DECEMBER 2019 PCWorld 113Interacting with your phone’s screen
(Phone screen) from your PC:
A Windows 10 Insider PC supporting Low
Energy Peripheral Mode, including Surface
Laptop 2, Surface Pro 4-6, Surface Book 1-2,
and Surface Go. A list of supported phones
is here (go.pcworld.com/spdv), with most
Samsung Galaxy and recent OnePlus
devices supported.
In general, I’ve had the best luck with Calls
and Phone Screen while running the latest
Windows 10 Insider Fast Ring previews, which
are optimized for the latest iteration of Your
Phone. But the basic functions (texts, photos,
and notifications) should work fine with a
regularly-updated Windows 10 PC.
Remember, this should all open up to a wider
subset of devices over time.
HOW TO SET UP YOUR
PHONE ON YOUR
SMARTPHONE
While the Your Phone app should be pre-
loaded or automatically downloaded on
most PCs, you’ll need to download the
companion app for your phone, known as
the Your Phone Companion. The Your
Phone Companion for Android (go.pcworld.
com/yphn) can either be downloaded via
the link, or you can enter your phone
number into the Your Phone app on
Windows. Microsoft will send a text to your
phone with the download link inside of it.
Note that you’ll need to set up Your
Phone Companion on the phone as well as
Your Phone on the PC at essentially the
same time, making sure your phone and PC
are up to date, turning on Bluetooth on
both devices, and launching both apps.
You’ll quickly move through a short series
of steps that will enable your phone and
your PC to connect.
Setup requires a decent amount of back
and forth, and there can be some fiddling
that needs to be done. Setup will likely
ensure that Bluetooth is on both devices, but
not always. The setup process will alsoWhile Your Phone should already be on your
Windows 10 PC, you’ll need to download the Your
Phone Companion app for Android.