

(You may also get a popup with a setup QR code that you can scan if you already have the Your Phone Companion app installed on your computer).

You can also search for the app in the Play Store and install it that way.

This will take you to the Google Play store (Android only) where you can then install the Your Phone Companion app on your phone. Next you will need to go to the website using the web browser on your phone. From there you will need to click on Add a phone and then choose either Android or iPhone based on what type of phone you are trying to connect. The first thing you need to do is go into your Windows settings and click on Phone which will then take you to the Your phone settings. Fortunately, the app will give you some troubleshooting tips if you run into a problem.įor my example, I will be attaching an Android Pixel smartphone to my computer so the process for an iPhone will most likely vary at least with the steps that you need to take on the phone itself. The process to set up the Your Phone app is not super straightforward and it will vary depending on what make and model of smartphone you are using so all of the steps you see here might not be exactly the same when you try it on your own computer so you might have to figure some of it out on your own. Some phones (mostly Samsung) can even have their screen shown on your computer, so you don’t even need to look at your phone at all. You can even view your pictures and drag them right into programs that you are running on your computer. One of the lesser known but cooler features of Windows 10 is the Your Phone app that allows you to integrate your smartphone with you computer so you can do things such send text messages and make phone calls right from your computer as well as view and act on phone notifications. They also made a point to try and integrate our mobile devices as well since many people use them more than they desktop computer. When Windows 10 was released, Microsoft was set on making it their best operating system ever by packing in so many features that the average computer user would never even scratch the surface as to what you can do with it.
