FEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 87While Your Phone should already
be on your Windows 10 PC, you’ll
need to download the Your Phone
Companion app for AndroidHow 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
can either be downloaded here (fave.co/2QkNRYe), 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 that there can be some fiddling that needs toFEBRUARY 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 87While Your Phone should already
be on your Windows 10 PC, you’ll
need to download the Your Phone
Companion app for Android
How to set up
YourPhoneon
yoursmartphone
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
can either be downloaded here (fave.co/2QkNRYe), 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 that there can be some fiddling that needs to