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 favorite 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 favorite 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

EDIT* Had a few issues, but now works. You have to allow all notifications [permissions] on your device you are sending files too. I did that and sent the files successfully. My advice would be to allow everything when prompted, after you install the app onto phone or tablet.

Not sure what's going on with Microsoft and their apps but all of sudden they do not work. I have uninstalled, reinstalled and still NOTHING! Can't link to windows, can't check my email because it just goes into constant spinning same as this one. It sends the Notifications but nothing is happening, just as constant spinning or "connecting..." but nothing happens. PLEASE FIX as some of us rely on these apps while on the go.

Good, but it has its issues: 1. Unable to remove a PC completely from within the app. We should be able to control the linked devices through the app. 2. Issues with audio device switching, defaults to sending calls to the PC and I've faced issues trying to switch back to a Bluetooth headset connected to the phone. Have to disable the connection to the PC to switch the audio source to the connected Bluetooth device. 3. Most controls are held within the PC app, the phone app doesn't do much.