Microsoft’s Phone Link Allows Users to Connect Their Phone to PC for Reading Messages and Taking Calls
Microsoft created the Phone Link app that allows you to connect an Android smartphone or iPhone to a Windows PC. This might sound simple, but the app isn’t perfect, so you’ll need a little patience to set it up.
Phone Link is Microsoft’s attempt to keep you in front of your Windows PC even when you’re using an Android device. The app connects your Android smartphone to your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC, allowing you to see notifications, calls and texts on your desktop.
What can phone link do?
Phone Link connects your Android device to a Windows computer via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. This allows the feature to mirror a significant portion of your phone’s functionality to your computer. See what Phone Link has to offer:
– Send and receive text messages.
– Make and receive calls.
– Mirror your phone’s notifications.
– View the latest photos from your Android device.
– Controls media playback.
– Application mirroring.
– Instant Hotspot.
– Copy and paste to different devices.
– Wireless file sharing.
How to Connect Android Phone to Windows PC via Phone Link
The Phone Link app is easy to install and use. It requires you to use the Phone Link app on your Windows PC and the Link to Windows app on your Android phone.
The Phone Link app comes pre-installed on both Windows 10 and Windows 11, so you just need to make sure it’s running the latest version. You first need to download the Link to Windows app on your Android phone, which you can do by clicking the link here.
Once installed, you can use these apps to connect Android phone to Windows PC:
– Turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on your phone and computer. (Make sure both devices are connected to the same Wi-Fi network).
– Launch the Phone Link app on your Windows computer and sign in with your Microsoft account if you haven’t already done so.
– Select Android from the home screen.
– To speed up pairing, select the “I have a link to Windows app ready” checkbox and select “Pair with QR code”.
– To grant the app access to your camera, open the Link to Windows app on your Android phone and select Connect phone and computer before clicking Continue.
– Point the device to the QR code displayed on the computer screen.
– Go back to your phone and when the app asks for permissions, tap ‘Continue’, grant the app the permissions it asks for and tap ‘Done’.
– In the Phone Link app, tap “Continue” and then click “Start”.
Once connected, the linked Android should appear in the top left corner of the Phone Link app and be ready to use.
