Pushbullet, the ever-useful notification mirroring service, has evolved into Google's new Material Design language, and it looks as gorgeous as you would expect.
Aside from the generally clean and elegant look, you'll notice the Material Design elements of the card view, the transparent status bar, the toggle for Android/PC notifications, and the floating hamburger icon that we're beginning to see on more apps.
For those of you who are in the Android ecosystem but aren't familiar with Pushbullet, I almost wish I was you so that I could have the pleasure of discovering this app all over again. It's possibly the most useful third-party notification mirroring service around, making it incredibly easy to push notifications, links, and content between your various devices. To top it off, the developers are some of the most diligent and prolific in the Android world, constantly innovating upon Pushbullet and pushing frequent updates to users.
For my uses, Pushbullet's best feature is that it eliminates the need to check a specific device to find out what notifications you've missed. Instead, those notifications are sent directly to the device you want them on: the one you're currently using. Say you're working at your desk, and you feel your phone vibrate in your pocket. Pushbullet will pop up as a Chrome notification, alerting you of exactly what happened on your phone, whether it's a Facebook wall post or a new Snap. In the case of text messages, you can even reply to the text straight from you desktop.
Here's another use: Let's say you come across an interesting article while browsing on your phone. But look: it's seven pages long, and the site is poorly designed for mobile reading. No problem, you can push the article directly to your computer or tablet, and it will be there waiting for you when you reach that device.
In short, Pushbullet will have you wondering how you ever navigated the internet-enabled world without it.
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