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Windows and Android are very popular, then naturally, there are a lot of people who employ both. Microsoft's "Telephone Link" app integrates your Android phone with your PC, giving you admission to your phone'due south notifications, text messages, photos, and more—right on your PC.

Tip: Microsoft's Phone Link app is included with Windows 11, too. You can besides link Windows xi PCs with an Android phone.

Nosotros'll start with the Android app. Download the "Link to Windows" app from the Google Play Shop on your Android telephone or tablet. Select Samsung Milky way devices already have this app installed.

"Link to Windows" app.

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

Tap "Link your phone and PC."

Next, open the Telephone Link app on your Windows x PC and click "Get Started."

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

Back on your Android device, tap "Proceed" on the "Is the QR code on your PC ready?" screen and point the camera at the QR lawmaking on your PC.

Tap "Continue" to scan QR code.

Afterward it connects, you'll need to grant the Android app some permissions. Tap "Go on" to proceed.

continue with permissions

You'll demand to grant the app permission to access your contacts, brand and manage phone calls, access media, and send and receive text letters. Tap "Allow" to go on with all of them.

Tap "Allow" for permissions.

With permissions out of the way, you may be asked to allow the app run in the groundwork to stay connected to your PC. Tap "Continue" to go on.

continue to stay connected

A popular-upwardly will ask if you want to allow the app to always run in the background. Select "Permit."

allow Your Phone to run in the backgroud

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

The Phone Link app volition now guide y'all through setting up some of the features. Nosotros'll testify you lot how, too. First, tap "See My Notifications."

tap see my notifications

In order for this feature to work, we must give the Link to Windows app permission to meet Android notifications. Click "Open Settings on Phone" to get started.

On your Android device, a notification volition announced prompting you to open the notification settings. Tap "Open" to become there.

tap open from notifications
Notification on your Android device

The "Device & App Notifications" settings will open. Detect "Link to Windows" from the list and brand sure that "Let Notification Admission" is enabled.

Give the app notification access.

That's it! You'll now see your notifications announced in the "Notifications" sidebar on the Windows app. When a notification appears, you can remove information technology from your Android device by clicking the "X" icon.

Notifications in Phone Link.

The "Messages" tab will automatically show your text messages from your phone, no setup is required. Merely type in the text box to reply to a message, or tap "New Message."

Phone Link messages tab.

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

Photos tab.

In the sidebar, you tin see the bombardment level of your connected device, arrange some device settings, and control the media that'due south playing.

Device information.

You lot've now got the basics up and running. Phone Link is an extremely handy app, particularly if y'all spend a lot of time on a Windows x PC all day. You now won't need to pick up your phone so many times.

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