ISSUE 73 • ANDROID ADVISOR 67with 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 more 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.
Phone calls (Calls) from your PC:
A Windows 10 PC with build 18362.356 or newer, and
an Android phone running Android 7.0 or later.
Interacting with your phone’s
screen (Phone screen) from your PC:
A Windows 10 Insider PC supporting Low Energy
Peripheral Mode, including the Surface Laptop 2,
Surface Pro 4-6, Surface Book 1-2, and Surface Go. A
list of supported phones is here (fave.co/2CKM7PY),
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.