When I first connected the Your Phone app, only my last text message appeared, but subsequent conversations showed up without issue. Still, it seems useful for responding to friends without leaving your keyboard and mouse. You can send and receive message, but that's about it. The text messaging integration is currently in preview and it's, pretty basic. There's a 10- to 30-second delay between taking a photo on your phone and seeing it on your PC, but it's pretty seamless otherwise, especially compared to waiting for iCloud photos to move between iOS devices and Macs. You can handle pictures like any file on Windows: Open them up in the Photos app right-click to share with social networks, contacts, nearby PCs and other Windows apps and, best of all, you can just drag and drop them wherever you want. Once the PC and Android sides are successfully connected, you'll see your smartphone's latest photos and text messages on the Windows app. It's a bit confusing at first, but it's all in the name of security.īy subscribing, you are agreeing to Engadget's Terms and Privacy Policy. Meanwhile on your PC, the connection pops up on the Your Phone app, and it then directs you back to your smartphone to secure desktop permissions to the same content.
Setting it up is surprisingly simple: install the "Your Phone Companion" app on your Android device, log in to your Microsoft account and give it permission to access your photos and text messages. We don't know when that Android mirroring feature will arrive (we're still waiting on Sets, something Microsoft previewed a year ago), but the Your Phone app is readily available on the October Windows 10 update. All of a sudden, there's a much bigger reason for Windows users to avoid the iPhone. But now Microsoft is moving beyond merely getting its apps onto other platforms: It's integrating Android in Windows 10 with the "Your Phone" app, which gives you instant access to your mobile photos and text messages on the desktop.ĭuring its Surface launch event this week, Microsoft gave us a peek at something even more impressive: the ability to completely mirror your Android phone on Windows 10. With the demise of Windows Phone - a noble effort, especially after the 2011 Nokia partnership - the company really has no choice. Microsoft's new approach to mobile is pure pragmatism: Play nice with everyone, and get their users hooked on Microsoft apps.
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