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Merging GSConnect with Gnome Calls and Gnome Chatty for better integration. #1791
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From what I understood Chatty and Gnome Calls do not allow calling or text via an android phone. In my opinion, RCS support in gsconnect makes sense. The fact that Gnome Calls provides the ability to call via a SIM card on your computer (as far as I understand they use ModemManager so this is likely what they provide) has nothing in common with redirecting your sound input and output from your computer to your phone when you press a call button on the computer. iMessage on Max OS X looks like it does not provide the call from computer feature. The fact that "your Phone" from Microsoft, later "Phone Link" supports calling via Bluetooth/wifi to an Android phone tells that support for redirecting audio is achievable with current Android API. But I believe this is work for kdeconnect for Android and probably Pipewire. Then it will make sense to add support to gsconnect. To me working on such UI in gsconnect is not a good idea. It would be better to provide an API to Gnome Calls and Chatty. Mind these apps could even implement their kdeconnect for android support based on gsconnect, or this support to be moved to a common library for them and gsconnect. https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/sync-across-your-devices shows that the current Microsoft product supports callings from the computer, entering a number, showing the phone call history. |
Describe your request
It's undeniable that an better interface may be needed for this work. Reason, GSConnect could be a better fit and native integration when they could work with Calls and Chatty together without hassle of it.
The ability to get work all together is bring out the most userfriendly experience like other OS does.
MacOS have iMessage that work together with iPhone by running a native app.
Windows have 'My Phone' Companion feature that was an app that link phone together, remote Samsung devices and manage audio and others setups.
Question is, why the bare minimum when you saw Phosh having a nicer interface with a userfriendly app that allow you to get calls and SMS on their respectives apps like an real phone over your computer?
GSConnect could work with apps without issue if codes will being built-together with these mobiles apps. So, just make a try of it.
Another case, GSConnect doesn't seem support files attachements, MMS and others kinds features that was provided from Google Messages. Phosh solve the problem with Chatty in Gnome. For calls, they did has well. So i guess it's could be possible if you check out sources codes provided and see if you can inject KDEConnect trough these apps has plugins or integrate them has native to their apps.
Proposed solution
Chatty has SMS Featured: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Chatty
Calls has phone call features: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/calls
Merge source codes together and make a better integration without hassle together.
Alternatives
Bring KDEConnect protocol trough Gnome mobiles apps instead by integrating KDEConnect directly from both apps.
GSConnect version
56
Installed from
GNOME Extensions website
GNOME Shell version
45.4
Linux distribution/release
Manjaro Linux (Rolling)
Additional context
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