Shutdown
Oct 2021Pushbullet shut down the Portal app because Android scoped storage and Chrome 94 local-network restrictions broke Portal's core file-transfer workflow.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Overview
Pushbullet is a San Francisco-based device-connectivity software company founded in 2013. Its core product bridges phones, tablets, and computers by mirroring notifications and moving links, files, SMS, and clipboard contents across devices.
Primary product
Cross-device notification mirroring and file/link transfer app
Founded
2013
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
1-10 employees
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Productivity software / cross-device sync
Offices
360 3rd Street Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States
Business model
freemium
subscription
API platform
consumer software
Funding
Stage
seed
Total raised
$1.6M
Latest round
Seed · Jan 2015
Latest amount
$1.5M
People & investors
Work & culture
Product & market
Pricing
Freemium with a Pushbullet Pro subscription for premium features; the free tier is rate-limited (for example, free accounts are limited to 500 pushes per month in the API docs).
Differentiators
- —notification mirroring across devices
- —send SMS/MMS from a computer
- —universal copy & paste
- —cross-device file/link transfer
- —client-side end-to-end encryption
- —real-time API and websocket event stream
Technology
REST API
OAuth2
WebSockets
HTTPS/JSON
AES-256-GCM encryption
PBKDF2 key derivation
Chrome extension
Android app
iOS app
desktop apps (Mac/Windows)
Customers
individual consumers
Android users
desktop users
developers integrating the API
power users syncing notifications and files
people using SMS and clipboard mirroring
websites using Pushbullet Channels
Competitors
AirDroid
KDE Connect
Microsoft Phone Link
Join
Pushover
IFTTT
WeTransfer
Zapya
Zapier
OneSignal
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$600K estimated ARR
Estimated monthly visits
971.6K
Traffic estimate as of Jul 2026
Signals & risks
Other
Oct 2022Pushbullet described repeated Google Play policy enforcement actions that threatened removal of the app and required ongoing compliance fixes.
SourceOther
May 2021Facebook blacklisted pushbullet.com as malicious and blocked Facebook Login, forcing Pushbullet to migrate affected users away from Facebook sign-in.
SourceOther
May 2020Google threatened to remove Pushbullet's Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store unless the extension permissions were reduced.
SourceLatest news
Pushbullet Blog · Oct 2022
Ryan Oldenburg described repeated Google Play policy violation notices, the compliance work needed to keep Pushbullet on the Play Store, and the risk of automated enforcement.
Pushbullet Blog · Oct 2021
Pushbullet announced Portal's shutdown for October 8, 2021 because Android scoped storage and Chrome 94 changes broke the app's local-transfer model; the main Pushbullet app was not affected.
Pushbullet Blog · May 2021
After Facebook blocked pushbullet.com, Pushbullet told users to migrate to Google-based sign-in or link a Google account.
Pushbullet Blog · May 2021
Pushbullet said Facebook had blacklisted pushbullet.com as malicious or abusive, which blocked Facebook Login on the site.
Pushbullet Blog · Jun 2020
Pushbullet explained changes made to satisfy Chrome Web Store review after Google threatened to remove the extension and required permission reductions.
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