The novelty was born for insiders at the beginning of July. Later, those of Redmond worked on this function and it is a reality. Little by little, the update has reached the common users of Windows 10.

Your Phone is a Windows 10 application created in 2018 by Microsoft. This app allows you to connect applications from android and iOS devices with Windows 10 devices. Originally, among its novelties was the display of photos. Also, sending text messages and making calls through the PC.

The primary novelty of this new update is not only to display the apps. It also allows you to run them. Although the apps run natively from the mobile phone, they are displayed exactly. Despite this, it is not a simple duplication of screens that we see. The app also allows you to manage the applications as well as create shortcuts. Along with the actions it previously allowed.

Your Phone is not available for everyone

This update caused impact, however it is not fully available for all Android users. At the moment, it is limited for some Samsung smartphones, such as Galaxy Note 9, Galaxy S9 and S10, the A series, the Galaxy Fold and Z Flip, among others.

This way, it is intuitive that as the update is developed, the list of supported devices will grow. This growth will probably be as dizzying as the upgrade path through the Insider phases. While we wait, we trust that the new features of this style will continue to arrive for the users of Windows 10. Similarly, we invite you to read our post about How to install Feng Office on a web server.

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Prerequisites

• A computer using Windows 10 with at least the April 2018 update
• A smartphone with Android 7.0 (Nougat) or later.
• Both the computer and the phone must be Bluetooth enabled to handle calls
• Your phone’s companion application. Download it from this link.

Prepare the application in Windows 10.

First of all, you have to configure the Your Phone app. With this intention, press the Win+Q combination and type your phone to launch the application.

It is likely that the application will require an update. If so, click on the Update button. The process will be done automatically.

It is likely that the application will require an update. If so, click on the Update button. The process will be done automatically. Please select the mobile operating system. In this case Android. Please press Continue.

Immediately a window will be displayed where you must enter your phone number. Consequently, you will be sent a link to download the app. If you have already downloaded it, you can skip this step.

Preparing the app your companion on the Android phone.

After downloading the app, please open it and read the following QR code that will be displayed on the computer.

Once the QR code has been read, it is time to grant the appropriate permissions.

Usually, this is a process that requires a lot of care. However, since it is a reliable app, you only have to approve all requests.

Once permissions are granted, it’s time to allow access to the app in the background. This will allow the app to remain active and refresh updates even if the phone is idle.

Authorize the permission on the smartphone.

We’re almost ready. It’s time to grant the last permission to establish communication between the devices.

Finally, on the phone, you’ll see the message that the devices are paired

Back to the computer, there is now access to notifications, messages, and images from the android phone.

Conclusion

Finally, we have seen how to link your smartphone to Windows 10. From this moment you can work simultaneously with your smartphone from Windows 10. Well, that’s all for now. Before saying goodbye I invite you to see our post about the latest news from Bill Gates in Windows 10. Bye!

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Prerequisites

• A PC running Windows Update April 2018 10 or later
• A phone with Android 7.0 (Nougat) or later.

How to configure Your Phone in Windows 10

In the first place, we are going to configure the application in the desktop system. With this in mind type your phone in the search bar.

Then, the application will start with the welcome screen. Please select the operating system of your mobile, in this case, Android.

Once you have chosen the operating system of the mobile phone, please press continue to follow the process.

Now connect your device to the pc by receiving a text message. The next window will be filled automatically the phone number present in the records of Microsoft. However, it is possible to change the telephone number. Verify that it is correct and press Send to send the confirmation message.

Configure Your Phone Companion on the mobile phone.

You will receive a text message with a link to the play store to download the Your Phone Companion-Link to Windows app. If you have problems to receive the text message, here I leave the link for you to download it directly. Once you have downloaded the application, you need to login to your Microsoft account.

Please enter your Microsoft account.

Next, enter the password

Allow permissions

Next, we need to authorize the permissions on the android phone, to allow the proper functioning of the app. The first thing we need to do is to guarantee the app’s access to the mobile phone. Please press Allow to continue.

Next, the wizard will ask you to authorize the necessary permissions. Press Continue to move on.

The first permission concerns access to the photos and files on the device.

You then grant access to send and view text messages.

To be able to manage calls from the pc, please grant access to make and manage phone calls

Finally, to read the phone book allows access to contacts.

Once the permissions are granted, the wizard will ask if we want to allow the update of the app in the background.

To allow the app to update in the background, please ignore the battery optimization.

Everything is ready, and the configurations have been successfully established.

Please note that the application makes use of our usage data to improve.

After all, the phone and the pc are linked successfully.

Using Your Phone in the PC

Once the mobile configuration is finished, open the application on the PC to start using it. Moreover, we will see the name of our mobile device and a menu with photos, messages, and notifications. In this case, we will see the recent photos.

To review and send text messages, please enter messages in the left column.

Now configure the notifications. With this in mind, enter notifications on the left side of the window. The app will then request additional permission to synchronize notifications. To facilitate the process, press open settings for me.

The previous action will send a request for permission to our mobile. Then, press allow to synchronizing the notifications between the pc and the mobile.

After completing the steps, we can see the notifications directly on the PC.

Conclusions

As shown above, we have correctly configured the application Your Phone in Windows 10. In the same way, we learned how to configure the mobile app to link the mobile phone to the PC. This feature allows you to control some phone functions directly from your PC. For example, view images, read and send messages and check notifications. Personally, I miss being able to control the mobile screen directly on the PC. But I think the application has a lot of space for improvement. And it is very likely that many more functions will be added in the future. So that’s it for now, please visit our article on how to activate the remote desktop on windows 10. Also, if you want to know the latest technology, please join our telegram channel

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