In a web browser on your computer, go to www.aka.ms/phonelinkQRC and scan the QR code. Tap View Permissions and enable the permissions the app requests (Phone, SMS ...

Microsoft's Phone Link app offers a convenient way to manage your Android phone from a Windows PC, including notifications, calls, and file transfers, bridging the gap between staying focused and ...

The Phone Link app can once again mirror certain sensitive notifications from your Android phone to your Windows PC. The Android 15 update blocked Link to Windows from mirroring notifications with two ...

Summary: Microsoft has pushed an update to the Phone Link app to fix its inability to mirror sensitive notifications on a Windows PC. As part of the update, the preinstalled Link to Windows app now ...

You can now remotely lock your computer, send files between the phone and Windows 11, and even share the clipboard.

Once essential to my daily setup, this Android tool slowly crumbled under paywalls, bloat, and missing browser support.

A new Android feature designed to hide notifications containing things like 2FA codes is blocking Phone Link from showing them on connected PCs. A new Android feature designed to hide notifications ...

Updating to Android 15 introduces a new feature that blocks untrusted apps from accessing notifications deemed to have sensitive information. Windows is now warning Phone Link users that because of ...

With new features in the Link to Windows app, your phone becomes a remote control for your PC: locking it, sharing files, ...

Sefirah is a free Android to PC tool that beats Microsoft Phone Link by offering fast pairing, seamless file transfer, clipboard sync, notifications, remote PC controls, and even screen mirroring, all ...

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...