Scroll down to “Your Phone Companion” and toggle it on. Your phone should automatically open your notifications settings. Click “Get Started” and then click “Open Settings for Me” to continue. It will prompt you to enable notification access for the Your Phone Companion app on your Android phone. If you’re using an Insider build of Windows 10, you can select “Notifications (in preview)” and go through the wizard to give the app access to your notifications. Not every Bluetooth 4.1 device supports low energy peripheral capability, and you’ll find this specific variant of Bluetooth on very few PCs. In fact, only one device in the Surface Lineup meets that qualification: the Surface Go. Not only will you need a specific phone ( a handful of Samsung and OnePlus devices), but you’ll also need a rare Bluetooth specification on your PC- at least Bluetooth 4.1 and specifically with low energy peripheral capability. But right now the requirements are incredibly strict. Microsoft is bringing screen mirroring for Android to your PC. The most exciting feature is one most people can’t use-yet. How to Mirror Your Phone’s Screen to Your PC Microsoft Microsoft says soon you’ll be able to reply from the Windows notification that appears when you receive a text, but we weren’t able to test this. In updated Insider builds, contact pictures you set on your Android phone will sync to the Your Phone PC app, as seen in the above image. You can also scroll through your text message history if you want to refer back to an older message. If you don’t, try clicking on “Refresh.” Click on the message thread you want to respond to (like you would the subject of an email), and type into “Enter a message” box to respond. Click on “Messages” in the left sidebar, and you should see all your current text messages.
Texting from the Your Phone app is straight forward, and the general layout may remind you of email. Your conversations update to match your phone, so if you delete a thread from your phone, it will disappear from the PC as well. Microsoft tried to accomplish this with Cortana, but it lacked a unifying interface and convenience, and eventually, the feature was shut down in favor of Your Phone. You can send responses and see incoming text messages all in one place, similar to MightyText or Pushbullet. The Your Phone app displays all your text message conversations from your phone. How to Text From Your Windows 10 PC With an Android Phone If you need to transfer an older image, you’ll have to connect your phone to your PC via a cable, transfer them with a cloud service like OneDrive, or send them via email.
Every mobile screenshot in this article went through this photo transfer process to get from phone to PC for editing. It sounds minor, but avoiding the hassle of connecting your phone to your PC or jumping through hoops with Google Photos or OneDrive is a feature that can save a lot of time. Additionally, you can select “Share” to send the photo via text or email. The last 25 photos or screenshots you’ve taken will show up when you click on the “Photos” in the right sidebar.įrom there, you can either drag photos to a folder in File Explorer or right-click and choose “Copy” or “Save as” to move them to your PC. Windows 10’s Your Phone app shows recent photos and screenshots you’ve taken on your Android phone. How To Transfer Photos to Your PC Using Your Phone The text messages and photos from your phone will start showing up in the Your Phone app. On the final screen, tap “Allow” to link your PC to your phone. Launch the Your Phone Companion app on your Android phone and sign in with the same Microsoft account you use on your PC.
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