Tech Advisor - UK (2020-02)

FEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 85

and match the right PC and phone hardware to get the

most of Your Phone, but the most useful basic features

are already available to the world at large. We can also

show you how what the final vision looks like, and what

you’ll need to get there. Your Phone is surprisingly

simple and effective, and it’s much further along than

during our first look at the Your Phone experience.

Setup: What you’ll need

Because of the ‘walled garden’ approach Apple

takes with iOS, Your Phone is essentially tied to

Android. (Though Your Phone technically supports

iPhones, Microsoft has stopped listing them among

supported phones.) Even then, not every phone

supports every Your Phone function right now. You’ll

get the best experience right now with a Samsung

Galaxy or OnePlus phone.

Any recent Android phone should be able to

connect to Your Phone and receive Your Phone’s basic

functions: photos, SMS texts, and notifications. The

newer, more advanced functions – placing calls and

interacting with the phone’s home screen – are limited

to a smaller subset of devices (Galaxy Phones and

recent OnePlus phones, basically). Unfortunately, Your

Phone can link only to a single phone at the moment.

Here’s a detailed list of the hardware and software

requirements for each Your Phone function, at present:

Photos, messages, and notifications:

A Windows 10 PC running the Windows 10 April

2018 Update or later, and an Android phone running

Android 7.0 or later.

FEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 85

and match the right PC and phone hardware to get the
most of Your Phone, but the most useful basic features
are already available to the world at large. We can also
show you how what the final vision looks like, and what
you’ll need to get there. Your Phone is surprisingly
simple and effective, and it’s much further along than
during our first look at the Your Phone experience.

Setup: What you’ll need
Because of the ‘walled garden’ approach Apple
takes with iOS, Your Phone is essentially tied to
Android. (Though Your Phone technically supports
iPhones,Microsofthasstoppedlistingthemamong
supportedphones.) Even then, not every phone
supportseveryYourPhonefunctionrightnow.You’ll
getthe best experience right now with a Samsung
Galaxy or OnePlus phone.
Any recent Android phone should be able to
connect to Your Phone and receive Your Phone’s basic
functions: photos, SMS texts, and notifications. The
newer, more advanced functions – placing calls and
interacting with the phone’s home screen – are limited
to a smaller subset of devices (Galaxy Phones and
recent OnePlus phones, basically). Unfortunately, Your
Phone can link only to a single phone at the moment.
Here’s a detailed list of the hardware and software
requirements for each Your Phone function, at present:

Photos, messages, and notifications:
A Windows 10 PC running the Windows 10 April
2018 Updateorlater,and an Android phone running
Android7.0 or later.