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

Drag and drop feature doesn't work at all. When browsing my photo gallery, all of my photo albums are all meshed into one and I have to shuffle through 1000 photos and sometimes still can't find the one in looking for. It makes all of my photo organization worthless. Its faster and easier to save to a USB drive or SD card. Live screen window did not rotate with the phone making landscape images difficult or unpleasant to view.

Delay in typing on the computer and appearance on the laptop monitor. It is not as smooth as it should be. Asks for permission too much. They should allow a secure place or device so permissions won't be asked all the time. There should be more control from the computer on the cell phone display. e.g. if I am typing now and the phone screen is on and consuming battery. I have to have the option to turn the phone screen off without losing the mirror screen on the app

UPDATE 10/29/2023: I reinstalled it. Everything says linked. I can see how there's a phone "desktop" on my computer that I can use to answer calls with but I never used that feature. I can use it to transfer files but I don't see any advantage to that over using Bluetooth to transfer files. In fact, I think it's better because I don't want all of my files and folders all syncing up, next thing you know you have three copies of everything and run out of storage. I suspect that it also uses up RAM