Copy and paste from a phone to a tablet — even across brands
Same brand or not, a quick room beats hunting through cloud apps. Open one in the browser on both, type the pairing code, and copy on the phone to paste on the tablet.
If your phone and tablet are the same brand and signed into the same account, the built-in tools often handle this — Apple's Universal Clipboard between an iPhone and iPad, or Samsung/Google sharing within their ecosystems. The friction shows up across brands: an Android phone and an iPad, an iPhone and an Android tablet, or any pair where you're not signed into the same account on both.
pastehere ignores the brand split. Open a room on the phone, type the pairing code into the tablet's browser, and copy on one to paste on the other — a link to read on the bigger screen, a photo to edit, a PDF to annotate. No account, no install, end-to-end encrypted.
How to do it in three steps
- 1
Open a room on your phone
Go to pastehere.app in any browser and create a room. You'll get a pairing code — no sign-up, nothing to install.
- 2
Enter the code on your tablet
Open the same site on your tablet and type the pairing code to join. The two devices agree on a key directly, so the server never sees it.
- 3
Copy on one, paste on the other
Add text, a link, a screenshot or a file on either device and it appears on the other within a second. The room stays open until you destroy it.
Everything is encrypted in your browser with AES-256 before it leaves the device. Devices agree on the room key through a PAKE exchange over the 6-digit code, so the key never reaches the server — it only ever stores ciphertext.
What you can send
Anything that fits in a room moves both ways between your phone and your tablet:
- TextNotes, passwords, addresses, long passages — no length limit.
- LinksOpen a tab on the other device with one tap.
- ImagesScreenshots and photos, kept at full quality.
- FilesPDFs, archives, any file type — up to 15 MB each, 100 MB per room.
When the built-in option already covers you
Within one ecosystem, use what's built in: an iPhone and iPad on the same Apple ID get Universal Clipboard and AirDrop for free, and they're seamless. There's no reason to open a room for that.
The moment the two devices are different brands, or not on the same account, those built-ins stop and pastehere is the simplest bridge. It also carries files and keeps a short history, which clipboard-only hand-offs don't — handy when you're moving several things from the phone to the tablet in one sitting.
Questions
How do I move photos from my phone to a tablet of a different brand?
Open a room on both devices and add the photo on the phone — it appears on the tablet to download at full quality, regardless of brand. Up to 15 MB per image.
Can I share a clipboard between an Android phone and an iPad?
Yes. There's no native path between Android and iPadOS, so open a pastehere room in the browser on both, pair with the pairing code, and copy on one to paste on the other.
Do both devices need the same account?
No. pastehere has no accounts at all — the only thing the two devices share is the pairing code you type in to pair them.