Windows App

Microsoft Corporation

About this app

Windows App securely connects you to all remote Windows experiences, including Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, Microsoft Dev Box, Remote Desktop Services, and remote PCs.
You can use Windows App on all supported Android devices running Android 11 and above: including tablets, smartphones, VR headsets and Chromebooks that support apps from the Play Store. Learn more about features and upcoming releases at aka.ms/WindowsApp

Ratings and reviews

Such a bland name! Try Googling Windows App and see how many irrelevant results you get. Thankfully, the massive thumbnails for each PC can now be reduced (although the app forgets this option if you back out of the app to exit). I can't see how to scan my network to retrieve computer names which you need to set up a connection. Luckily, I still have the old RD app so had to use that to grab names.

While on Dex on a Samsug phone with a bluetuth keyboard, pressing Esc on the keyboard takes you out of the app. Moving the mouse to the top of the screen shows a bar that covers the whole top, making it difficult to click on the remote terminal. It is very hard to work with the remote terminal this way.

I just wish it was more intuitive. I spend longer than a week trying to set this app up to connect to my desktop only to constantly run into error 0x3000005b and error 0x204 no matter what I did, and yes, I'm aware of the IPv4/name:port. I'd just rather use Google's Remote Desktop at this point.