Link to Windows

Microsoft Corporation

About this app

You love your phone. So does your PC. Get instant access to everything you love on your phone, right from your PC. To get started, install the Link to Windows app on your Android phone and connect it with the Phone Link on your Windows PC.

Link your Android phone and PC to view and reply to text messages, make and receive calls*, view your notifications and more.

Make emailing yourself photos a thing of the past as you share your favourite images between your phone and PC. Copy, edit, and even drag and drop photos without ever touching your phone.

Phone Link features:
• Make and receive calls from your PC*
• Manage your Android phone's notifications on your PC
• Access your favourite mobile apps** on your PC
• Read and reply to text messages from your PC
• Drag files between your PC and phone**
• Copy and paste content between your PC and phone**
• Instantly access the photos on your phone from your PC
• Use your PC's bigger screen, keyboard, mouse and touch screen to interact with your phone from your PC.

Integrated with select** Microsoft Duo, Samsung and HONOR phones for an even better experience:
The Link to Windows app comes integrated so no additional apps need to be downloaded from the Play Store.
Link to Windows is easy to find in the Quick Access tray (swipe down from the top of your screen to access it).
Exclusive features like cross-device copy and paste, Phone screen, file drag-and-drop and Apps.

Let us know what features you'd like to see next by selecting “Send feedback” in the Phone Link settings.

*Calls requires a Windows 10 PC with Bluetooth capability.

**Drag and drop, Phone screen and Apps all require a compatible Microsoft Duo, Samsung or HONOR device (full list and breakdown of capabilities: aka.ms/phonelinkdevices). The multiple apps experience requires a Windows 10 PC running the May 2020 Update or later and has at least 8GB of RAM, and your Android device must be running Android 11.0.

The Link to Windows accessibility service is for those using a screen reading tool on the PC. When the service is enabled, it lets you control all your phone’s apps from your PC using Android keyboard navigation while receiving spoken feedback from your PC speakers. No personal or sensitive data is collected via Accessibility Service.

By installing this app, you agree to the Microsoft Terms of Use https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=246338 and Privacy Statement https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=248686.

Ratings and reviews

It works fine for checking notifications and sending texts. However, the advertised feature of accessing apps from my PC does not work even though I gave it the appropriate permissions. Edit: They need to be clear about what devices are compatible with this feature and allow more lower-end device users to be able to have this useful feature.

Useful for transferring files to and from the phone without a cable, incredibly frustrating when you are not using the app and turn your computer on only for your phone to notify you 100 times in a row that "Link to Windows is turned off, turn it on in the settings to get started!" I turned the app off because I'm not using it, shut up! I have to put my phone on silent when my pc is on because of the constant notifications, which by the way are locked 'On' and can't be disabled.

This app acts like a virus. It won't let you turn it off, it won't let you disable it. It alerts on my phone repeatedly twice every 30 seconds even after I try to turn it off. It then just alerts to reconnect. There is no uninstall option, so my only choice was to unlink my device just so I can get some peace while I work. I had it so I would get SOME notifications between my PC and phone. Not a constant barrage of notifications that set my anxiety on edge.