App permissions will appear as popups and you’re welcome to not allow the ones that you don’t want the app to access (such as photos if you don’t want to do image transfers to your PC from your phone) For Android users: Android users will likely be prompted here to review wider permissions on the app that we touched on earlier, which are required “to help your phone and PC work together”, according to the app screen at this stage.Right now, iPhone users can only do phone calls and text messages from the Windows app, so they don’t have to worry about the same privacy permissions that Android users can choose to enable. If you’re curious about the kind of data the app claims to collect and how it treats your data, there’s a page on the Google Play Store covering this information. If a feature isn’t working due a privacy permission being not allowed, the PC app will tell you, but keep your personal privacy in mind. The app can function without some of these enabled, but there are some features you won’t get on PC without having select features enabled. This includes needing to access your camera (for scanning the QR code), call logs (for making calls from the PC), microphone, contacts, location, music and audio, nearby devices, phone calls, photos and videos (for transferring to your computer, only on Android at the moment) and SMS utility (for sending messages from the app). The Link to Windows app requires fairly extensive access to your phone to operate correctly. We’re going to take a small break here to let you in on the privacy concerns. On your phone: Tap ‘Continue’, followed by ‘Review permissions’ on Android, or simply enable camera access on an iPhone.On the PC: Tick the ‘I have the Link to Windows app ready’ box, and then click ‘Pair with QR code’ (you can also pair manually using a seperate code, without needing to give camera permissions for scanning the code).On the PC: Click ‘Link new device’, followed by ‘Get Started’.On your phone: Now, tap ‘Link your phone and PC’.Open Link to Windows on your phone and Phone Link on your Windows PC. Download both applications, as directed above.How to setup Windows Phone Link and Link to Windows on your phone We’ll walk you through the steps required. Just download it, and we’ll get started on setting it up. It could also already be installed on your computer, but if it’s not, you can search for ‘Phone Link’ on the Microsoft Store and install it via the client.Īs for your phone, you can find Link to Windows on the Google Play Store or on the Apple App Store. This app is exclusive to Windows 10 and 11, so if you’re still using Windows 7 or 8.1, you’ll need to upgrade (which you should be doing anyway, due to support ending). What you’ll need to do first is install Microsoft Phone Link on both your Windows PC and your phone. How to view text messages and phone notifications on Windows 10 and Windows 11 It’s likely that iPhone functionality will be rolled out to every Windows 11 user at a later date. I haven’t been able to get access to the feature yet, but I’ll be sure to update this guide if I encounter any issues with it once I do get it. Microsoft is currently slowly rolling out the feature to Insiders. Meanwhile, Android users can view their phone notifications as notifications on their PCs. Jumping through this many hoops to get an app working is not new for Microsoft.įor the moment, the iOS version of the app only supports calls and messages through the inbuilt text messaging app. Additionally, to pair an iPhone to Windows, your PC will need Bluetooth. You can find this in the ‘Windows Update’ section of the Settings app, however, you’ll need to enable sending optional diagnostic data to Microsoft (which you can do in the same section). Before we go step-by-step, we’re just going to note that the time of writing, you’ll need to opt into the Windows Insider Programme to get your iPhone to work with the Link to Windows app.
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