Services/PushTabToDevice

Overview

Push-tab-to-device is a method of quickly sharing a page you're currently browsing with any other device connected to your sync account.

How To Send

• Make sure you have your mobile device connected to a sync account and your browser open on the page you want to share.
• Open the context menu and click "Share" on the bottom left.

• Choose to share via Firefox Sync

• Select the devices connected to your sync account that you'd like to share with and click Send

• You're done! Continue Browsing

How To Receive

1. Once you've received a tab, it will appear in your notifications menu
2. Click on the notification to open it through your browser (or app) of choice (A default list of apps for opening the tab will be provided)

Desktop Implementation

Currently, push-tab-to-device on desktop must be used through an addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/send-tab-to-device.

Mobile Implementation

Sending and receiving tabs on mobile has yet to be officially released but if you're eager, here are the bugs to track:

• Receiving tabs bug 732147
• Allow sending of commands (communication between devices) bug 739416
• UI for sending tabs bug 740193
• View current screenshots of the UI here bug 742478

Feature Pages

• For desktop
• For mobile

What's Left?

If you're interested in the general progression of this feature. bug 507471 is an excellent meta bug to follow.