

Once complete, tap ‘Open’ and then ‘Link your phone and PC’ Download the app if it hasn’t been already.You should be redirected to the Google Play Store From the introductory screen, click ‘Get started’.On your computer, search for ‘Phone Link’ and click the relevant option.

Once that’s taken care of, here’s what you need to do. Samsung’s latest S and Note series phones are supported, alongside the company’s foldables and both generations of Surface Duo. This aims to make the process of moving content or using mobile apps on the desktop feel seamless. However, only a select few phones include a ‘Link to Windows’ feature built directly into the device’s settings. You can also control quick settings, manage photos and run Android apps, although the latter is now natively supported in Windows 11. These include viewing and responding to notifications, making phone calls and sending texts. The current iteration of Phone Link allows you to remotely access many of your phone’s most popular functions. It’s not quite on the same level as Apple devices, but useful nonetheless. As the new name suggests, this offers an easy way to link your Android smartphone and Windows desktop. for Windows 11 and Windows 10, Phone Link is one of the apps that’s pre-installed when you buy a Windows laptop or PC. We do this by using: func startMainApp() Our WatchOS app is a companion app that lets the user start/stop our iPhone app in the background by pressing a button. Maybe we are doing something wrong when starting our main app from the WatchOS app. Since our users have updated their iOS to 11 and/or WatchOS to 4, our iOS app doesn't seem to fire any scheduled timers when the app gets started by our WatchOS app.
