Your phone as a keyboard, mouse and control pad

Short, practical guides for using an Android phone as a Bluetooth keyboard, mouse, presenter remote and macro pad for a Windows PC, with nothing to install on the PC. Every step and screen comes from the Never Away app.

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How-to guide

How to use your Android phone as a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse for a Windows PC

Turn your phone into a real Bluetooth keyboard and mouse for a Windows PC, with no software, driver or cable on the computer.

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How-to guide

How to keep a Windows PC awake while you work away from the keyboard

Four ways to stop Windows locking while you work away from the keyboard, and when each one fits.

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Privacy and safety

Is a phone Bluetooth keyboard app safe for my PC? What it can and cannot do

What a keyboard connection can and cannot do, and the precautions that make it safe to use.

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Troubleshooting

Phone will not connect to Windows as a Bluetooth keyboard or mouse: fixes

A checklist for when the phone and the PC will not connect as a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

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How-to guide

How to use your phone as a PowerPoint presenter remote with nothing to install

Start, advance and annotate slides from your phone over Bluetooth, with nothing to install on the presenting PC.

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How-to guide

Keyboard or mouse stopped working? Use your phone as a backup

When the keyboard or mouse fails mid-job, your phone can take over over Bluetooth, with nothing to install on the PC.

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How-to guide

How to control a PC connected to your TV from the sofa with your phone

A phone as trackpad, keyboard and volume dial for a PC plugged into a TV, from across the room.

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How-to guide

How to use your phone as a PC volume knob and media remote

A volume dial, mute and playback buttons on your phone for the PC, from across the room.

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How-to guide

How to record a macro that opens all your work apps and sites with one tap

Turn a daily routine of clicks into one tap, with a macro or shortcut buttons on your phone.

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How-to guide

How to use your phone as a macro pad for Excel, AutoCAD and Word

Put your daily commands on your phone as one-tap buttons, dials and a trackball, beside your keyboard.

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Reference

Windows keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet for Windows 10 and 11

The Windows shortcuts worth learning, grouped by what you are doing, with a way to put them on one-tap buttons.

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How-to guide

How to send text from your phone to your PC without a cloud app

Copy on the phone, send to the PC over Bluetooth, with no cloud service and nothing installed on the computer.

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How-to guide

What is a .mti file? Share macros and shortcut layouts between phones

Export, import and share macros and shortcut layouts as one file, or design a layout in the browser.

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App guide

A three minute tour of Never Away

Every tab and feature in order, from pairing to macros, shortcuts, slides and the game pad.

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About

About Never Away: a free phone keyboard, mouse and macro pad for Windows

What the app is, who built it, what is inside, how it stays free and where it stops.