68 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 73
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 can either be downloaded
via from fave.co/3dA8skK, 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.
Set-up requires a decent
amount of back and forth, and
that there can be some fiddling
that needs to be done. Set-up
will likely ensure that Bluetooth
is on on both devices, but not
While Your Phone should
already be on your Windows
10 PC, you’ll need to
download the Your Phone
Companion app for Android
