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 app 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 app 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.

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

Works great for what is advertised. I was hoping for a way to remotely control my phone, but that's not what this app is for. Also, while making a call, I couldn't hear anything through my PC's speakers, and I couldn't figure out how to change the audio settings to make it work. But since I'm mainly using it to see text messages and notifications on my PC, I'm giving it 5 stars.

I love being able to access my photos from my computer and link to windows makes it super easy. That was why I set it up originally but now I found you can use your apps, make phone calls and get notifications. The only thing it feels like it is missing is better access to the file system as you can open whatever file explorer app you use but it's not as easy to navigate as you can through a USB connection.

Clunky App. Syncing on the go is very unreliable and difficult to troubleshoot. Refuses to work on more than one computer. Does work well on one computer, but useless when traveling. Thanks for the reply. What you say didn't work. Pointing to a bad help page, but not actually helping, doesn't help with the problem. Just adds to frustration.