Connect your Android phone to Windows 10 using Your Phone App

Windows and Android are very popular, so naturally a lot of people use both. If you are also on this list, don't miss out on Microsoft's 'Your Phone' software, which will integrate Android phone with Windows PC: Grant access to notifications, read and text, access gallery photos and more.

Requirements: To be able to install and use 'Your Phone', you'll need an updated version of Windows from April 2018 or later and an Android device running Android 7.0 or higher. This app doesn't do much with the iPhone because Apple doesn't let Microsoft or other third parties integrate deeply into the iOS operating system on the iPhone.

Android phone must be turned on and connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your computer, there won't be any other complicated connection cables needed.

Step 1: Install Your Phone software from Play Store on Android phone

1. Access the following link here and press the install or Install button to download the application to your Android phone / tablet: Play Store

2. Open the app and sign in with your Microsoft account .

You can see the following article to know how to sign up for a Microsoft Outlook Mail / Hotmail account.

3. Click Continue when you are logged in.

4. Next you'll need to give the app some permissions. Click Continue to continue.

5. The first right will be to access your contacts. The app uses this information to text and make calls from your PC. Click on ' Allow '.

6. The next right is to make and manage phone calls. Select ' Allow '.

7. Next it will need access to the photo storage, media files, and files in the device. Click on ' Allow '.

8. Finally grant permission for the app to send and view SMS messages by clicking ' Allow '.

9. The next screen will tell you how to 'allow apps to run in the background to stay connected to your PC'. Click Continue to continue.

10. A pop-up will ask if you want to allow the app to always run in the background. Select ' Allow '.

That's all you need to do on your Android phone / tablet. You should now find the 'Your Phone' app pre-installed on your Windows 10 PC, find it in the Start menu. But if you don't see it, download the following steps:

Step 2: Download and install Your Phone app on Windows PC

1. Go to the following link and download it in the Microsoft Store by clicking the ' Free Download ' button , then Launch .

2. When you open the app for the first time on your PC, it can scan for Wi-Fi networks and detect we just set up a new device and ask "do you want to set it as default".

If the phone we just set up in step 1 is your primary device, click the Make this my default button to select it as default.

3. The PC app will now guide you to check your Android device for a notification: Ask if you want to allow your device to connect to your PC.

=> Click ' Allow ' to continue.

Step 3: Use the software Your Phone on the PC

1. Back on your PC you should now see a welcome message. You can choose to pin the Your Phone app to the Taskbar then tap 'Get started' to continue.

The Your Phone app will now guide you through setting up a few features. We'll also show you how.

2. Tap ' See my notifications ' first.

3. For this feature to work, we must grant the Your Phone Companion app permission to view Android notifications. Click the ' Open settings on phone ' button to get started.

4. On your Android device a message will appear prompting you to open the notification settings. Click ' Open ' to go there.

Notifications on your Android device

5. The " Notification access " setting will open up. Make sure the ' Allow notification access ' setting is enabled.

6. Now you should see your notifications appear in the ' Notifications ' tab of the Windows app. When the notification appears, you can remove it from your Android device by clicking the ' X ' icon .

7. The ' Messages ' tab will automatically show text messages from the phone that you don't need to set up. Just type in the text box to reply to the message or hit the ' New message ' button .

8. The ' Photos ' tab also doesn't require any setup. It will show recent photos from your device.

In the sidebar, you can even see the battery level of a connected device.

Now you know the basics of how to set up and run the Your Phone software to connect your Android phone and Windows 10 PC. This is an extremely handy application, especially when you spend a lot of time on your Windows PC. ten.

Now you won't need to pick up your phone again, everything can be controlled from your PC. Don't forget to share this app with your friends and colleagues when they also use Android Phone!

Micah Soto

Update 02 December 2020