Setting up QuickText takes about 5 minutes, and you only do it once. The video below walks you through the whole thing, from installing the app to sending your first text.
The same steps in writing #
QuickText sends your texts through your own Android phone, using the free KDE Connect app on the phone. There is nothing to install on your PC: QuickText talks to your phone by itself.
The Your phone page walks you through all of this as a checklist, one step at a time, and ticks each step off as it happens.
Step 1: Install QuickText
Get QuickText from the Microsoft Store and open it.
Step 2: Get KDE Connect on your phone
Open the Your phone page in the left sidebar. It shows a QR code: point your phone camera at it and the Play Store opens on the right page. Install the free KDE Connect app and open it once.
Step 3: Put both on the same wi-fi
Your phone and your PC must be on the same wi-fi network. Mobile data does not work, and guest networks usually block devices from seeing each other. Once the phone is on the same network with KDE Connect open, it appears in the list on the Your phone page by itself.
Step 4: Pair your phone with your PC
Click Pair next to your phone. A code appears on your PC, and the same code appears in the request on your phone. Check that the two match, then tap Accept on the phone.
You are not limited to one phone. Pair as many as you like and pick the one that sends: Send from more than one phone.
If your phone shows a different code, do not accept it. The codes matching is what proves you are pairing with your own phone and not with something else on the network. On the phone, your PC is called QuickText on followed by your computer name.
Step 5: Allow SMS on your phone
Android asks once whether KDE Connect may send text messages. Tap Allow. This is the one step your PC cannot check for you, so do not skip it. Full details with screenshots: Allow SMS on your phone.
Step 6: Send yourself a test message
On the Your phone page, type your own mobile number in the test card and send. QuickText waits for your phone to confirm that the text really went out. When it arrives as a normal text, your setup works.
Step 7: Add your contacts
Open the Contacts page. You can bring people in from a CSV, Excel or vCard file, or click Import from phone to take them straight from your phone’s address book. Then write your message on the Send page.
If a step does not work, click Check my setup on the Your phone page. It checks each part of the connection, from your network to your phone, and tells you exactly what is missing.
