There doesn’t seem to be any harm in connecting your phone to your computer. And when we talk about the advantages, there are many. Apart from sharing web pages, you can also receive notifications from Android apps in your Windows 10 Action Center.
How can the answer be improved? Nov 7, 2018 - Linking your iPhone or Android phone to your PC lets you switch seamlessly between your phone and PC. The following are answers to common questions about linking your phone and PC. I signed in with my Microsoft account, but an app's cross-device experience still doesn't work. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update gives Cortana some fancy new abilities. Among them is the option to send and receive SMS text messages from an Android or Windows phone.
There is one feature like a lot. You can reply to SMS texts directly from your Windows 10 PC. Although, I don’t think there are many people who would find it much useful. However, users can delight themselves by knowing that the reply option also works for WhatsApp and possibly other messaging apps. Also Read: Connect Android or iOS Phone to Windows 10 You should have a working phone number if you want to link your phone to your Windows 10 PC.
In this post, I have used an Android device, but the steps for iOS are similar if you want to link iPhone to Windows 10. Follow the steps written below: • On your Windows 10 PC, open Settings app. • Click on the Phone option. • Now, to connect your Android or iOS device to Windows 10, you can start by clicking Add a phone. Make sure both your PC and phone have an active internet connection. • On the new window that appears, choose your country code and fill in your mobile number.
Click Send to receive the text message on your phone. • Download the Android app called Microsoft Apps using the link in the SMS. It’s required when you want to link Android phone to Windows 10 and use the Continue on PC feature. You don’t need that app to link iPhone to Windows 10. Update: Now, the SMS contains a link to install the Microsoft Launcher app.