http://wccftech.com/android-8-1-sms-connect-chromebook/

Google recently released Android 8.1 Developer Preview for Pixel and Nexus phones. The release came with a slew of new features and enhancements. Amidst all the new features here and there, “SMS Connect” will make things easier for the Chromebook users. It enables SMS sync on Chromebook.

In the Android 8.1 Developer Preview, there is a new SMSConnectPrebuilt APK without a homescreen icon. Users on the preview version can launch it via activity browser and open the setup screen for “SMS Connect.”