Send photos from your phone to your computer
Just edited a photo here on your phone and want it on your computer? Open this page on both devices, scan the code, and the files travel directly between them — no cable, no app, no account, no cloud storage, and no upload to any server. Both devices should be on the same Wi-Fi network, where the connection is always reliable; other network combinations are best-effort.
- Direct device-to-device
- Same Wi-Fi recommended
- Original quality, byte for byte
- Files and text
Open this page on your other device
Starting session…
Or join with a code
A code is only valid while the other device's page stays open — if that page was closed or refreshed, it now shows a different code. Scanning the QR code avoids typing entirely.
Everything on this page lives only in this browser tab. Refresh or close and it's gone.
How the transfer works
Open this page on both devices — for example your phone and your computer. One device shows a six-character code and a QR code; the other scans it or types the code in. The two browsers then negotiate a direct, encrypted peer-to-peer connection using WebRTC, the same technology video call sites use. From that moment the files flow straight from one device to the other.
This is the same promise as the rest of the site: nothing is uploaded. There is no server in the middle holding your photos, and there is no account anywhere. The connection details are exchanged through a signaling service — the operator that connects the call — and once the direct link is up, it is not involved any more.
Why not just AirDrop, or a cable?
AirDrop is the right tool when the two devices are both Apple and side by side; Android's quick share is the equivalent on the other side. The gap is everything else: a phone and a laptop that are not both Apple, a desktop you have never paired, a machine with no Bluetooth, or a tablet you picked up in a hurry. The shape of the problem is always the same: the picture is on one device and you need it on another device — another phone, a tablet, or the laptop on the other desk. This page does not care what either device is, provided both browsers can run it and both are on the same network. There is no driver, no cable, no pairing and no account, and unlike a cable the two screens do not have to be within arm's reach.
Two limits, said plainly. The two devices have to reach each other: this is a direct transfer between two browsers, not an offline transfer through a cable or a memory card, and if neither side can see the other the move simply fails. And both screens have to be open at the same moment — there is no share link to a page that stays alive afterwards, because there is nothing left to keep alive. The file is handed over once, and the connection closes.
Why not just email the photos to yourself?
| Method | What you give up |
|---|---|
| Email or a chat app to yourself | The file is stored on a mail or chat provider's servers, usually recompressed, and size caps get in the way |
| A cloud drive link | An account, an upload, and a copy of the file sitting on someone else's server |
| A USB cable | Fiddly drivers, different plugs on every phone, and the cable is never where you are |
| This page | Nothing leaves your devices — the trade-off is that both screens need the page open at the same time |
When you actually need this
- Right after editing here. Compressed a photo on your phone and want to keep working on the desktop — send the result over in one tap, at original quality.
- Bulk phone-to-PC moves. Offload a camera roll after a trip without a cable and without trusting a cloud folder.
- Between computers. A desktop and a laptop that are not the same make, on the same Wi-Fi at home or in the office, with nothing paired and no cable in the drawer. The same page handles a phone and a PC, a tablet and a Mac, and moving photos between one computer and another.
- Sensitive files. Documents, ID scans, anything you would rather not hand to a cloud provider — a direct link means there is no third copy anywhere.
- Quick text handoff. A link, a Wi-Fi password, a tracking number — type it on one device, paste it on the other.
Frequently asked questions
Are my files uploaded to a server?
No. The devices connect through an encrypted WebRTC link: when the two networks allow it, the files travel straight between them, byte for byte. If both networks are too strict for a direct link, the encrypted stream is relayed through a public TURN relay so the page still works — the relay only forwards already-encrypted bytes, cannot read the content, and never stores anything. What no server ever receives is unencrypted data.
What is the signaling service, and what does it see?
Before two devices can talk directly, they have to find each other — like an operator connecting a call. A public signaling service exchanges the connection details (network addresses and encryption keys) between your two devices. It can see that two browsers are connecting, and nothing about what they send afterwards. File bytes never touch it.
Is there a file size limit?
No hard limit. Files are streamed in small chunks, so even large videos transfer. Very large files take proportionally longer, and the speed depends on the slower of the two connections — the data goes over your networks, not through our servers.
Can I send photos from an iPhone to an Android phone?
Yes. Nothing about the transfer depends on either device's operating system: both browsers just have to open this page and be able to see the same network. The one thing that varies is the convenience of getting the page in front of the second screen — iPhones can open it from a shared link, Android can scan the QR code, and either can type the six-character code in. What you get on the far side is the original file, byte for byte, with no AirDrop, no Google Play services and no vendor's app in the way.
Can I move photos from a phone to a laptop without a cable?
That is the usual reason to be here. Open this page on the phone and on the laptop, scan the code on the laptop with the phone, and the files land in the laptop's downloads — no cable, no driver, no sync client, and no copy of your pictures parked on a company's server. Keep both screens awake and on the same Wi-Fi and a batch of a few hundred photos takes about as long as the download button would take. After the transfer the two devices share nothing further; closing the tab ends the session.
Does it work if the phone is on mobile data and the computer is on Wi-Fi?
Sometimes — but treat it as best-effort. On the same Wi-Fi network the connection is always reliable. Across networks, the two devices must first punch a direct link through both routers, and whether that succeeds depends on how strict each network is: many home broadband lines and most corporate networks make it fail. When a direct link and the encrypted relay both fail, the transfer stops with a clear message rather than hanging.
Is the transfer quality-lossless?
Yes — the files arrive byte for byte identical to the originals. Nothing is re-encoded, resized or recompressed. If you want a smaller version first, compress the photo on this site before sending it.
Does anything stay on the page after I close it?
No. The pairing code, the messages and the files exist only inside the browser tab while it is open. Refresh or close the tab and everything is gone — there is no history and no account.