How to Link Android Phone to Windows 10 PC


Linking your iPhone or Android phone to your PC lets you switch seamlessly between your phone and PC. Start a task on one of your devices and continue it on another.

You can text and see recent photos from your phone, right on your PC. Or if you're on your phone, send webpages straight to your PC.

The Your Phone experience starts on your PC with Windows 10 and the Your Phone app. From your PC you can connect to select Android and Samsung devices with these two apps:

• Your Phone Companion (YPC) app for most Android phones
• Link to Windows (LTW) app preinstalled on selected Samsung phones

You’ll see these names combined as “Your Phone Companion – Link to Windows” in the Google Play Store and in the Galaxy Store. In the Microsoft Store, you’ll see “Your Phone.” This link between your device and PC gives you instant access to everything you love. Read and reply to text messages with ease, view recent photos from your phone, use your favorite mobile apps, make and receive calls, and manage your phone’s notifications right on your PC.

You can get more apps on your phone to make it work even better with your PC.

See also:

• Your Phone app requirements and set up | Microsoft Support
• Connect on a new level with Link to Windows | Microsoft Support
• Troubleshooting for Link to Windows | Microsoft Support
• Troubleshooting the Your Phone app | Microsoft Support
• Your Phone app help (including Link to Windows) | Microsoft Support
• Supported devices for Your Phone experiences | Microsoft Support

This tutorial will show you how to link your Android 7.0 (Nougat) or later phone to your Windows 10 PC with your Microsoft account.

The Your Phone app currently does not support organizational (work) accounts.

EXAMPLE: System requirements and set up for the Your Phone app



Setting up and using Link to Windows on supported Samsung phones





Here's How:

1 On your Android phone, install the Your Phone Companion app from the Google Play Store, and open it when finished installing. (see screenshots below)

For select Samsung devices, you'll be prompted to open Link to Windows instead.

For select Samsung devices, the Link to Windows companion app is already installed and will open from the link, or you can access it by going to Settings > Advanced features > Link to Windows.

2 On your Android phone, click/tap on Sign in with Microsoft. (see screenshot below)

3 On your Android phone, sign in to the Your Phone Companion app with the same Microsoft account you sign in to your Windows 10 PC. (see screenshots below)

4 If you turned on two-step verification for your Microsoft account, select how (ex: text) you want to get a verification code, enter the required information, and click/tap on Send code. (see screenshots below)

A) Enter the code sent from Microsoft, and click/tap on Verify. (see screenshot below)

5 On your Android phone, click/tap on Continue. (see screenshot below)

6 On your Android phone, click/tap on Allow for all 4 permissions. (see screenshots below)

7 On your Android phone, click/tap on Continue. (see screenshot below)

8 On your Android phone, click/tap on Allow. (see screenshot below)

9 On your Android phone, click/tap on Show me. (see screenshot below)

10 Swipe left on your Android phone screen to review what you need to do on your Windows 10 PC, and click/tap on Continue when ready to start. (see screenshots below)

11 You Android phone will now be waiting at Check your PC. (see screenshot below)

12 Sign in to your Windows 10 PC with the same Microsoft account your signed in to the Your Phone Companion app on your Android Phone, open Settings, and click/tap on the Phone icon.

13 On your Windows 10 PC, click/tap on the Add a phone button. (see screenshot below)

14 On your Windows 10 PC, select Android, and click/tap on Get started. (see screenshot below)

15 On your Windows 10 PC, click/tap on Continue. (see screenshot below)

16 You Windows 10 PC will now be waiting at Check your Phone. (see screenshot below)

17 On your Android phone, click/tap on Allow from the notification sent by the Your Phone app on your Windows 10 PC. (see screenshot below)

18 On your Android phone, click/tap on Done. (see screenshot below)

19 Your Android phone is now linked to your Windows 10 PC. (see screenshots below)

That's it,
Shawn

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