Connect your Googlebook to your iPhone

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.

  1. To pair your iPhone, download the Link to Googlebook app from the Apple App Store.
  2. On your Googlebook, open the Link to iOS app.
  3. 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:
      1. On your Googlebook, on the “Link to iOS" set up screen, select Try another way.
      2. To pair the devices with Bluetooth pairing, follow the on-screen instructions.
  4. 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

  1. On your Googlebook, open the Link to iOS app.
  2. On the left, find your recent messages.
  3. Select the message you want to open.

Tip: To delete a message from your Googlebook:

  1. Hover on a thread to show the 3 dots icon.
  2. In the context menu, select Delete.
  3. In the dialog box, select Delete.

Create new messages

  1. On your Googlebook, open the Link to iOS app.
  2. Select Create message .
  3. 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.
  4. Enter your message.
  5. Select Send.

Remove your iPhone from Link to iOS

To disconnect your iPhone from your Googlebook:

  1. On your Googlebook, open the Link to iOS app.
  2. On the right, select Settings.
  3. Next to the device you want to remove, select Remove and then Remove.

To fully remove your Googlebook from your iPhone’s Bluetooth pairing:

  1. On your iPhone, open the Settings app.
  2. Tap Bluetooth.
  3. To select your Googlebook, tap i.
  4. Tap Forget this device.

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