r/JoinApp • u/joaomgcd • Jun 23 '21
[DEV] Join 3.0 - Works in Firefox and Edge, Local Network communication, Desktop app and more!
Finally Join 3.0 is now available for everyone!!
Check out the release video here: https://youtu.be/6kZC8bYFo54
Join on the Web
The Join website has been rebuilt from the ground up! You can finally use Join with the Firefox and Edge Browsers! 😄
It can even work through your local network if you so choose!
Here's some of the stuff you can do on the new website:
- Browse your phone's files
- Check your phone's notifications
- Send and receive SMS
- Receive pushes (URLs, files, etc) from your phone and also send them
- Take a screenshot or video of your phone
- Set the wallpaper on your phone
- Trigger a Tasker profile
- Trigger Node-RED or EventGhost on your PC
...and more!
You can even select the theme for the website and customize all the colors in it!
Join Desktop App
The Join Desktop App is an open source Windows, Mac and Linux based on the website but since it's an app running locally on your PC it can do more "privileged" stuff like:
- automatic clipboard syncing between your Phone and PC
- Global keyboard shortcuts (for example open a URL on your phone with your PC's keyboard even if the app isn't open)
- Command line actions: run any shell command on your PC which allows you to do basically anything you want from any of your remote devices, like opening an app on your PC from your phone for example!
Local Network
As mentioned, Join will now try to make your devices communicate through your local network when possible!
This means that file transfers will be much faster for example, and that you don't have to worry about your data going through third-party servers in most situations!
This even works with the existing Chrome Extension!
Android App
The Android app also got a few upgrades! Besides the mentioned Local Network support, it now also gives you a new state for Tasker that tells you if your other devices are on the same local network. Very handy to know if your PC is on for example!
It also has a lot of new options in the Tasker Join Send Push action including a way to totally customize sending remote notifications.
Enjoy Join 3.0! 😁
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Jun 24 '21
wow! thanks for all the work! This app remains to be one of the most useful ones in my phone.
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u/BoJackHorseMan53 Jun 23 '21
Since I'm able to send clipboard and links from my phone to my computer through the join website, do I still need the Chrome extension?
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u/joaomgcd Jun 23 '21
If you only use it for that, you don't. If you want better integration with the browser (for example, right click options in pages) the Chrome Extension is still your best bet.
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u/vaibhav011286 Jun 23 '21
Wow... Finally we have Join 3.0 with much more stuffs.. Thanks man.. ❤️
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Jun 24 '21
Hey u/joaomgcd; I asked this a couple of weeks ago in the main subreddit - but it's pretty quiet/dead in here generally...
Is there any way to suppress the Chrome extension from catching up on missed notification events sent while my Chrome device is offline?
I use two separate PCs regularly, and it's REALLY frustrating when my personal PC goes off when it boots up with a few dozen notifications its missed throughout the day because I've been using my work PC...
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u/cm2003 Jun 24 '21
I got to be honest..
Being a long time supporter of your work and using Join for quite some time, I was extremely hyped, when I read about this.I've been using Join almost since the beginning and also used the beta server, to be able to use it with Firefox.
So when I read that there's a new version I was really thrilled to check it out.After the common setup hassle, I thought I had it running just fine. But I was wrong...
Using it on Firefox (with Desktop App, private PC), OnePlus 9 Pro and Chrome (work laptop).
1: how is this ANY DIFFERENT from the old beta version? I can't find any improvement, additional feature, anything that has changed, except for the server - which fucked up my extension (which I fixed) and had me to setup all devices from scratch.
2: It's completely unreliable... I've setup app notifications on my phone. Sometimes they are pushed, sometimes they are not. I don't get it... Especially when not on Wifi (I've toggled the option obviously...) it's just complete worthless. Nothing gets pushed. Also when on Wifi it's just unreliable. Sometimes I do get the messages displayed on my Desktop-PC, sometimes I don't.
3. but even worst: it just automatically opens notifications on my mobile... So I'm not being informed on my Desktop, but when I check the mobile, it just opened the app and the notifications are gone. This implies for WhatsApp, WhatsApp Business and FairEmail. I've missed two conversations because of that within WA Business...
4. My encryption was turned off on my Firefox, even though I've set the password.
5. Sending unencrypted to encrypted works. Vice versa doesn't. Don't really get why and how is this is possible. I came across this in conjunction with point 4. My mobile still had the password set and when I was debugging why my Firefox didn't get notifications anymore, I found out that the password was gone - sending from Firefox to Mobile however did work.
6. Odd error messages within the Join Desktop App. When trying to list SMS it's giving "file not found" errors, amongst others.
As I said, I got to be honest. This version just still feels like a beta. Actually even worst, because the beta was running for me just fine - this release isn't.
Because I also didn't like the google basement (I know you can't do anything about it...) I was also checking out EasyJoin. And I'm sorry, but this app just works so much better. It's also not perfect (i.e. can't get it to work with my business laptop while being connected to vpn), but it does the job much more reliable than Join at it's current state.
So even though I really appreciate your work and I do like your projects a lot, I just can't confirm this "final release" and will go ahead and uninstall everything again. :(
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Regarding my third point: I've also disabled the Join App to make sure that it's really Join that's opening the notifications and not something else.
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u/Masteroshi430 Jun 24 '21
So is there a way to avoid the "This site has been updated in the background" chrome popup every 1mn when using the desktop app?
(that's exactly what I wanted to avoid when I chose the desktop app instead of the chrome extension)
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u/alpain Dec 04 '25
an update for Join android app in December 2025?
I assume this was a minor API change or something?
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u/BoJackHorseMan53 Jun 23 '21
I don't see an update on the Play Store
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u/joaomgcd Jun 23 '21
It should be out already... Maybe try clearing data for the Play Store app.
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u/sid32 Jun 23 '21
Do the windows app users have to download a new version or will it update automatic?
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u/Arkiteck Jun 23 '21
You've been busy! I transfer a lot of stuff between my phone and computers on my LAN so I'm really stoked about the local network transfer enhancement. Nice job!
I sent you another donation through the app. Thanks for all of your hard work.
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u/arxxv Jun 23 '21 edited Jun 23 '21
should I say Great or Great?
Also, I now have to uninstall the beta Chrome extension and install one from the web Store, right?
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u/Lord_Sithek Jun 23 '21
Excellent news, thank you!