

Note: If you'd like to pair your device without using a QR code, select Pair manually on your PC instead.

We recommend always having the latest version of Windows installed to make sure you get the best experience with the Phone Link app. Your phone and your PC both need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. The Phone Link app requires the following to work:Ī PC running Windows 10 (with the May 2019 Update or later) or Windows 11.Īn Android device runningAndroid 7.0 (Nougat) or later. Read and reply to text messages with ease, view recent photos from your Android device, use your favorite mobile apps, make and receive calls, and manage your Android device’s notifications right on your PC. This link between your Android device and PC gives you instant access to everything you love. From your PC, you can connect to select Android, Samsung, and select HONOR devices with the Link to Windows app that's either preinstalled on your device or that you can download from the Google Play or Samsung Galaxy Store.

We would also have liked the app to load the iPhone keyboard when we needed to type anything in rather than insist on us using the forwards/backwards controls instead.The Phone Link experience starts on your Windows PC and the Phone Link app. We would have liked in-game control, not to play Call of Duty but the more silly games like Bejewelled, for example. In use and it is all very easy, with the app working as expected. You will also be able to check your gamer profile and see the levels you have achieved so far. That’s handy if you aren’t looking to play games, but watch some movies instead.īeyond replicating the d-pad and the coloured buttons, the app will also allow you to launch previous games, discover new content - be it games, music, or video - and see what games you’ve recently played with your Xbox ID whether they are on a Windows Phone device, the Xbox, or Windows 8. Although the app doesn’t go as far as letting you replace your Xbox 360 controller – why would you anyway – you can use it to zip around the menu system as well as control the play, pause, fast forward and rewind media controls.
