You can also access your smartphone texts on PC using Google Messages if you do not need the other services offered by Phone Link. If the watch isn’t listed as a connected device, you will need to reset and reconnect the watch. However, with Android apps hitting Windows 11 in the near future anyway, this advantage will obviously be lessened. If they don’t connect, check the Galaxy Wearable or Galaxy Watch app on your phone. Samsung for instance could take advantage of accessing its phone’s apps on your Windows PC. We’re bringing both apps together with the same icon too.

In terms of practicality when using the app, Phone Link has always worked best with Samsung Galaxy devices as well as the Surface Due Line-up. And to further celebrate this connection between your two devices, we have also renamed the mobile companion app from Your Phone Companion to Link to Windows for all Android users. Understandably, both apps will share the same icon to prevent some users from thinking they are not working in tandem. Supported Android devices need to be running Android 11.0 and the latest version of Link to Windows or Your Phone Companion. The changes do not stop with the desktop app, as the Your Phone Companion app for Android is also getting a name change to Link to Windows. The feature is limited to a specific set of Samsung devices. Sticking to the Windows 11 design language, the rebranded Phone Link app also includes a colour palette and design that mirrors the new OS with redone controls, illustrations, and iconography. The dedicated section that features Messages, Photos, Apps, and Calls has then been moved into a navigation bar that is located at the very top of the Phone Link app. The app will ask you to select between Android or iPhone.With their aim of making notifications stand out better, the notification panel has been moved upfront, while the notifications tab is now pinned to the left-hand side panel.Once you have met all the requirements mentioned above, open the Your Phone app on your Windows PC.How to run multiple Android apps on Windows using Your Phone:

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