Continue working on phone-sourced web URLs in Edge on Windows.Thereafter, you share to this app from the standard Share sheet 'Continue on PC' is in the iOS App Store and needs to be sought and installed. 'Your Phone Companion - Link to Windows' is in the Play Store and needs to be sought and installed Instant access to your most recent photosĪndroid 7 or above on any other Android phone.Read and reply to your text messages from your PC and use your keyboard.Receive and manage your phone’s notifications.(essentially anything decent released by Samsung in the last 3 years) Recently, Microsoft has also started testing a new Recent Apps feature which lets users of Samsung devices see and launch the three most recently used apps on their Android phone on their PC.As a reminder, although it was first mooted by Microsoft in 2018, we covered the launch of Your Phone to the mainstream at the Samsung Note 10 event in August 2019, highlighting the work done in Samsung's Android flagship to work with Windows, with an accompanying review of progress so far (calls, contacts, messages, photos, notifications) and separate announcement of Android app integration, with availability a month later, in September 2020.Įssentially, 'Your Phone' is Windows software ( in the Store, as I say, but pushed heavily as part of Windows setup) that talks to counterpart software in your phone to deliver (depending on phone): Phone/OS For now, Phone Link still provides a more integrated experience on Surface Duo and select Samsung Galaxy devices. “The journey doesn’t stop here, we’ll continue to bring more cross-device experiences to Windows through Phone Link,” Microsoft said today. New market: Microsoft is making its Phone Link app available on Honor Magic V, Magic 4 series, and Magic 3 series devices in China. Setup improvements: The next Windows 11 update will let users configure Phone Link with a QR code during the out-of-box experience. New app design: The app now follows the Windows 11 design language with rounded corners and updated iconography. Tabbed interface: The app now features phone notifications on the left, and the new tab navigation provides quick access to messages, photos, apps, and phone calls.
Here are the main changes to observe in the new Phone Link app: And to further celebrate this connection between your two devices, we have also renamed the mobile companion app from Your Phone Companion to Link to Windows for all Android users,” the company explained today. “We see this experience as more than just bringing your phone into your PC but as a bridge between the two devices, so we are renaming the app to Phone Link. In addition to the new name, Microsoft also gave the app a fresh coat of paint and a new tabbed interface. Microsoft’s Your Phone app, which lets Windows users access some features of their Android phone on the desktop is being rebranded as Phone Link.
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