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

It's fast, simple, and most importantly a secure way to share and sync your data across multiple platforms. It's spot on another amazing, safe, and reliable Microsoft app. That's what 40 years of experience in technology will get you. Thanks MS for producing an app that everyone needs no matter what type/brand of phone or computer you use.

When I sit at my desk, I place my phone on the vertical wireless magnetic charger stand, and open my laptop. From there, because of this app, I don't need to touch my phone again until I leave my desk. The process is smooth. The functionality is phenomenal (at least with the Windows OS on my laptop), and it's cool to type text messages using a full keyboard. And now that I have a new office/space, it's super convenient to be able to make/take calls through my PC!

It's taken like 5 years for this app to be usable. But finally it works. Let's you control calls and messages via PC, share your phone screen to PC, even run an app on your PC while doing other things on your phone. However it does seem to get weird sometimes if one device is on 5ghz and the other is on 2.4ghz. could use a fix there. It's come a long way.