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Windows and Android are very pop, so naturally, there are a lot of people who utilize both. Microsoft's "Phone Link" app integrates your Android phone with your PC, giving you access to your phone'due south notifications, text messages, photos, and more than—correct on your PC.

Tip: Microsoft'due south Phone Link app is included with Windows 11, likewise. You tin also link Windows 11 PCs with an Android phone.

We'll start with the Android app. Download the "Link to Windows" app from the Google Play Store on your Android phone or tablet. Select Samsung Galaxy devices already have this app installed.

"Link to Windows" app.

Open up the app and tap "Link Your Telephone and PC" to begin.

Tap "Link your phone and PC."

Adjacent, open the Phone Link app on your Windows 10 PC and click "Go Started."

On the adjacent screen, select "I take the Link to Windows app already" and click "Pair With QR Lawmaking."

Back on your Android device, tap "Continue" on the "Is the QR code on your PC ready?" screen and bespeak the photographic camera at the QR code on your PC.

Tap "Continue" to scan QR code.

Later it connects, yous'll need to grant the Android app some permissions. Tap "Continue" to go on.

continue with permissions

You lot'll need to grant the app permission to admission your contacts, make and manage phone calls, access media, and send and receive text messages. Tap "Allow" to proceed with all of them.

Tap "Allow" for permissions.

With permissions out of the fashion, you may be asked to let the app run in the background to stay connected to your PC. Tap "Proceed" to keep.

continue to stay connected

A pop-upward will ask if you want to let the app to always run in the background. Select "Allow."

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That's all there is to do on the Android side for at present. Back on your Windows 10 PC, the Phone Link app will have a "Continue" button to click.

The Phone Link app will at present guide yous through setting upwards some of the features. We'll evidence you how, too. First, tap "Encounter My Notifications."

tap see my notifications

In order for this feature to piece of work, we must give the Link to Windows app permission to see Android notifications. Click "Open Settings on Telephone" to go started.

On your Android device, a notification will appear prompting y'all to open up the notification settings. Tap "Open" to go at that place.

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Notification on your Android device

The "Device & App Notifications" settings will open. Detect "Link to Windows" from the listing and make certain that "Allow Notification Admission" is enabled.

Give the app notification access.

That's it! You'll now see your notifications appear in the "Notifications" sidebar on the Windows app. When a notification appears, you tin remove it from your Android device past clicking the "10" icon.

Notifications in Phone Link.

The "Messages" tab will automatically evidence your text messages from your telephone, no setup is required. Only type in the text box to answer to a bulletin, or tap "New Message."

Phone Link messages tab.

The "Photos" tab also doesn't crave any setup. It will show recent photos from your device.

Photos tab.

In the sidebar, you lot can see the battery level of your connected device, adjust some device settings, and control the media that'south playing.

Device information.

You've now got the basics up and running. Phone Link is an extremely handy app, especially if you spend a lot of time on a Windows 10 PC all solar day. You now won't demand to pick up your phone then many times.

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