To connect your Googlebook to your iPhone, use Link to iOS. You can send and receive text messages on your Googlebook.
Connect your iPhone to your Googlebook
Important: Make sure Bluetooth is enabled on both your iPhone and your Googlebook.
- To pair your iPhone, download the Link to Googlebook app from the Apple App Store.
- On your Googlebook, open the Link to iOS app.
- To scan the QR code, use the Link to Googlebook app.
- If QR code pairing doesn’t work or you don't have the app, you can pair your devices manually:
- On your Googlebook, on the “Link to iOS" set up screen, select Try another way.
- To pair the devices with Bluetooth pairing, follow the on-screen instructions.
- If QR code pairing doesn’t work or you don't have the app, you can pair your devices manually:
- Follow the on-screen instructions to:
- Pair your device.
- Update your iPhone’s permissions to allow your Googlebook to receive your notifications and contacts.
Read & send messages from your iPhone
In Link to iOS, you can:
- Find and reply to messages.
- Create new messages.
- Mark messages and notifications as read.
Important:
Some experiences are limited due to connection restrictions with the iPhone:
- You can receive group messages but you can’t reply to them.
- If you delete a message from Link to iOS, it’s deleted from your Googlebook but not your iPhone and vice versa.
- Messages you send from your iPhone won’t sync on your Googlebook.
- Each time you connect, the last 10 messages received on your iPhone will sync to Link to iOS.
- Message history is saved for 30 days. After that, it’s deleted from your Googlebook.
Read your iPhone messages
- On your Googlebook, open the Link to iOS app.
- On the left, find your recent messages.
- Select the message you want to open.
Tip: To delete a message from your Googlebook:
- Hover on a thread to show the 3 dots icon.
- In the context menu, select Delete.
- In the dialog box, select Delete.
Create new messages
- On your Googlebook, open the Link to iOS app.
- Select Create message
.
- Enter a recipient using one of the following:
- Enter a phone number.
- Select a contact from your iPhone contacts list.
- Select a contact from your Google Contacts.
- Enter your message.
- Select Send.
Remove your iPhone from Link to iOS
To disconnect your iPhone from your Googlebook:
- On your Googlebook, open the Link to iOS app.
- On the right, select Settings.
- Next to the device you want to remove, select Remove
Remove.
To fully remove your Googlebook from your iPhone’s Bluetooth pairing:
- On your iPhone, open the Settings app.
- Tap Bluetooth.
- To select your Googlebook, tap i.
- Tap Forget this device.