Type on your phone. It lands on your computer.
TapToType turns your phone into a Bluetooth keyboard. Pair it once from the app — tap “Add a device” and it finds your computer — with nothing to install on the computer. Then type on your phone and the text appears on the computer, in any app, anywhere a keyboard works.
The short spec
- What it is
- Your phone, acting as a Bluetooth keyboard
- Connects as
- A standard Bluetooth keyboard (HID)
- On the computer
- Nothing to install — pairing runs from the app
- Works with
- Windows, Mac, Linux, mini-PCs, TV boxes
- Get it
- Android, on Google Play · iPhone in development
Press the keys. This demo simulates the app's flow in your browser — pair, then type, one key at a time into the document. Backspace and the orange Enter work too. Your real phone pairs over Bluetooth; no keystrokes here leave the page.
The app, as it ships
No renders, no mockups — these are the actual screens of the current Android app.
Real screenshots from the current TapToType Android build, captured November 5, 2026 for this page.
Pairing takes three steps
The same three steps the app itself shows on its home screen: Pair · Connect · Type.
Pair
Open TapToType, tap “Add a device”, and pair with your computer over Bluetooth. Make sure the computer is nearby and discoverable — the app scans for it.
Connect
Choose the computer from your devices on the home screen. It stays in your list, so reconnecting next time is one tap — no re-pairing, no setup wizard.
Type
Your phone is the keyboard. Type on the phone and the text lands on the computer — in a document, a browser, a chat window, a TV search box.
Specifications
The product, stated plainly. If a hardware keyboard works there, TapToType works there.
- Connection
- Bluetooth — the phone pairs as a standard HID keyboard, the same profile as a hardware Bluetooth keyboard.
- Computer software
- None. No app, no driver, no account on the computer. Pairing is driven from the app on your phone — the computer only needs Bluetooth on and discoverable.
- Works with
- Windows, Mac and Linux computers, mini-PCs and Android TV boxes — anything that accepts a Bluetooth keyboard.
- Types into
- Documents, browsers, chat, code editors, login screens, TV search boxes — anywhere a keyboard can type.
- Network
- Not used. Keystrokes travel over Bluetooth only — nothing is routed through a server, and it works offline.
- Devices
- Keep every computer you use in one list and connect from the home screen.
- Platform
- Android — available now on Google Play. An iPhone version is in development.
When you'd reach for it
The moments a second keyboard is the thing you need — and the one in your pocket is already paired.
Typing on a TV box or media PC
Searching a TV app with a remote means hunting letter by letter with arrow keys. Pair your phone once and type the title like a person — then press Enter from the couch.
A keyboard that just died
Spilled coffee, dead batteries, a laptop keyboard that quit. Your phone covers the gap in under a minute — pair it and keep typing until the replacement arrives.
The mini-PC by the TV
A small PC hooked to a big screen still needs a keyboard for every login prompt and search box. The phone in your hand is closer than any wireless keyboard you'd have to keep charged.
Presenting without the desk
Standing at the screen while the computer sits across the room: type the note, answer the chat question, fill the form — from where you're standing, not from behind the desk.
Questions, answered straight
The things people ask before they pair a phone as a keyboard.
Your next keyboard is already in your pocket.
Download TapToType, pair it with your computer in three steps, and type. The phone is the keyboard — everything else on this page was just showing you.