the phone switches it back off after

SHA256SUMS.txt has checksums for both files.