From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   VanguardLH  wrote:   
   > Frank Slootweg  wrote:   
   >   
   > > Andy Burns  wrote:   
   > >> "Carlos E.R." wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> On Android phones, you probably are using the Google Messages App, and   
   > >>> this you can access on any computer without installing anything, via web.   
   > >>   
   > >> I do use the synchronisation of SMS from my phone to my tablet, as that   
   > >> stays a persistent connection.  But I find setting up shared SMS with a   
   > >> web client is only a temporary affair, and re-scanning the QR code each   
   > >> time is as much hassle as entering the 6 digit verification code anyway.   
   > >   
   > >   Doesn't the 'Remember this computer' setting prevent the need for   
   > > "re-scanning the QR code each time"?   
   >   
   > Wouldn't that require keeping cookies and/or DOM Storage data?   
      
     No, it's kept in your Google Account. For details, see my response to   
   Andy.   
      
   [Lots deleted.]   
      
   > >   I've just set up , so I don't know if   
   > > this setting does what it implies, but Google's 'AI Overview' implies   
   > > that it does,   
   >   
   > I went there, and paired up the web app, as demanded, to my phone with   
   > the Messages app there.  Another way to see texts, but it's still in   
   > LIFO (old-to-new) order.  I suspect this is so the latest text is   
   > nearest the input box for sending a message.   
      
     Good point! In the exceptional case I ('have' to) use SMS (we mostly   
   use WhatsApp), I 'need' to refer to a message that's indeed just/a_little   
   above the input box.   
      
     So now you've found out why Google does The Right Thing (TM) after   
   all! :-)   
      
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