![]() Learn more about privacy under Microsoft Privacy Statement. If you allow syncing contacts from your phone with your Microsoft account, you can enjoy seamless access to your phone-synced contact data on other Microsoft apps and services. After approving permissions to allow access to your phone, you can use your favorite apps, respond to texts, make calls, view photos, and more on your Windows PC. Use your favorite apps, respond to texts, make calls, view photos, and more in the Phone Link app. Your Microsoft account credentials will be transferred to your phone for seamless access to your contents when you give permission to link your phone to your PC. The Microsoft account you used while setting up your PC will be transferred to your linked phone during the pairing process. When you complete the pairing of your phone to your Microsoft account, you will be able to access your phone when you are using Microsoft products and services. When linking your phone during PC setup, the Microsoft account you used while setting up your PC will be used for signing into your linked phone during the pairing process. If you encounter issues installing the app, troubleshoot them here. These permissions allow you to access content from your phone on your PC. On your Android device, use the in-app camera to scan the QR code displayed on your PC.Īfter scanning the QR code, you may be asked for several permissions. To get to that QR code, open a browser on your PC and visit You'll be asked to scan a QR code that's displayed on your PC. If necessary, open the Google Play Store, search for Link to Windows, and then download the app. ![]() Then return to your PC to explore the Phone Link app. These permissions allow you to access content from your phone on your PC.įollow the prompts on your Android device and then select Done. Use this camera to scan the QR code displayed on your PC.Īfter scanning the QR code, you may be asked for additional Android permissions. After accepting, an in-app camera will open. You'll be asked permission for the app to access your camera. When asked Is the QR code on your PC ready? select Continue. In the mobile app on your Android device, select Link your phone and PC. You'll be prompted to enter a code on your Android device.Ī popup window with a QR code will appear on your PC screen. Note: If you'd like to pair your device without using a QR code, select Pair manually on your PC instead. We recommend always having the latest version of Windows installed to make sure you get the best experience with the Phone Link app. Your phone and your PC both need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. ![]() The Phone Link app requires the following to work:Ī PC running Windows 10 (with the May 2019 Update or later) or Windows 11.Īn Android device runningAndroid 7.0 (Nougat) or later. Read and reply to text messages with ease, view recent photos from your Android device, use your favorite mobile apps, make and receive calls, and manage your Android device’s notifications right on your PC. This link between your Android device and PC gives you instant access to everything you love. From your PC, you can connect to select Android, Samsung, and select HONOR devices with the Link to Windows app that's either preinstalled on your device or that you can download from the Google Play or Samsung Galaxy Store. The Phone Link experience starts on your Windows PC and the Phone Link app. For more information, see Introducing Microsoft Phone Link and Link to Windows. In addition, the Your Phone Companion app for Android is now called Link to Windows. A few weeks back, I highlighted one such app, Screen Capture v3, in my article, Windows Phone 7.5: How to Take Screenshots.Note: We’ve changed the name of the Your Phone app to Microsoft Phone Link. However, if you developer unlock your phone, using ChevronWP7 Labs or via Microsoft's expensive developer program, you can also run homebrew apps that were made by others. With a normal, retail Windows Phone handset, you can only run apps that Microsoft provides through the Windows Phone Marketplace. And if you decide to "go pro" later, you can do so after having had fully-developed your app, not before. So this is a very inexpensive way to run homebrew, self-made apps on physical devices. (Enthusiast developers can run self-made apps for free in an emulator.) But ChevronWP7 Labs provides the same developer unlock capability for just $9. Normally, budding developers would need to pay for Microsoft's expensive ($99 per year) developer program, App Hub for Windows Phone 7, to run self-made apps on a physical device. Inexpensively run self-created apps on a physical device. This tool provides users with a way to inexpensively "developer unlock" their device, providing them with two key capabilities. The enthusiast developers at ChevronWP7 have released their inexpensive Windows Phone unlocking tool, ChevronWP7 Labs.
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