PhoneDrop 1.6.0

• Pair with a QR code: the Windows window shows a QR code; on the phone tap Scan QR code (or just use the camera) and confirm. No more typing PINs; the PIN stays as a fallback (click the QR code).
  • The code carries a one-time key that never travels over the network: the PC proves it knows the key, and both sides keep it for the encrypted relay coming later.
  • Scanning uses Google's built-in code scanner, so PhoneDrop needs no camera permission. Without Google Play services, scan with the camera app: the code is a link that opens PhoneDrop.
  • Scanned by a phone without PhoneDrop? The link opens a page with the download.
• The Android app is now about 1 MB (was 2.2 MB): unused code is stripped from the release build.

Update both apps, then pair again with the QR code if you like. Updating works in-app (Updates on the phone, ⋯ → Update on Windows).

PhoneDrop 1.5.0

• Screenshots in feedback: attach up to 3 images to a bug report or an idea.
  • Windows: Window snapshot (one click), Add image…, or just Ctrl+V after Win+Shift+S.
  • Android: Add screenshot opens the system photo picker; PhoneDrop gets access only to the photos you pick.
  • The website form takes images too (pick, paste or drop).
  • Images are shrunk and re-encoded on your device, so metadata such as the photo location never leaves it.

Updating works in-app (Updates on the phone, ⋯ → Update on Windows).

PhoneDrop 1.4.0

• Phone → PC: Share › PhoneDrop to PC in any app on the phone (or Send to PC in PhoneDrop) and the file lands in Downloads on the PC. Several files at once work too.
  • The PC picks the files up by itself, so nothing has to be opened in the Windows firewall.
  • PC off? The phone keeps the files and the PC fetches them as soon as PhoneDrop runs there (they wait up to 3 days).
  • Windows: ⋯ → Open files from the phone and Folder for files from the phone…; a notification when something arrives while the window is hidden.
• Sharper hero video on the website.

Both apps need 1.4.0 for this. Updating works in-app (Updates on the phone, ⋯ → Update on Windows).

PhoneDrop 1.3.0

• No .NET needed on Windows: PhoneDrop-1.3.0-win-x64.exe has .NET built in, so there's nothing to install. Already have the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime? PhoneDrop-1.3.0-win-x64-small.exe is the same app in 0.4 MB.
• Feedback from the apps: ⋯ → Send feedback on Windows, Feedback on the phone. Bugs, ideas and questions go straight to the author.
• Built in the open: this and every future release is built from the public code by GitHub Actions, the APK signature is checked against the PhoneDrop certificate and SHA256SUMS.txt is generated there.
• Fixes for older Android versions (10–13): notification permission, installer results and screen insets.

Updating from 1.2.0 works in-app (Updates on the phone, ⋯ → Update on Windows). From 1.3.0 on, the Windows app updates to the same variant (full or small) it already is.

PhoneDrop 1.2.0

• Folders: drop a whole folder and it lands on the phone as Downloads/Drop/<folder>/…, subfolders included. Several files at once work as before.
• Split APKs: .apks (SAI, bundletool) and .xapk install like a normal APK, with one tap.
• One summary notification for a batch of received files instead of one per file.

Updating from 1.1.0 works in-app (Updates on the phone, ⋯ → Update on Windows).

PhoneDrop 1.1.0

Updates itself from now on. Both apps check for new releases, download them, verify the SHA-256 checksum and install (Windows swaps its exe and restarts, Android opens the installer).

• Android: signed with the project's own release key. ⚠️ If you have 1.0.x on your phone, uninstall it once and install this version (Android won't update an app signed with a different key). Pair again afterwards.
• Safer pairing: only while the PhoneDrop app is open on the phone; after five wrong PINs the phone picks a new PIN and waits a minute. The PIN is no longer shown in the permanent notification.
• Windows: clear messages when pairing is closed or locked; PhoneDrop.exe --update on the command line.

PhoneDrop 1.0.1

Windows app only (the Android APK is the same as 1.0.0).

• The window shows right away when the phone stops receiving (checks every few seconds) and when it is back.
• No taskbar button: PhoneDrop lives in the notification area; minimizing hides it there too.
• Shorter "phone not found" message.

PhoneDrop 1.0.0

First release.

• Windows: PhoneDrop-1.0.0-win-x64.exe – a single file, no install. Needs the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime.
• Android: PhoneDrop-1.0.0.apk – Android 10 or newer.

Drag a file into the window and it lands on the phone; APKs open the Android installer (one tap). Pairing with a PIN, light and dark theme, English and Czech.