You love your phone. So does your PC. Get instant access to everything you love on your phone, right from your PC. To get started, connect your Android Phone or iPhone with the Phone Link app on your Windows PC.
Enjoy these Phone Link features on your PC:
- Make and receive calls
- Manage your phone’s notifications
- Read and reply to text messages
- View your phone contacts
How do I install Phone Link for iPhone?
- Download the Phone Link for iOS app
- Download the Phone Link for Windows app
- Run the Phone Link for iOS app
- Open Phone Link for Windows app
- The first screen will have two buttons: Android and iPhone. Press the “iPhone” button.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
How do I install Phone Link for Android?
- Download the Phone Link for Android
- Download the Phone Link for Windows app
- Run the Phone Link for Android app
- Open Phone Link for Windows app
- The first screen will have two buttons: Android and iPhone. Press the “Android” button.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
Phone Link for iOS requires iPhone with iOS 14 or higher, Windows 11 device, Bluetooth connection and the latest version of the Phone Link app. Not available for iPad (iPadOS) or MacOS.
By installing this app, you agree to the Microsoft Terms of Use and Privacy Statement.
What’s New
Copy text from photos
Effortlessly detect and copy text from your photos
Hear audio on your PC
You spoke and we listened. Now you can choose whether audio plays from your PC or your device settings.
Add the Phone Link widget
Stay up to date with your mobile device’s status and notifications at a glance. To add, open the Widget’s board and click on the plus icon, then select Phone Link.
Continue browsing on your PC
Pick up where you left off in Samsung Internet when you switch your mobile device to your PC.
No Wi-Fi? No Problem.
For more ways to stay connected, add your mobile hotspot to your PC’s Wi-Fi menu. Mobile data charges may apply.
Contacts Sync
Link to Windows now provides a new feature to allow you to sync your contacts from your Android devices to Teams for Life by enabling Contact Sync. Sync your contacts from your Android phone to your personal Microsoft account and find them with ease when you are using other Microsoft applications and services.
- You will need to enable this feature on your Android device by turning on Sync Contacts in Link to Windows applications under Settings.
- You can disable this feature anytime by going to Link to Windows > Settings > toggle off Sync Contacts.
Let emailing yourself be a thing of the past. Just drag and drop.
You can now transfer files or images between your Android device and PC by dragging them from one device to the other. Start by opening phone screen in the Phone Link , then just drag your desired files between your devices. There are a few exceptions, so learn more about file drag and drop here.
File drag-and-drop is available for select Samsung and OPPO devices with Phone screen eligibility. Learn more about setting up and using phone screen here.
Copy here, paste there
You don’t have to email that vacation picture to yourself to transfer it between devices. Just copy from your Android device and paste on your PC (or vice versa). Use your normal shortcut keys: just select some text or a picture, copy it, switch devices, and paste.
To turn on this feature, open the Phone Link and go to Settings > Cross-device copy and paste. Make sure the toggle is On for Allow this app to access and transfer content I copy and paste between my phone and PC.
This feature works on the Surface Duo and select Samsung and OPPO devices. If you don’t have a Samsung device that supports this, you can still share images from your phone to your PC by using the Photos tab in the Phone Link. Learn more
View and interact with your most recent 2,000 photos
We take a lot of photos on our smartphones. We heard our avid Phone Link users when you when you said you wanted the ability to access more than 25 of your recent photos. You can now view and interact with your most recent 2,000 photos from your Android device’s camera roll on your PC.
To do this, open the Phone Link , go to Settings > Features, and under Photos, turn on the toggle for Allow this app to show photos from my phone.
Make and receive calls right on your PC
No need to dig for your Android device to answer personal or work calls. Stay connected by answering your calls right on your PC, and use your PC speakers, microphone, and larger screen for a richer calling experience.
To set this up, open the Phone Link app, go to Calls, and follow the setup instructions. You’ll need to be running Windows 10 version 1903 or later on your PC, and have Android 7.0 or later on your phone.
Create, view, and edit contacts and contact lists in Outlook.com
Please refer to Create, view, and edit contacts and contact lists in Outlook.com for instructions.
- Windows version updated to 1.24071.74.0
- Android version updated to 1.24052.232.0
