Today, Tuesday, Microsoft released a new update for its “Your Phone Companion- Link to Windows” application, which allows you to connect Android smartphones to any PC running Windows 10.
The “Windows 10” operating system provides a free program called “Your phone” that aims to transfer photos and videos between the computer and the smartphone, or even read and respond to short text messages (SMS) from the computer directly, but provided that the “Your Phone Companion” application is installed. " On the phone.
Depending on the type of smartphone, special functions are available such as displaying phone applications on the computer screen and controlling them via the keyboard and mouse or the touch screen of the computer.
The tool also allows viewing and managing phone alerts on the PC, receiving phone calls on the computer and transferring them between your different devices seamlessly, in addition to exchanging images between the phone and the PC.
And when a user wants to add a recent photo to their email, paper, or presentation, all they have to do is drag and drop the photo from the Your Phone app to their PC.
And the latest Microsoft update allowed users to make and receive personal calls on their PC, or transfer them between their different devices, and use the computer's speakers and microphone for a richer telephony experience.
The update also made it possible to display the latest 2,000 photos from the Android phone's camera on the PC, instead of 25 photos in the past.
It is noteworthy that some of the features of the application are compatible with Android devices without others, for example, the features of text messages, alerts and phone calls are compatible with most Android phones, while other features are available exclusively for selected models of Samsung phones.